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Sherri
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Doglover wrote:
Wife doesnt want to live in countries where English is not a native language or where you have to drink bottled water.
I live in rural Hawaii and we have catchment water, that means that all our household water comes from rainfall. We are not connected to city water. We don't drink the catchment water, though it is filtered and we chlorinate it. There are places a lot worse to live though!
I also did not drink the tap water in Tokyo or in London.
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Doglover
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Location: Kansai
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| Sherri wrote: |
I live in rural Hawaii and we have catchment water, that means that all our household water comes from rainfall. We are not connected to city water. We don't drink the catchment water, though it is filtered and we chlorinate it. There are places a lot worse to live though!
I also did not drink the tap water in Tokyo or in London.
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Wife would be quite happy to live on Oahu (don't know about the big Island though but there arent many jobs for Kiwis without green card work permits. I was referring more to South East Asia where sometimes you have to boil it before you can drink it.
Next stop is Australia but she said she wont live on a farm, in the outback or anywhere outside a modern city. Spoilt city girl she is. My daughter wants to raise wallabies and keep animals. |
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Perpetual Traveller
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: In the Kak, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| abufletcher wrote: |
| Wives beware. Marrying an EFL teacher is like marrying a gypsy -- or a sailor! |
Who's a wee chauvanist! Who says the only people marrying EFL teachers are women!!! 
| Doglover wrote: |
| Next stop is Australia but she said she wont live on a farm, in the outback or anywhere outside a modern city. Spoilt city girl she is. My daughter wants to raise wallabies and keep animals. |
Generally you don't raise wallabies! Although having said that my family has a tame kangaroo that likes to hang around (purely for the sake of teasing my dog and driving my dad crazy in my opinion) and we only live about 1.5 hours out of Melbourne.
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abufletcher
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Location: Shikoku Japan (for now)
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Perpetual Traveller wrote: |
Who's a wee chauvanist! Who says the only people marrying EFL teachers are women!!! |
Oops! I guess that was said in the context of Japan (and this thread) were you have to look long and hard to find a female EFL teacher married to a Japanese man -- while every other male EFL teacher seems to have a Japanese wife. The US embassy even has a special section to deal with fiance(e) visas. When students hear that I'm married they automatically assume that my wife is Japanese. Back in the US I knew lots of female ESL teachers with foreign husbands. But I don't think they were planning to move overseas with their spouses.
Besides, "sailors" come in both sexes nowadays!  |
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Perpetual Traveller
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| abufletcher wrote: |
| Besides, "sailors" come in both sexes nowadays! |
That was a very nice attempt at a save, however I have to point out to you that your original statement was 'Wives beware' and I've gotta say that although I have been to a lot of different places, I've never yet met a male wife. I believe even in a gay marriage the partners are referred to as husband and husband...
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abufletcher
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Ya got me! I suppose it's just that I've never actually met a female EFL teacher who had dragged her foreign hubbie off to some far away land. Not saying it hasn't happened but I haven't come across it in my 20+ years overseas.
The dynamics of international marriages is a complicated thing indeed. |
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Perpetual Traveller
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I win I win!!!!
Hmmm I guess the reason for that is that in general it is the husband who is expected to be the primary provider so a family (and I include childless marriages in the use of the term) is more likely to move to where there is work for the husband. Sadly even in this day and age men still tend to earn more than women, even in similar positions, so I guess this is unsurprising.
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Sherri
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I dragged my Japanese husband to Hawaii. We have 2 small kids, so I want some stability. Still I can't help thinking what it would be like to teach for VSO or Peace Corps sometime in the future.
Sherri
(in the middle of researching my MA thesis) |
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