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Thanks for the update. I needed to know if the question comes up in my situation. I don't want get going on the fairness of the whole situation. Bulgarians can just walk in or will be able too soon. Nothing against Bulgarias. More about Brussels, you understand.

Perth

I had a major case of the wobbles last night and ended up in tears, so my DH had to go out and get me some ice cream to cheer me up

And we are not planning on leaving for 3 more years

We are going to a British expats meet-up for the first time for st patty's day. I'd better develop a thicker skin by then

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So I read that you all are having snow.
Any reports?

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I need to clarify something.
When I come over and need a cellphone all I need to do is go to Tesco or similar shop and I can get one real cheap? Yea or ney?

Karrie72

Yes, I've got three-four years left too. Sometimes it seems like a pipe-dream but I hope not. But even if it all goes to plan, it's a major life-event

Karrie72

Thanks Fish...yes one of these friends actually did go home, convinced the husband and kids to go. The shipping container hadn't even arrived back and she'd realized what a huge mistake they'd made. What an awful feeling that must be.

dunroving

Yea - check carphone warehouse too.

curleytops

We've run the gamut here in Scarborough since around 7:30 am. One minute it's hailing & snowing like mad, very dark & overcast, next minute we've got blue sky & brilliant sunshine and vice versa. No snow lying on the ground, very windy, temp. currently 0C.

Perth

What happened

Fish n Chips 56

Hi Montfan...

In the past I've know a few people that went back n forth a few times...

I can understand the frustration with your friend, we did something similar, we sold everything, home, cars etc and sent all our personal stuff back in 89, I got two jobs one after the other and never actually started, (a big let down, never a word to say they had changed their minds), The six wooden trunks I built sat in a warehouse in Oxford for 7 months, I didn't get a job and so we returned to the USA where we where our old employers rehired us...

Maybe your friend should have took a trip back just to see if its what he/she really wanted... maybe they will change their mind again after a while...

Its never the same going back, and after living in a place like the USA where we have a "can do" attitude it can feel a little daunting, most people in the UK seem to have a negative "you cant do that" attitude...

You really need to be positive that you want to go back or it can cost you a lot of money and heartache... Its not easy, even now I wonder if it will ever happen for us, the days and years go by, its what we both want, but will we be able to afford it, there are so many details, I feel safer in the UK and the healthcare situation is a major deal for me, I only see the healthcare situation here getting worse, certainly not better...

When I go back I vision myself living there, I never think about the USA, I just imagine what it would be like now and as an older person, you have to look 20 yrs down the road and think how life will be in both places, Factor in kids and grandkids then decide... Would I miss things about the USA, sure I would, many things including my family, but I'm living that way now missing the UK...

scot47

Here on my Scottish island we are having bright sunshine while that other big island next door is covered in snow. "Schadenfreude ist die beste Freude."

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We don't use that kind of language around here

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Similar....she couldn't stand the US and went back to Merthyr Tydfil. She was back in the US like a shot. Enough said. She was about 25 years old at the time and I think she had lived in San Francisco about 3 years.

What am I saying? As others have said you have to think a lot about the move.

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Thanks for the update. 7C here and beautiful blue skies. (did you say shut up!?) 28C (82F) by Thursday.

dunroving

Hmmmm US vs UK, San Francisco vs Merthyr ... I think I see the "Why" of her decision. If she had relocated somewhere else in the UK, she might not have ping-ponged so fast.