shiny
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Two years ago DH and I downsized our housing and moved to Seattle and formulated a plan for both of us to be ERed by March 2007. Well, it was my task to get our ducks in a row - finances, health ins, etc. I've accomplished this and we were close to making the final decision on the date, etc. but now...
DH has been offered an international assignment to Tokyo. He resisted at first since he was planning to quit and Tokyo is so expensive, but then his company started offering all kinds of perks and meeting his every demand (about who his boss will be, how much independence he'll have on the project, etc)
Basically, our housing will be covered for what we are paying now for our apartment (even though in Tokyo, such a place would cost 4X) and he'll get a COLA and all kinds of things like language courses for both of us, paid for storage and move and trips home and extra move $.
We are so torn about it! We had already planned some summer driving trips and we really wanted to explore this area more for the next few years (we don't know if we'll live in WA state forever, but we really like it here) Plus we were going to buy a KAYAK!!!!
But, this international assignment with all the perks just doesn't come around that often.
I know we'll make up our own minds, but I do want to know what you guys think and what you would do if faced with this decision.
DH has been offered an international assignment to Tokyo. He resisted at first since he was planning to quit and Tokyo is so expensive, but then his company started offering all kinds of perks and meeting his every demand (about who his boss will be, how much independence he'll have on the project, etc)
Basically, our housing will be covered for what we are paying now for our apartment (even though in Tokyo, such a place would cost 4X) and he'll get a COLA and all kinds of things like language courses for both of us, paid for storage and move and trips home and extra move $.
We are so torn about it! We had already planned some summer driving trips and we really wanted to explore this area more for the next few years (we don't know if we'll live in WA state forever, but we really like it here) Plus we were going to buy a KAYAK!!!!
But, this international assignment with all the perks just doesn't come around that often.
I know we'll make up our own minds, but I do want to know what you guys think and what you would do if faced with this decision.