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The Chow Hall
Who's stationed in europe?
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<blockquote data-quote="john3883" data-source="post: 10311891" data-attributes="member: 60859"><p>Well in that case the spouses being naturally from the States a lot of spouses hate it, well half do and half thinks its cool being over here.(Lot of people with Germany, Japanese, British etc spouses love being back overseas.) So its a 50/50 depending on your wife's outlook on the grass is greener on the other side. Kids offcourse will be hesitant but once in school they end up liking it a lot most the time and don't want to leave when the DEROS is up.</p><p></p><p>As for finding a job in your wife specialty she would have to overcome and become somewhat fluent in the local language. Even then she prob will be met with some prejudice once she speaks and they know she is American. I know few people who have had issues finding simple gigs such as tattoo artist to DJs to nurses. Most friends and people i knew had some real issues for offbase jobs. Some were sucessful but not many. Best bet is a GS pay position on base. Not sure if its an option for her or where you are going though.</p><p></p><p>Housing sucks compared to the states thats obvious. In the UK houses are tiny I couldn't even fit my box springs up stairs and had to look at 10 houses before finding one to my liking for a decent garage (because only double garages can fit a 03 cobra, unless you own a metro geo you aren't gonna get your car in your single car garage). </p><p></p><p>Think about what your bringing over here. To fit my "american" furniture. My box springs are in the garage bc i couldn't get them upstairs only the flexiable mattress. Also my house selection had to include a big living area with double doors to the outside to fit my couch. Most people end up selling a lot of stuff(or pay for storage) bc they can't even get in their door once they get here and pick a house without measuring it out. So good luck on that aspect. Germany is similar housing wise but not as near as bad as the UK.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and enjoy the expierence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john3883, post: 10311891, member: 60859"] Well in that case the spouses being naturally from the States a lot of spouses hate it, well half do and half thinks its cool being over here.(Lot of people with Germany, Japanese, British etc spouses love being back overseas.) So its a 50/50 depending on your wife's outlook on the grass is greener on the other side. Kids offcourse will be hesitant but once in school they end up liking it a lot most the time and don't want to leave when the DEROS is up. As for finding a job in your wife specialty she would have to overcome and become somewhat fluent in the local language. Even then she prob will be met with some prejudice once she speaks and they know she is American. I know few people who have had issues finding simple gigs such as tattoo artist to DJs to nurses. Most friends and people i knew had some real issues for offbase jobs. Some were sucessful but not many. Best bet is a GS pay position on base. Not sure if its an option for her or where you are going though. Housing sucks compared to the states thats obvious. In the UK houses are tiny I couldn't even fit my box springs up stairs and had to look at 10 houses before finding one to my liking for a decent garage (because only double garages can fit a 03 cobra, unless you own a metro geo you aren't gonna get your car in your single car garage). Think about what your bringing over here. To fit my "american" furniture. My box springs are in the garage bc i couldn't get them upstairs only the flexiable mattress. Also my house selection had to include a big living area with double doors to the outside to fit my couch. Most people end up selling a lot of stuff(or pay for storage) bc they can't even get in their door once they get here and pick a house without measuring it out. So good luck on that aspect. Germany is similar housing wise but not as near as bad as the UK. Good luck and enjoy the expierence. [/QUOTE]
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