Cheers for the advice fellas.

I think this nagging spell will pass in due course when she realises how unreasonable she is being. I mean fair enough working 6 months overseas will look good on her resume and enable her to gain promotion quicker, but then she is the one that has been talking about wanting to start a family in her early 30's. I'm the one that will need to be earning more money and TBH I can do that easier here with my experience, qualifications and contacts. Me going home and doing nothing and then coming back here again would just put me back at square one. It just wouldn't make any sense to do that. She is having her extremely irritating huff and a puff, but in the meantime I shall continue doing my work, try and avoid the gunfire, and drink heavily like Mark suggested. Like Lyle says, women aren't always the most logical of creatures and deep thinkers like myself are always ahead of the curve. She will realise that I am right in due course. Well, I hope so anyway!