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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
Apart from the weather. Which is my main dislike of the U.K. Endless grey skies, drizzle and short unpredictable summers. As an ourdoor person, it's a MAJOR factor. I hate the cold..
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So now I'm 41, no kids and inherited house that I need to sell in the U.K, I'm thinking that it's now or never. My fiancee is onboard so why not eh ?
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You aren`t leaving only your bad weather country and a house you sold, you leave a country with a mentality and culture you can read with blind eyes. You will get bored by nice and warm weather and you will wish rain and coldness back.
You are leaving your friends and other social bindings you will earliest recognize in the moment when they aren`t available. You will proof your relation to your fiancee and vice versa the hard way!
You replace your well known legal rules and procedures against new written and unwritten ones. And maybe this you have to learn through existing language barriers.
You may think you will leave rascism and xenophobic behaviors but will earn new forms of this equal where you go. You be will an active part in it instead of being somebody who only hears and read more about.
It did it twice in my life, by job for a couple of years and with the help of relocation services as well as a boss who help me a lot in integrating in the new social society and finding friends. It`s all manageable but it was hard and tough time for me. I recognized a substitution from old dislikes and problems against new ones.
You can do it without support and services I had but be sure it will be tough and hard. You will learn a lot new about youself, your fiancee and you will suffer from paying much more than locals in the first time. It will be a time and nerve consuming adventure for a long run.
Only after going through this by quite some time you would know if your dicision was right or wrong and if you would have found your place of desire.
I am happy that I did it and that I made the experience in my life twice. I am also happy that I know I will do it better next time. And that I learned more about me, my needs and wishes.
Only advice I would give to you is: Reserve some money for a restart in your home country in case that all wouldn`t work as you wished and wanted.
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