Why do wives hate Spain and their husbands love it

[peterhargrave]

Is it not the case that most wives spend most of their life concerning themselves with the family, what facilities or lack of them exist, what the quality of school, medical, social support, entertainment facilities, cost of living, fruit and veg, meat and fish and thousands of other things

Whilst the husband only wants to know the price and availability of beer and cost of running the car.

If we reversed the roles I am sure we would reverse the outcome or am I wrong???? :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

[Yorkshireman]

GOLF WIDOWS.....I think I could help out there! :whistle:

[caza1tooth]

What about husbands who do not drive or work!!! I've left him!!!

[chelseaphil]

From a guy, I think that you are right Frankie. But also think that 'missing the grand kids' is possibly an excuse. What would happen if the children moved to another part of the UK? Several hours drive away. Would the grandparents then follow?

It also helps a great deal if the woman drives over here. We know several that refuse to drive even though they can. Yet driving here is easier than in the UK.

I think that it is just a case that some women simply cannot settle here full stop. For whatever reason but use the grand kids one as the get out clause  :tiphat:

We both love it here, but we do have both our daughters and our new grandson close by.  But if either or both decided to go elsewhere in Spain we would not follow them. (They have no intention of going back to the UK)

[Mercurian]

I can find more than enough to do myself, with my husband and one or two good friends.  Don't really need to get organised with anyone else.

[owdoggy]

Mrs Doggy loves it here, in fact the only way you're getting either of us away from this place is in a box....... actually, that's not strictly true because since we found out that a dead bod in your pozo every so often keeps all the biological doodys fizzing away properly we've agreed that the first one of us to kick it....... goes in the pozo :clap:

She did say that I would at last be of some use ....... can't imagine what she meant by that :lol:



Doggy

[jabba the cat]

hey Norman water off a ducks back mate but we have had 20 odd nice replies to a good subject then you come along.no wonder people dont
air their views on here when they know people will might or will ridicule their views. :tiphat:

[NormanM]

nothing to do with the dream thats gone wrong due to the illegal problems in this area on top off the above reasons plus it does get very hot here in the summer. :wave

Hot?  Here?In the summer?    Never.......!  Who could be so dozy as not to have noticed before they came to live here?

[andie]

this is why its best to keep a house in the uk so the man of the house can graft this end  ;) ie getting the house all nice and ready to move into (normally takes 8 to 10 years   :-* ) and the lady of the house can pop home to go shoping and keep her eye on things  ;D  S

ps if thairs any chaps out thair,thinking of  buying and struggling threw,getting the house ready you will need to budjet around 80 quid a week for food & ex,s   :o   :wave

[blueboy]

On most visits to view property I found it was the women who wanted to go back and it was usually the grandchildren they missed :tiphat:

[jimbothescot]

Being the nosey sod that I am, I tend to ask people when I`m loading up,the reason for going back.In the last year I would say that there has been a few elderly folk going back with health issues.Middle aged people/self employed going back because of no work,and the number 1 reason is grandchildren and in every case I can think of,it has been the woman who was pushing to go back.

Jimbo :tiphat:

[peterhargrave]

Ruff Ruff Ruff Grrrrrrrrrr :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

[owdoggy]

Amazing with all of the above also your varied views and thoughts you are all showing what you really are a community with freedom of speech and the right to do as you wish within an acceptable framework, for those who believe that by having different viewpoints it means you have nothing in common, you are in fact closer to the same ideals than you may have thought. :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

I was with you all the way up to "Amazing"




Doggy

[digifidd]

I think that may be it is the cultural differences  - Spain is still quite a chauvinistic society in many ways. 
Or may be men are more laid back than ladies (willing to consume more beers according to Mr Digi) and are able to take the roughness of living in Spain better than ladies and perhaps the reality isn't as good as the dream sometimes and so it comes as a disappointment.  ???

