aes1

Chris and Pete, I will be thinking of you on your long flight and sending you a ton of good energy for a smooth journey. Watch out for Trottytrue, she likes to take up the seat next to you!!

Good luck and let us know how you get on when you get back from holiday!!!

Marmalade

Sally, when you do decide to move back seriously look into Cunard, Queen Mary II, for your crossing. You are at the right spot in the US to just jump on the boat and take the trip across the ocean home. I wish I could do it this year, but they book up quick. Keep that in mind for your pets. The journey will be worry free as opposed to flying

By the way, I love NY too. My best friend lives there, and I have visited often. Perfect city to visit!

trottytrue

My suitcase is already packed Chris. Safe journey and happy landings.

trottytrue

Ever the optimist I have been working hard on the garden and keeping the house clean and tidy to make sure everything is ready for whatever comes next. Peeling paint touch ups, cobwebs and fans to be cleaned. Windows cleaned. Garden is now fully weeded. Did not spend money on mulch this year just turned over last years.
I am up in the air at the moment not sure whats happening with my OH illness but I am not giviing up on my dream. I have spent to many years working towards this for it to suddenly be taken away from me.

This past weekend was Memorial Day Holiday and just so you can understand those of you with children and think they will always be there for you. Like I did. My two older children did not even call. My younger son would have been fully involved with his inlaws and my older one enjoying himself. They both know their Dad is ill. Daughter came but was eager to leave after a couple of hours. So please remember when you think of those children and how you are worried about leaving them. If they are young take them back with you dont stay because of them. if they are past High School then do what you want. The teenage years are the hard ones to decide on.

On some of the other forums you read about how homesick some people are and they cannot make their minds up what to do. They are like lots of us just hanging on hoping for the best but its such a waste. I wish I could explain to them that it doesnt get better it gets worst as you get older.

callé

We had good insurance through my husbands job, but it came at the cost of 700.dollars out of his check every month!! Then you still had the co-pay. My husband had a kidney stone once and also caught salmonella once and each time the bills just kept coming from the hospital, for the 20% not covered by insurance. my husband also was in an accident once with my two youngest. The rescue came and took them to hospital to be examined, but then they billed us for it!. My older son, when he passed 18 and no longer fell under our insurance and didnt yet have any of his own....started having back pain. He was just shifted out of emergency rooms with muscle relaxers as he wasnt insured. Thankfully, one dr on a return visit from us, had mercy and went ahead and ordered a scan. Cancer...which my son survived after chemo, but had it not been caught at that moment, he wouldnt have as it already began to spread. We were still even turned away from a chemo treament one day as social security hadnt cleared paper work for medicaid to help out. It was a living night mare and I was terrified that my son would not be treated. It was so much red tape to get through and I felt that his bedside care suffered as he was not insured, but still I am thankful that they finally agreed to treat him at all.
Ok, since being here....my husband has had his gall bladder removed and also had carpal tunnel operation. Excellent treatment by very kind staff, no questions. (and he's american). My son signed up with local GP when he arrived, and the dr immediately sent him for scan just to make sure all was clear. he had repeated scans for a few years and now has been cleared as cured. Very good care. he now has a deteriorating hip due to chemo and drs are monitoring him for eventual replacement. My daughter has had a baby here and no problems...good care.
I fortunately, have not been ill, but I feel very secure here that if I did, I would get prompt and proper care...no cost.
For my part, I would say that the NHS doesnt get near the credit they deserve!!

DDL

Just jumping on here today to wave good-bye to Chris and Pete! Will be thinking about you and looking forward to hearing from you "on the other side"


Denise - USC
Legal Secretary
3 grown children, 3 small grandsons

Tony - UKC/USC
Web Developer/Programmer
6 grown children (Plymouth/Bristol/Kew), 6 grandchildren

Met on the internet!
Married 6 years (together 7 years)
Lived in London for while, then moved to US (near Charleston, SC)

Selling it all to move back to UK within next few months
Concentration on SW London (where mum is) but open to anywhere within M3/M4/M5 perimeter with good access to London and/or Plymouth

Our dream: Live in a village, work in a village (or nearby) - and just THIS MORNING he had an interview offer in Pewsey.

fulwood

Hey Magistrate, do you remember Harris Childrens Home or Orphanage as some folks know it? On Garstang road not far from Black Bull. Anyway that was my home from 1969-1982.. I just wondered cos don't get chance to speak to folks who know of place..I loved the place and still miss it to this day..Only left cos place shut down and now it is a sad sight to see..

magistrate

Really sorry Fulwood ,I do remember the pub but not a childrens home ,I understand how you feel as I will be visiting my relatives later this year in Preston and i know things will not look the same as when i was last there in 95.
I spent a lot of my teenage years in Fulwood ,dated boys from Cuthbert Maine school .
Loved my job in Winkley square ,the happiest years of my life were 1970 to 76 but maybe hopefully more happy years to come if fate allows

aes1

Just had to comment on the internet marriage! I too have had one of those, unforuntately it didn't work. We met in March 2005, got married September 2005, and it was downhill super speed till we were legally divorced 2008!! Not having learned my lesson I have been communicating again with someone online (in another European country) the last 10 months, and it looks like that is ending before we even meet! So, congratulations for making your relationship work and proving it is possible to find love online!!!!

Wawa

I have one too! Met on-line, together 6 years, married 5 years and its all good! He is European but Canadian Citizen and I am happy he wants to follow me to the UK.

aes1

OK,now I have to know - which site worked for you and Denise????

Wawa

Match.com however if I had to do it again (and I would, if necessary ) I would use e-harmony I think! Hope hubby does not read this thread...

aes1

Ah,the two main ones, and they both want money. So obviously it was money well spent Maybe that's my mistake, I tried the free ones, at least free for females!!!

DDL

DatingDirect.com ~ but that was 7 years ago. I'm not even sure they still exist.

I might add: I was just out of a divorce after a 25-year marriage. The LAST thing I was looking for was another husband! I was looking for - well, I guess I was just looking for someone to correspond with. I've always been a letter-writer, a hopeless romantic, and an Anglophile. When I met Tony online, we had very similar pasts (although he had been divorced for 7 years) and experiences and we just really hit it off, writing for months and months before actually meeting in person.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Or should that be: HERstory.


Denise

jasper123

Yes Trottytrue,
I hear what your saying about the kids, well my Son in England used to call me about every 3 months or so, same thing with my step daughter, but now I am lucky these days if I get a Christmas card from either one of them,
My Sister who lives in Plymouth with my Nephew, never calls me but just to keep in touch I call her every few months just to see how she is doing,
And when I return to UK I very much doubt that the situation will change, my Son may pop into see his Grandmother and me maybe a couple of times a year if we are lucky, and we will probably see my Sister a couple of times a year, Christmas and Mums Birthday,
So whether your family is there in the same country as you like you in Australia or they are in the country you are returning to like UK, Its very much the same situation on how many times they bother to see you,

I suppose that when the kids grow up and there deep into there own lives then the parents come second,

Avril I hope you Husbands health improves very soon and that you will be able to fulfill your dream to return to UK again ---- and this time for good,
Take care,
Rodney.