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Smurfette
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:08 am Post subject: How is your SO back home reacting to the news? |
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I was just wondering if your SO back home is more worried than you about the recent news or if its the other way around. For me, its the later. I feel this pressure to make a decision to stay and wait it out.....or be prepared to leave and be able to continue my life with my partner. Maybe i'm overreacting but I don't feel its fair to ask him to be alright with me putting myself and our future at risk....for just a job.
What are your experiences with this? |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Like you say yourself,
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I don't feel its fair to ask him to be alright with me putting myself and our future at risk....for just a job.
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You're more concerned with your SO than your job, and so you should. Personally, I don't think there's any immediate danger and the situation remains largely unchanged for the average ESL teacher. BUT if your SO is fretting too much, and you feel threatened, then there's no reason not to go home. |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| Ive had phone calls and text messges from my family who are freaking out about it all! As long as it doesnt get any worse I wont be going home. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| Hahahaha, not a single message from my family. I love how chill they all are. Technically not a SO, but that's okay. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: Re: How is your SO back home reacting to the news? |
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| Smurfette wrote: |
I was just wondering if your SO back home is more worried than you about the recent news or if its the other way around. For me, its the later. I feel this pressure to make a decision to stay and wait it out.....or be prepared to leave and be able to continue my life with my partner. Maybe i'm overreacting but I don't feel its fair to ask him to be alright with me putting myself and our future at risk....for just a job.
What are your experiences with this? |
Tell him to quit watching CNN and life will go on as usual.
There is a far greater risk of either of you getting hit by a car.
If he is in the states, he is more likely to get shot by some drug crazed junkie doing a drive-by than you are of getting nuked. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| If you honestly believe you're in danger, then maybe you're right to go home, but his feelings of anxiety aren't reason enough to turf it. He's got to take responsibility for them and learn to deal if you assess the situation as adequately safe. |
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Smurfette
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| naw naw...i'm the one who's stressed...at this point. I just feel its alot to ask....one year away is already alot to ask.....but this....i don't know.... |
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