Off-topic: I'm back! New username, but same ol' me...
Aug 31st 2013, 1:43 am
#1
I'm back!
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Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
Posts: 4,316
Off-topic: I'm back! New username, but same ol' me...
Hi everyone -- I'm back! 
Some of you are probably thinking, "Am I supposed to know this person?", while the old-timers will remember me by my old username, Jenney & Mark. Well, Mark's no longer in the picture, and so after a 2-year hiatus I'm back with a new username: Just Jenney.
Last week I jumped back into BE but over on the USA: Trailer Park board, so if you're dying to know what happened to me (and Mark, too) over the past 2 years since we split up, you can read all about it here.
I'm still in the toe-dipping phase because I've been gone for so long and there is so much to read! It's amazing when I think that for 9 years I was on BE every day, and then I just dropped it together. I just felt a bit lost, didn't know if I really fit in anywhere -- I mean, I'm not a Brit, not an expat, and my dealings with immigration ended 5 years ago. But I'm ready to reconnect again. I'm so chuffed to see how many of my BE friends are still here. This place really has staying power!
I'm a tad wary of posting in THIS forum, actually, because I don't know how much has changed in marriage-based immigration since Mark was naturalized in 2008. Five years is a long time, after all. But we'll see...
So anyway, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I look forward to catching up with everyone!
~ Jenney
Some of you are probably thinking, "Am I supposed to know this person?", while the old-timers will remember me by my old username, Jenney & Mark. Well, Mark's no longer in the picture, and so after a 2-year hiatus I'm back with a new username: Just Jenney.
Last week I jumped back into BE but over on the USA: Trailer Park board, so if you're dying to know what happened to me (and Mark, too) over the past 2 years since we split up, you can read all about it here.
I'm still in the toe-dipping phase because I've been gone for so long and there is so much to read! It's amazing when I think that for 9 years I was on BE every day, and then I just dropped it together. I just felt a bit lost, didn't know if I really fit in anywhere -- I mean, I'm not a Brit, not an expat, and my dealings with immigration ended 5 years ago. But I'm ready to reconnect again. I'm so chuffed to see how many of my BE friends are still here. This place really has staying power!
I'm a tad wary of posting in THIS forum, actually, because I don't know how much has changed in marriage-based immigration since Mark was naturalized in 2008. Five years is a long time, after all. But we'll see...
So anyway, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I look forward to catching up with everyone!
~ Jenney
Aug 31st 2013, 2:51 am
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 10,678
Re: Off-topic: I'm back! New username, but same ol' me...
Hi everyone -- I'm back!
Some of you are probably thinking, "Am I supposed to know this person?", while the old-timers will remember me by my old username, Jenney & Mark. Well, Mark's no longer in the picture, and so after a 2-year hiatus I'm back with a new username: Just Jenney.
Last week I jumped back into BE but over on the USA: Trailer Park board, so if you're dying to know what happened to me (and Mark, too) over the past 2 years since we split up, you can read all about it here.
I'm still in the toe-dipping phase because I've been gone for so long and there is so much to read! It's amazing when I think that for 9 years I was on BE every day, and then I just dropped it together. I just felt a bit lost, didn't know if I really fit in anywhere -- I mean, I'm not a Brit, not an expat, and my dealings with immigration ended 5 years ago. But I'm ready to reconnect again. I'm so chuffed to see how many of my BE friends are still here. This place really has staying power!
I'm a tad wary of posting in THIS forum, actually, because I don't know how much has changed in marriage-based immigration since Mark was naturalized in 2008. Five years is a long time, after all. But we'll see...
So anyway, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I look forward to catching up with everyone!
~ Jenney
Some of you are probably thinking, "Am I supposed to know this person?", while the old-timers will remember me by my old username, Jenney & Mark. Well, Mark's no longer in the picture, and so after a 2-year hiatus I'm back with a new username: Just Jenney.
Last week I jumped back into BE but over on the USA: Trailer Park board, so if you're dying to know what happened to me (and Mark, too) over the past 2 years since we split up, you can read all about it here.
I'm still in the toe-dipping phase because I've been gone for so long and there is so much to read! It's amazing when I think that for 9 years I was on BE every day, and then I just dropped it together. I just felt a bit lost, didn't know if I really fit in anywhere -- I mean, I'm not a Brit, not an expat, and my dealings with immigration ended 5 years ago. But I'm ready to reconnect again. I'm so chuffed to see how many of my BE friends are still here. This place really has staying power!
I'm a tad wary of posting in THIS forum, actually, because I don't know how much has changed in marriage-based immigration since Mark was naturalized in 2008. Five years is a long time, after all. But we'll see...
So anyway, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I look forward to catching up with everyone!
~ Jenney
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hlight=Fatbrit
Aug 31st 2013, 4:43 pm
#4
I'm back!
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Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
Posts: 4,316
Re: Off-topic: I'm back! New username, but same ol' me...
Hi Jenny and Welcome back. On a very sad note, Fatbrit passed away since you left the forum.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hlight=Fatbrit
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hlight=Fatbrit
I remember Fatbrit and will miss reading his comments and seeing that endlessly bouncing sheep.EDITED TO ADD: A few years ago I started a thread where I asked other BE users if they had a plan to let their online friends know that something had happened to them (illness or death). The responses I received were very negative, along the lines of, "You're an idiot for even worrying about that; you should be thinking of your real family/friends first, not some virtual online people." People were so rude and nasty about it that I'm pretty sure I asked Admin to delete the thread altogether; I found it quite upsetting. But now I read this about Fatbrit and also a recent thread about Ray, and I sort of feel like I was right to ask about that all those years ago.
~ Jenney
Last edited by Just Jenney; Aug 31st 2013 at 4:55 pm.
Sep 2nd 2013, 8:53 pm
#5
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Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Virginia
Posts: 978
Re: Off-topic: I'm back! New username, but same ol' me...
Hi Jenny
Welcome back. I joined around 2008 and I'm still going through the process, well just the removal of conditions part at the moment.
I remember that smile! Sorry to hear things didn't work out for you but glad you are moving forward. Oh and can you direct me to the thread about Ray if you get a min.
Good to have you back.
Mandy
Welcome back. I joined around 2008 and I'm still going through the process, well just the removal of conditions part at the moment.
I remember that smile! Sorry to hear things didn't work out for you but glad you are moving forward. Oh and can you direct me to the thread about Ray if you get a min.
Good to have you back.
Mandy
