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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 01:00

My partner (will be husband) if we move to Dubai, has been offered a job with his Company in Dubai. We are both oldies and I am wondering if there are other older lady expats living there. We will know in a few weeks if it is a done deal. I will not be working and I am concerned about being isolated. Would love to hear from other 50+ ladies as to what I could expect. Thank you.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 15:19
My partner (will be husband) if we move to Dubai, has been offered a job with his Company in Dubai. We are both oldies and I am wondering if there are other older lady expats living there. We will know in a few weeks if it is a done deal. I will not be working and I am concerned about being isolated. Would love to hear from other 50+ ladies as to what I could expect. Thank you. My mum is here and she is 55yr old, single and working. has lots of friends, I really dont think 50s are old anymore, life begins then. You will meet many people here. Lots of clubs to join.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 12:45
Thank you to the ladies who replied to my post. It is as I thought, not too many older people. If we do relocate I will not be coming to Dubai til the end of the year as my eldest daughter is expecting her third baby in October and I will stay here until she has had it. Thank you for your kind offers of meeting for coffee, I will remember that !! We should know within the next month if we are coming or not. If I think of anything else I would like to know I'm sure I will be back on here.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 09:30
Hi, I am an 'older' lady, have mainly met friends through facebook sites which are set up in areas where I live and have lived. Also have invited neighbours round for a drink and have met some good friends through that (also some very weird people). Also met some people by just chatting to them in a bar or brunch. Also met some friends through DH's work and my work. Good luck with moving over here, there are some fabulous people around but you do have to make the effort to start talking which can be difficult for a lot of people. I would have really loved to join a group when I first visited as I felt very isolated for the first 6 months.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 09:20
I'm probably the oldest lady on the board but still young at heart!! I suppose I am in a slightly different position as we have our daughter, S-in-L and grandchildren here . They keep me occupied to a certain extent and I don't work but my husband works in the family business. We love our life here, have a small circle of very good friends and also social with DD's friends too but saying that, I am available during the daytime to meet up for coffee so keep in touch. Hope it all works out for you. <em>edited by amelia on 23/02/2015</em>
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 08:38
Hi Sar 53, I too am an older lady but I work full time however saying that I would love to meet up for a coffee (or something) over the weekend! We like Oopsiedaisy seem to have had many friends leave recently and we are always open to meeting new people. I have to agree with Odaisy, there are lots of younger people here but there are quite a few of us mature ladies/gents too!
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 February 2015 - 08:11
Hi Sar53 Excellent question as far as I'm concerned. DH and I moved here in our late forties and are early fifties now. I don't work. I noticed that it is a lot harder to make friends and socialise than it was in our previous postings. The Dubai crowd is very young, the ones who are older have usually been here for a very long time, have established lives and are quite often married to locals or muslims. Or they are working. A lot of coffee mornings and meeting groups etc. really are about mums with (young) children, or young and single people. DH and I are often the oldest when going to a show or an event. A couple of years ago there was an attempt here to organise a get-together with 40+ ladies but Admin kindly nipt the attempt in the **** . That said, we're still having a wonderful time here. We found a small group of friends (most of whom have sadly left at the end of last year), travel around in the region and spend our weekends exploring the desert. A lot will depend on your nationality and your husbands company. Some companies have large expat communities and are as such a great p,ace to make new friends. Some nationalities are active in organising fellow countrymen events. There are lots if meet-up groups (google meet-up Dubai) with all kinds of common interest you may be interested in. You will be fine, it may take some time. If you decide to come try and get back on the forum, sometimes Admin is not watching and contact details can be exchanged and we can go have a coffee or something. :)
 
 

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