Partners from other countries?

kavics17

That's what we did Dinah, we both have houses back in Hungary and Poland, currently rented out and are just about to purchase our family house. This means wherever we decide to settle down in the future, we already have back ups and can rent out the houses in other countries. It's a huge financial burden but for a good cause:).

Dinah93

I'm hoping we could rent out the Irish house as a holiday let, he's near some very beautiful parts of the country, with a bit of luck it would be a asset not a drain. Definately agree its more fun having an OH from another country.

Allegra

My other half has a foreign partner Mind you, I've been in the UK all my adult life (came when I was 18, intending to stay 6 months), so apart from the funny accent, I would not say that I am particularly foreign any longer. Still, the other half's Cockney, so at least I'm not the only one with a funny accent

JessicaFletcher

My husband and I are both from South Africa and there is no language barrier as we're both English-speaking. We've been in the UK for nearly 9 years and love it.

heretolearn_2

euronorris - child would cope exceedingly well. It's not confusing for them at a young age at all; their brains are wired to soak up languages very easily. Think about all the children of immigrants in the UK - mum and dad may not speak good (or even any) English, but the kids are all 100% fluent at an early age. Even if the language isn't spoken in the home, the kids learn it wonderfully easily from other children when playing, or when they are at nursery/school.

My other half's mum didn't speak English at all - he started learning when he went to nursery at 3 years old, all his education was in English, he was totally fluent within a couple of years. People sometimes don't realise English wasn't his 'mother tongue'.

To have several languages handed to you so easily is a great gift. Don't deny your child that fantastic opportunity.

Children in many European countries grow up speaking three or four languages, let alone two, without any problems.

Almost everyone I work with grew up with two languages and having a smattering of another language or three - I'm so jealous! It's so hard to learn as an adult or older child, so your husband is well-meaning but misguided, the experience is totally different for a toddler.

looktothefuture

I'm South African, my partner is British! I'm the "odd" one out!

amani_2

my hubby is egyptian he speaks very good english i speak some arabic, our children speak english and a little arabic

janthemum

My OH is Spanish...lots of nice holidays:j