[Mercurian]

Amazing with all of the above also your varied views and thoughts you are all showing what you really are a community with freedom of speech and the right to do as you wish within an acceptable framework, for those who believe that by having different viewpoints it means you have nothing in common, you are in fact closer to the same ideals than you may have thought. :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

Blimey!  That's a bit deep and philosophical isn't it?   :lol:

[peterhargrave]

Amazing with all of the above also your varied views and thoughts you are all showing what you really are a community with freedom of speech and the right to do as you wish within an acceptable framework, for those who believe that by having different viewpoints it means you have nothing in common, you are in fact closer to the same ideals than you may have thought. :tiphat: :tiphat: :tiphat:

[andie]

yer thay could always take a leaf out of the Ecudorian ladys book ,and learn how to render,take the load off a bit   ;)   :wave  S

[mike challinor]

Frankie - you have whetted my appetite - where did you find the original Indalo Man, directions please??? :wave

[andie]

yes joking aside, it is the key to living here,i used to teach the lads i worked with english,i used to have them walking around the factory saying SHI :-X   and i taught one lad to say clearly " you are doing my head in " plus th boss used to ocasional say  " i am crazey baby "

its all abought cultral interaction   ;)   :tiphat: S

[Mercurian]

The lingo takes years too Steve.  Still think it's worth the effort.

[andie]

I would like to put a new twist to this topic.  Why do so many wives learn to speak Spanish and their husbands think that they don't need to bother?

because most hubbys grasp within the first few months that you may understand the lingo, but the culter will take years ,and understanding one is usless without understanding the other.   ;)    ;D  S

EXAMPLE  telephonica billing deptment !!  :crazy:

[Mercurian]

I would like to put a new twist to this topic.  Why do so many wives learn to speak Spanish and their husbands think that they don't need to bother?

[Albondigas]

A lot of women have higher standards than their husbands ;)

[lou]

I think also that the men seem to have more hobbies here ie golf. Plus the worries over the legality of our houses. We love it here and we see more of all the family since moving here plus we go back for an M& S fix once a year. Perhaps there could be more things organised to help the ladies. One of the problems is if hubby goes out to golf they are  left with no transport and I know of a few of our friends where the ladies don´t drive so perhaps more community things where ladies don´t have to rely on transport. Just athought.

[andie]

personaly  :wave  :tiphat:

i think some folks get bored,some folks carnt get thair head around the culter,other folks are suicidel / ill with legality issues,some folks miss the shops,and some folks just dont like it,and its not for them,plus quit a few miss not having a uk base.

i think the main depression / thing thats pulling the area and folks in it down are the building issues.

i dont think the uk is far enough away to miss,we have jumped on a plane befor ,gone to watch a gigg at the LG and been back home within 24 hours ,so its not as though where 1000,s of miles from the mothership  ;) . ie Auss .

S   :wave

[Mercurian]

We both love Spain for all its faults.  We have children and lots of grandchildren but they visit us and we visit them, plus we can Skype them with webcam.

[jabba the cat]

nothing to do with the dream thats gone wrong due to the illegal problems in this area on top off the above reasons plus it does get very hot here in the summer. :wave

[taffy]

because a lot of husbands turn into drunks i loved it in spain . but my other half  had an affair with a neighbour called carole wakefield then moved in next  door in la perla verdi.with her!!!

[taffy]

Why do wives hate Spain and their husbands love it. With many of the couples we know it is the same story, the females want to go home and the men are happy in Spain. Are we all showing here something that we don't see in UK?

[pyewack]

this one loves spain,,,well most of the time

[Geminis]

Miss the children and grandchildren. They can't all afford to come visit..... :'(

[sparkiemike]

 :wave

women miss the girlie & convenience things they have in the U.K.

:tiphat:

[jarick]

I agree with Frankie. We see more of our family since we moved here and anyway we have phones, email etc now  not tom tom. 


Jackie

[Queen Clare Shirley]

Personally I think they miss their children and their grandkids and its too much of a draw and so they want to go back

Me i like it here and so does hubby but we have our girls here

[peterhargrave]

Why do wives hate Spain and their husbands love it. With many of the couples we know it is the same story, the females want to go home and the men are happy in Spain. Are we all showing here something that we don't see in UK?