I've arrived in the promised land!
#1
I've arrived in the promised land!
Hey guys
Thanks for all the good luck messages - well nearly all...
It was all pretty simple really, apart from the mass of luggage I was expected to carry by my wife...
About half an hour in the immigration booth, and then a quick finger print and signature and I was away!
Its one heck of an ugly stamp though isnt it?!
Im in Maryland now, with the in-laws with limited access to the internet, until the disc arrives in the post!
See ya'll soon
Thanks for all the good luck messages - well nearly all...
It was all pretty simple really, apart from the mass of luggage I was expected to carry by my wife...
About half an hour in the immigration booth, and then a quick finger print and signature and I was away!
Its one heck of an ugly stamp though isnt it?!
Im in Maryland now, with the in-laws with limited access to the internet, until the disc arrives in the post!
See ya'll soon
#2
Re: I've arrived in the promised land!
Originally posted by waxwabbit
Hey guys
Thanks for all the good luck messages - well nearly all...
It was all pretty simple really, apart from the mass of luggage I was expected to carry by my wife...
About half an hour in the immigration booth, and then a quick finger print and signature and I was away!
Its one heck of an ugly stamp though isnt it?!
Im in Maryland now, with the in-laws with limited access to the internet, until the disc arrives in the post!
See ya'll soon
Hey guys
Thanks for all the good luck messages - well nearly all...
It was all pretty simple really, apart from the mass of luggage I was expected to carry by my wife...
About half an hour in the immigration booth, and then a quick finger print and signature and I was away!
Its one heck of an ugly stamp though isnt it?!
Im in Maryland now, with the in-laws with limited access to the internet, until the disc arrives in the post!
See ya'll soon
#4
British/Irish(ish) Duncs
Joined: Jan 2003
Location: Cambridge MA, via Mississippi and Belfast Northern Ireland.
Posts: 700
congrats and glad your journey was good.
i was pretty excited when i first came over now i am not so sure it was even a good call to come here at all. It is very different to a holiday in the USA. Mainly i am here out of love for my wife and now having come i have to at least give it a good go for 5 years or so and resist the temptation to rush back to blighty.
Frankly though i think i was happier in the UK.
Hope your experinces are better than mine,
regards,
Duncan
i was pretty excited when i first came over now i am not so sure it was even a good call to come here at all. It is very different to a holiday in the USA. Mainly i am here out of love for my wife and now having come i have to at least give it a good go for 5 years or so and resist the temptation to rush back to blighty.
Frankly though i think i was happier in the UK.
Hope your experinces are better than mine,
regards,
Duncan
#5
Welcome to America, Lee! Hope you settle in quickly and that everything goes smoothly for you. Most of all, I hope you are able to find good cheap rabbit food!
Duncs, sorry to hear you're not happy here. It does take a while to settle down, and I know I go through phases of being incredibly excited to be here, amazed that I made it, to panicking at what I've left behind. It will smooth out, but perhaps this is a topic for another thread...
Duncs, sorry to hear you're not happy here. It does take a while to settle down, and I know I go through phases of being incredibly excited to be here, amazed that I made it, to panicking at what I've left behind. It will smooth out, but perhaps this is a topic for another thread...
#6
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 22,105
Congrats Wabbit, glad it all went well. How did your money exchange go? We've finally booked our flight, leaving on the 21st of January - scary times.
Sorry too Duncs to hear that you're unhappy. I know when I moved over to the UK almost 6 years ago I went through the same thing. Now my husband is going to have to experience it. It isn't easy, but I can tell you that things get a bit better. I'm a bit nervous moving back, quite frankly I don't know if I'll even be happy going back, but family situations being what they are requires that we must. Best of luck and I hope things get better.
Lisa
Sorry too Duncs to hear that you're unhappy. I know when I moved over to the UK almost 6 years ago I went through the same thing. Now my husband is going to have to experience it. It isn't easy, but I can tell you that things get a bit better. I'm a bit nervous moving back, quite frankly I don't know if I'll even be happy going back, but family situations being what they are requires that we must. Best of luck and I hope things get better.
Lisa
#7
Forum Regular
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 45
Originally posted by Duncs
congrats and glad your journey was good.
i was pretty excited when i first came over now i am not so sure it was even a good call to come here at all. It is very different to a holiday in the USA. Mainly i am here out of love for my wife and now having come i have to at least give it a good go for 5 years or so and resist the temptation to rush back to blighty.
Frankly though i think i was happier in the UK.
Hope your experinces are better than mine,
regards,
Duncan
congrats and glad your journey was good.
i was pretty excited when i first came over now i am not so sure it was even a good call to come here at all. It is very different to a holiday in the USA. Mainly i am here out of love for my wife and now having come i have to at least give it a good go for 5 years or so and resist the temptation to rush back to blighty.
Frankly though i think i was happier in the UK.
Hope your experinces are better than mine,
regards,
Duncan
I know what you mean.I arrived over here October 2002 as I couldn't be apart from my american husband.Things are not as rosy as I imagined but I am going to do what you are and give it 5 years,too be honest so far the only good thing that I can say is that atleast we have good weather over here.Chin up though,you're not alone!
