I'm paraphrasing, but this is basically how the conversation went on the way home from the airport:
Thomas: I received a call from the HR director in Oman saying that there was the opportunity for a promotion if we moved there.
Jenn: And how did you respond?
T: I replied that we had initially been prepared to go to Oman, but they were the ones who moved us to Dubai. I explained that I was happy in my job in Dubai, that we had paid our year's rent, we had settled in, Margaux was about to attend nursery and - to top it off - we had just discovered you were pregnant with a high-risk pregnancy. So, thanks but no thanks.
J: Very good. I hadn't been sure about moving here, but now that we're here I'm happy and I think Margaux is too. I'm very pleased with the hospital and gynecologist I have for the pregnancy.
T: Yes, but then I had a call from the HR Director in Norway. This time he said "We'd *like* you to move to Oman."
Basically, Thomas was given the option of no option. With the barrel price below US$40, jobs in the sector are scarce and Thomas was still in his probation period.
So the mental paradigm shift began, and we started gearing up for moving to our third country in 5 months.
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