Also, the first class tickets for the train were totally worth it.
I wish you all the best. Be sure to stock up on tea when you’re settled.
You’ve joined a time-honored tradition of fleeing fascist governments. o7
The UK just gained several precious people. Good for them!
Lemmy will be okay if you don’t keep posting as much as you’ve been. Do whatever you need to do to set your family up there.
Good luck, I hope you and your child find the UK to be less shitty than America. :)
Having emigrated to France with my kids in 2017, I think you’re making a good decision.
Was this a similar move as with OP? Meaning you had preexisting ties to the country before moving?
actually no. when don the con got elected the first time, i saved up as much as i could, sold as much stuff as i could and just left. I was illegal in France for a while, but did eventually find a job that was willing to sponsor a visa for me. I had to go back to the states to get my visa issued, though, that took a few weeks. I’ve been here ever since, and yeah it’s fucking hard to leave my family back home in the states, it’s honestly much better to live here with my kids than there.
Welcome to the UK :)
Good luck, mate.
Glad you got out.
How is the teenager taking it, apart from sleeping on luggage? With leaving behind friends and all that?
She has been an amazing trooper. Other than a breakdown after a really stressful situation where we missed the first train, then got on the wrong train a second time and had to climb up and back down a ton of stairs with our suitcases (understandable at that point) she has really made me proud of her. Especially considering how hard it is for autistic kids dealing with change. We’ll see how she fares tomorrow.
Sounds like somebody earned themselves a really nice new plush toy or whatever kind of thing it is they like!
At this point (and she’s not demanding), I will buy her anything she wants within reason.
Good luck to both of you! If you would like some help I can reccomend Evan Edinger’s videos on his experience migrating to the UK. It may not be useful to a teen though, but he does have a couple videos comparing the UK and US school systems.
Thanks! Always good to have as much research material as possible in these situations.
Hey, no crabs are allowed to leave this bucket!
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Wow! You weren’t kidding.
I’m so glad you got out, you’re one of my favorites.
Thank you, and likewise!
Welcome! Do you have a football team already or are you going to support Bastard Rovers?
I support whatever local football team will not get me beaten up. Otherwise, sport is not my thing.
That would be Blackburn Rovers but that’ll get you beaten up by ME!
In all seriousness you’ll be fine either way. I do recommend a match, it’s a different experience to American sports and it’ll be a useful small talk opportunity. Otherwise you’ll have to talk about the weather all the time.
Welcome to our little grey rock. It has been a warm winter, but if it gets cold enough to snow in your area then your cultural induction to our society is to endure half of the country shutting down in a panic
Also, the first class tickets for the train were totally worth it…
Damn you yanks be rich!
Welcome to our cold rainy island.
I hope y’all can relax soon. I don’t regret having left the US years ago; the only hard parts are not being able to see some family much (though Skype and the like help) and certain foods that just don’t exist here (less of an issue in the UK than Japan), but copycat recipes can get things close.
