Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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Apr 22nd 2016, 3:18 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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Isn't your Location supposed to say "Czechia"? ..... Maybe you didn't get the memo?

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Apr 22nd 2016, 3:22 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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Isn't your Location supposed to say "Czechia"? ..... Maybe you didn't get the memo?

how could I forget!

Apr 22nd 2016, 3:26 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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As long as the UK doesn't leave the EU, we should be fine.

You are aware of the referendum in the UK on 23rd of June....?

Apr 22nd 2016, 3:29 am

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You are aware of the referendum in the UK on 23rd of June....?

very aware. unfortunately, I never got any UK citizenship or permanent residency since I've lived on my German visa. Not sure I can do anything at this point but hope for my own selfish reasons that the UK remains in the EU.

my girlfriend is convinced you all are leaving but I really don't think so. With that being said Obama should've shut his mouth today and not made people think that the USA is interfering with the UK's sovereignty.

Apr 22nd 2016, 5:39 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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Ha my grandpa says America has been going down the s***** since he was a kid.

I can assure you that England has gone downhill since I was born there in 1948. It is not the place it was and never will be.

Apr 22nd 2016, 5:45 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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With that being said Obama should've shut his mouth today and not made people think that the USA is interfering with the UK's sovereignty.

Yeah, British politicians NEVER opine on American domestic politics. Please.

Apr 22nd 2016, 5:47 am

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Also really disappointing that Obama was completely deadlocked by the republican congress for so much of his presidency.

It really would have been easier if he were just elected King. Those blasted checks and balances.

/sorry, more sarcasm, I'll stop now.

Apr 22nd 2016, 5:50 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

I'm reasonably familiar with both Philly and Dartford and there are plenty of places in and around Philly I'd far rather live in than Dartford.

Apr 22nd 2016, 5:59 am

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It really would have been easier if he were just elected King. Those blasted checks and balances.

/sorry, more sarcasm, I'll stop now.

Checks and balances are great if the congress are willing to at least work with the executive.

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:08 am

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Checks and balances are great if the congress are willing to at least work with the executive.

And vice versa.

When the president burns all his political capital on just a couple of issues, only an idiot would be surprised that the legislative branch no longer wants to talk to the president.

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:09 am

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It really would have been easier if he were just elected King. Those blasted checks and balances.

Not as bad as those blasted unbalanced checks...which result in Executive Orders... which leads to predictable high dudgeon...and so it goes

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:09 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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So you're calling me an idiot?

Thanks for that.

Apr 22nd 2016, 6:15 am

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So you're calling me an idiot? .....

Only if you're "surprised" that after the president connived to force healthcare reform through and tried to overturn US immigration legislation by presidential dictat, the legislative branch doesn't want to work with the president.

Apr 22nd 2016, 9:56 pm

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

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It really would have been easier if he were just elected King. Those blasted checks and balances.

/sorry, more sarcasm, I'll stop now.

haha even so, it was more of congress telling him they hated him so much on a personal level that they didn't want to help him get anything done.

Apr 23rd 2016, 2:16 am

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Re: Want to move back to the USA but my girlfriend's perspective differs than mine.

If you really want to return to your country of birth and she doesn't then just leave her behind. That's what I did when I decided I wanted to emigrate and she didn't. You'll get over it. No one ever died from a broken heart,

The alternative is that whatever choice is made to suit the other neither of you will be both happy with it,

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