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Post by LaurieBoothman on Sept 11, 2011 5:35:12 GMT
Hi , My name is Laurie and my husband has been given an offer to this company and as a mother I hear school is great but as a woman im looking for some onest opinions on living as an expat wife, Ive read i can not work and need the mans permission to leave. Im leary and would like some advice.
Thank You
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Post by quickfish on Sept 14, 2011 11:53:46 GMT
Hi Laurie,
This sort of thing every couple must decide for themselves. Plenty of wives find work here, although it is often not their "ideal" work and even less their ideal salary. On the other hand, it is a rare privilege in today's world to be able *not* to work, have one's husband and children home for lunch, etc.
Daily life within the Aramco compounds is fairly international in character.
Expat women don't seem to need their husband's permission to leave. I've certainly never asked mine and often travel overseas alone.
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Post by Julz62 on Sept 15, 2011 5:08:08 GMT
Sent you a PM.
Saudi Scenes site has pictures of the camps and things outside the camp.
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Post by Twofeets on Sept 15, 2011 7:14:44 GMT
My wife and I have been in Ras Tanura now for about 6 weeks, we love it. We have friends who have been here for 20+ years, and they're still here. We have other friends who retired from here and wish they could come back.
Life isnt perfect here, there are a lot of luxuries and conveniences from the US that you will miss, but as to family life... all I can say is wow. My wife was a school teacher back home, and the elementary and middle schools here are in a completely different league. The kids here are much better behaved, have better atudes, come from 2 parent households, etc.
Everywhere you look there are parks, pools, playgrounds, sporting venues, etc. Kids (safely) play outside, ride bikes up and down the streets, etc. Its a lot like small town USA, or some of the cities used to be.
Here in the eastern provence its much more liberal than the rest of KSA. On camp woman have full rights, but even off camp woman can come and go freely. There are shoppers busses that run to Dhahran, Khobar, etc which women take alone all the time without problem. There's even a womans only bus from Dhahran to Bahrain.
As I said, there are downsides, as I said life is like it used to be back in the states, which includes a technology and infrastucture gap, but when its all weighed out its been a godsend to us.
If you have any other questions feel free to PM me and I can send you some pics and such.
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