how to convince partner to come to australia with me?

my boyfriend and i have been together for about 2 years now and ive always hoped to come back to australia, recently he told me he no longer wanted to come because he would find it too hard to leave his family.. which i can completely understand because i would be leaving all mine too, its just now im pregnant and australia will always be my home and its the place that i want to bring up my children, its just so much more of a life over there, here we sit in the house all night long after getting home from work. how do i convince him its a better place to bring up kids, i feel like ive tried every trick in the book and just getting nowhere, we are coming over for a month in april for a holiday but he is convinced it wont change his mind.. please help! thanks so much in advance

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Permalink Reply by Rob Scott on March 23, 2011 at 3:14

Hi,

 

Not sure if it will help but it may be worth discussing the benefits of a better education system, health, working environment and culture? Australia is constantly judged as one of the world's best countries to live in, that happens for a reason.  If you try and compare your life inthe UK for the next 30 or so years compared to life out here, and the massive difference in the 2 then it may also help.  My wife is a nurse and she is a different woman since we moved out here as she comes home from work with so little stress. In the UK she never had any breaks, no lunch, felt undervalued and was always stressed out.  The effect that may have had on our lives in the long term was not good.  It may have affected her health, out marriage and relationships with children.  This helped us decide that the move would be best for us and our new family.  It is tough leaving your family behind but when we go home we spend real quality time with them and they may still move out here yet.  Life is much better out here and the quality of life is far better.

 

Not sure if that helps but god luck

Permalink Reply by Anna Scrivenger on September 27, 2011 at 21:11

This is a really tricky problem, as many people seem to be scared of leaving their families - and for really close families it is a big ask.

Now that you're having a child together, though, you have a new element of your family to consider. I do believe that Australia offers children a better chance, and as parents it's worth factoring that in as being equally or more important than your own needs. 

The quality of life is indeed better Down Under. Skype and other internet communications mean you can still be in touch with your families daily; even if it's not quite the same as meeting in person, you'd still be a lot better off than migrants were 10, 20 and 30 years ago! 

Perhaps sit down with your boyfriend and weigh up the pros and cons of emigrating. Bear in mind that your needs and your child's have equal weight to his.

Good luck! 

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