#8
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,082
Re: I've arrived in the promised land!
Originally posted by Patrick
Your in Israel, I thought you where going to America
Your in Israel, I thought you where going to America
"Thud"
#10
Originally posted by manc1976
hey rabbit, welcome.
any questions just ask ok?
hey rabbit, welcome.
any questions just ask ok?
NC Penguin
#11
All the best waxwabbit hope things go well for you in Maryland!
MWM and Dunc, I can well sympathise with your situation. I have been in the US for almost 2 years and I'm starting to have doubts about my future here. I came on a K1 and am married to a wonderful woman but I just don't feel right over here. It's been really difficult to make friends and the job situation where I am is pretty dire. We're planning to visit the UK this year but I'm a bit scared that I might not want to come back here afterwards.
Anyway, going to try and give it another few years and maybe move to a different area of the states.
MWM and Dunc, I can well sympathise with your situation. I have been in the US for almost 2 years and I'm starting to have doubts about my future here. I came on a K1 and am married to a wonderful woman but I just don't feel right over here. It's been really difficult to make friends and the job situation where I am is pretty dire. We're planning to visit the UK this year but I'm a bit scared that I might not want to come back here afterwards.
Anyway, going to try and give it another few years and maybe move to a different area of the states.
#12
Hey guys
Well, I have not transferred money yet, seeing as I think it may continue to gain value for the time being, and we have a little money in the US already, so no immediate rush
Just feeling tired all the time, having almost switched my body clock by 12 hours!
blurrrrrrrrrrgh
Well, I have not transferred money yet, seeing as I think it may continue to gain value for the time being, and we have a little money in the US already, so no immediate rush
Just feeling tired all the time, having almost switched my body clock by 12 hours!
blurrrrrrrrrrgh
#13
To those who are saying they are having doubts or regrets about coming to the US, would you mind telling us what it is that is making you feel that way? Is it that the US is different than you expected, something about your job, or simply that you miss the UK? Or something else entirely?
I think it would be helpful to people who are thinking about coming out, or who have arrived recently, to hear about your experiences. I know for me, having been out of the UK for the past 20 years (except 2000), the longer I've been away, the more I miss the UK (have been back loads of times, and was back all of 2000, so I know what the UK is like these days and am not looking through rose tinted glasses at an outdated idea of the UK).
There have been times during the 20 yrs that I've thought about just quitting and getting on a plane home and taking it from there - not in the recent past, as I'm currently in a very fulfilling job and like my living situation. I think a lot of expats go through cycles like this, and I think it's difficult to know if you really need to go home or are just going through a phase...
I think it would be helpful to people who are thinking about coming out, or who have arrived recently, to hear about your experiences. I know for me, having been out of the UK for the past 20 years (except 2000), the longer I've been away, the more I miss the UK (have been back loads of times, and was back all of 2000, so I know what the UK is like these days and am not looking through rose tinted glasses at an outdated idea of the UK).
There have been times during the 20 yrs that I've thought about just quitting and getting on a plane home and taking it from there - not in the recent past, as I'm currently in a very fulfilling job and like my living situation. I think a lot of expats go through cycles like this, and I think it's difficult to know if you really need to go home or are just going through a phase...
#14
British/Irish(ish) Duncs
Joined: Jan 2003
Location: Cambridge MA, via Mississippi and Belfast Northern Ireland.
Posts: 700
Lots of things really are unsettling me but i suppose the lack of a fulfilling career is number one. In the Uk i had a professional career and a degree of status, here i have none of that. I was not born with a silver spoon and had to work hard to get where i did. Now i feel like having draggged myself up the ladder i have suddenly stepped on the big snake and ended up where i was 13 years ago only without the advantage of youth. That is causing me to be a bit melancholy at the moment.
However that said my business in the Uk had gone bust and it would have been a struggle to rebuild so either way i knew i was taking a step back. my wife has better prospects here than in the UK and i can start again. I will give it a good shot and see what happens hence the promise to stick out at least 5 years if after 5 years it still sucks then maybe we will move back to the Uk but we will see what comes. I am going to go back to college and re-train and i am sure with determination i can start back up the ladder again here. Only time will tell i suppose.
Thanks for peoples kind remarks and sorry for being a downer sometimes,
regards,
Duncan
However that said my business in the Uk had gone bust and it would have been a struggle to rebuild so either way i knew i was taking a step back. my wife has better prospects here than in the UK and i can start again. I will give it a good shot and see what happens hence the promise to stick out at least 5 years if after 5 years it still sucks then maybe we will move back to the Uk but we will see what comes. I am going to go back to college and re-train and i am sure with determination i can start back up the ladder again here. Only time will tell i suppose.
Thanks for peoples kind remarks and sorry for being a downer sometimes,
regards,
Duncan
#15
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Arizona
Posts: 3,113
Originally posted by waxwabbit
Just feeling tired all the time, having almost switched my body clock by 12 hours!
Just feeling tired all the time, having almost switched my body clock by 12 hours!