What brought you to the USA?
Feb 11th 2006, 4:25 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Elvira
Why is he/she languishing? 
Feb 11th 2006, 4:26 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by blaze
What was the original reason that you moved to the USA or Canada? Not necessarily what keeps you here (there), but what made you come here in the first place. So many of us seem to say that we would go home in a heartbeat, so what was the event or reason that made you take the plunge and move? For me it was meeting my American husband 16 years ago in Britain and moving with him. If it had not been for that chance meeting my life would be so incredibly different right now and I would probably still be living in Britain.
Feb 11th 2006, 4:27 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Chorlton
I did something terrible in a previous life.
lol chorlton that makes two of us..k on its way to you
Feb 11th 2006, 4:28 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
lol chorlton that makes two of us..k on its way to you
sorry got to spread
Feb 11th 2006, 4:29 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Chorlton
I did something terrible in a previous life.
Feb 11th 2006, 4:44 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
I went out one night
And danced with a man...
No stockings or candy
But he was American
We talked on the phone
He called me his Chic
No one had called me that since 86
I introduced him to Yorkshire pudding
We went bowling and I gave him a drubbing
And then he told me he had to go home
And i worried he would leave me alone
I never wanted to come to the states
But one can learn to love what one thought one would hate
I'm giving it a go in the best way I can
So what brought me to the States, yes it was a man!
And danced with a man...
No stockings or candy
But he was American
We talked on the phone
He called me his Chic
No one had called me that since 86
I introduced him to Yorkshire pudding
We went bowling and I gave him a drubbing
And then he told me he had to go home
And i worried he would leave me alone
I never wanted to come to the states
But one can learn to love what one thought one would hate
I'm giving it a go in the best way I can
So what brought me to the States, yes it was a man!
Feb 11th 2006, 4:52 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
I married a USC in 2001, he moved the the UK where we llived until July last year. We moved here after much persuasion by the in-laws, actually not sure why we anymore, it seemed like a good idea at the time. But I'm definitely not staying for good.
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Feb 11th 2006, 5:06 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Spent a year in Munich (2000-2001) as part of my degree and met a nice american guy who was also spending a year there. we carried on the relationship for about another 4 years and then i recently moved over to the states to get married and live here.
Don't know if we are staying here forever, i would be quite happy to go back to the UK.
Don't know if we are staying here forever, i would be quite happy to go back to the UK.
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Feb 11th 2006, 5:23 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Is that a joke?
WHy would it be? Say what you like about the US, but they have some excellent universities.
Feb 11th 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
He's at Uni....the easy life
Does he (you??) have to pay overseas fees though? :scared:
What about his GC - any risk of losing that (or is he dual?)
These are the things that worry me at the moment as one of my little darlings wants to back to uni in the UK...
Feb 11th 2006, 5:27 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Bradford Lass
I went out one night
And danced with a man...
No stockings or candy
But he was American
We talked on the phone
He called me his Chic
No one had called me that since 86
I introduced him to Yorkshire pudding
We went bowling and I gave him a drubbing
And then he told me he had to go home
And i worried he would leave me alone
I never wanted to come to the states
But one can learn to love what one thought one would hate
I'm giving it a go in the best way I can
So what brought me to the States, yes it was a man!
And danced with a man...
No stockings or candy
But he was American
We talked on the phone
He called me his Chic
No one had called me that since 86
I introduced him to Yorkshire pudding
We went bowling and I gave him a drubbing
And then he told me he had to go home
And i worried he would leave me alone
I never wanted to come to the states
But one can learn to love what one thought one would hate
I'm giving it a go in the best way I can
So what brought me to the States, yes it was a man!
And BE's Robbie Burns Memorial Poetry Award goes to...
Feb 11th 2006, 5:37 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
greed..big house, pool in my back garden, even bigger car, more money to spend on shoes, clothes and handbags..thats about it really.
Feb 11th 2006, 6:13 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Is that a joke?
Particularly at the (post)graduate level, the US system has a level of flexibility, resources, and financial support that many UK universities do not have.
Feb 11th 2006, 6:15 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by smeg
Work three years ago
I had just happened to make friends with several people in Boston, and had been out for two vacations to stay with them ... my company also happened to have an office here, so I applied for a transfer. Moved over on an L1-B visa.
3 years later, I'm married to one of those friends, and don't want to move back!
I had just happened to make friends with several people in Boston, and had been out for two vacations to stay with them ... my company also happened to have an office here, so I applied for a transfer. Moved over on an L1-B visa.
3 years later, I'm married to one of those friends, and don't want to move back!
Feb 11th 2006, 6:16 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
A plane....
