Pulaski

Like me.

Jaywood

I am looking to specialize in a certain field of nursing, at the moment I am undecided which until I have completed all of my placements in university, which will maybe make things easier. I will qualify as a registered nurse and then look into further education. I know it probably sounds ridiculous when I was talking about grocery shopping etc, I found that there was more variety over in the states. I am wanting to visit the states several more times before making a decision on where I would like to settle and work towards. I didn't sadly meet anyone over there because at the time I had a partner back home but I will certainly look at some of the websites such as e-harmony etc

Owen778

It depends what sort of variety you're looking for. There are lots of brands everywhere. However, the grocery stores in the suburbs of the US cities that are both large and rich almost reach the variety of goods found in your average UK supermarket. Elsewhere, the variety is usually poor.

BubbleChog

Trying to be funny?! I'm bloody hysterical. In fact I am possibly the funniest person you know... Or not...

But yeah that's seriously a better chance than getting a job visa with nursing.

Like Pulaski I too met my USC spouse online and that's how I got here and now I'm here I too hate SUpermarkets. I long to go into a supermarket where if you removed the M&M's and fizzy pop it would contain more than your average UK corner shop

Guindalf

I just miss the variety of 'fresh' food like cream cakes, and pies and pasties, and sausage rolls, and biscuits, and crisps and....crap, here I go again!

Hotscot

Don't get me started...again.

BubbleChog

Don't mention cream cakes. Now I'm going to be sad and then I'm going to try to make choux pastry again, and it will be pathetic and I'll end up just scooping cream and chocolate into my mouth staring at my little discs of failure and rocking gently

Englishmum

I was in the M&S at Luton airport earlier this month (flying Easyjet to Zurich). This year M&S is selling Christmas Pudding Cookies (crunchy, all butter cookies). Bloody lovely, they are! I bought two packets and I've hidden them away, it's my secret stash....

OTOH I was in the local Aldi here in Zug. They are doing their own 'label' of Pepperidge Farm cookies, including a triple chocolate one. Very nice indeed, in fact I think nicer than the American version....but of course the chocolate is better on this side of the pond!

AlphaTangoMike

I too miss the UK supermarkets. In NYC, it's impossible to find something like a Tesco Express or one of the smaller M&S (that seem to be on nearly every second street corner in London).

Just this week I said to my wife: "do you remember those delicious fresh cream apple turnovers that Tesco sells?".

Sally Redux

It didn't sound ridiculous, I was just trying to get you to think about day-to-day life.

However, picking a place you want to settle and thus a marriage partner does sound a little ridiculous. What if they want to move?

Pulaski

That is one of the rarely discussed risks of internet dating, that you might end up snagging an Anglophile who just wants to move to the UK.

Hotscot

Like my wife...

Scotophile? Ukophile?

And I'm slightly ashamed to say that she knows more about the history of the UK than me...

Sally Redux

I've thought of something else for your thread about what's changed over here - the young men are smokin' hot

Pulaski

One word: "hormones".

Hotscot

errrr...okaay...I'll keep that in mind...