She's gone :( (home)

[Honour]

Like someone said, countdown till you next meet her Then perhaps it won't be so painful. This is the part I'm dreading when it comes down to visiting my SO in about a year's time. Gaahhh.

[LolaJ]

Don't dread it. It's the most bittersweet experience. It's apart of your journey honey

[vicks5721]

Man... I'm sorry! That had to be soo difficult. I, too cried, so very hard. At the check in gate. I cried hard then too. I was trying to keep it together and not make a scene, but man was it hard. Especially seeing him drive off. Good luck to you with your fiancee visa. I'm no expert at all. I was wondering if it was a difficult process for you all? As I've done my research. I see that us being married (when the time is right) here in America is going to be much easier than the UK.

Yep it was a very emotional day when he had to get on a plane back to America, but also very romantic and showing each other with that experience how much we love each other. Thank you for wishing me good luck, we are actually almost done, I have one more piece of paperwork to get then I can inform US embassy I am ready and then do medical exam and have interview when it is scheduled, then we can book my flight! It was actually fairly straight forward the process and we had help with the forms and what we needed to gather as evidence of our relationship from an visa company called RapidVisa, and also Visajourney.com has been helpful and there is a forum on there.

It seems marriage is easier in the US however it also comes down to who can support who the best. My SO doesn't make enough to support me (yet) and tbh I probably don't. But if I got a full time job I could support her here... But getting her here is a long and tiring process. Cmon British government! The US are our biggest allies! Make immigration easier for them just like the EU!

Yeah for us I know I wouldn't be able to support my SO, as I have no savings and I don't have my own house, as I live at home right now and I am not working, but my SO has his own apartment, a car, and a job. Also he has family who would be willing to cosponsor if need be, but my family can't as they have low incomes. Overall we decided early on anyway America is cheaper for food etc, yes we will have to pay for healthcare but medical insurance will cover that.

Sometimes I think it is so easy, too easy to travel through Europe when part of the EU, like for people who come to the UK for benefits and the NHS, but at the same time it is a good thing, makes it easy to live and work in Europe for short periods of time, like I went to Austria and Greece when I was younger to be an au pair and I will cherish all the memories of another culture and my day trips in my free time and what I learnt gaining experience looking after children, and the food!

[LolaJ]

That sounds absolutely amazing! Your love story is beautiful!!!! As I've stated before, well wishes, and abundance of blessings! Cheers to your lifetime together. I'm learning that the distance is painful, but when you lean on that person that much more and share your love and agony of missing them. It's somewhat of a relief. I'll be damn glad when I can spend some more time with my love. Be it in the UK, or be it here in NY.

[vicks5721]

That sounds absolutely amazing! Your love story is beautiful!!!! As I've stated before, well wishes, and abundance of blessings! Cheers to your lifetime together. I'm learning that the distance is painful, but when you lean on that person that much more and share your love and agony of missing them. It's somewhat of a relief. I'll be damn glad when I can spend some more time with my love. Be it in the UK, or be it here in NY.

are you commenting to my posts?? I am unsure as I wanted to say thank you if you were.

[dandelion]

It is really painfull to say bye but try to stay strong and think about next meeting <3 Also, seeing him in skype twice more the usual really always helped me to get through first days after meetings...

[Happygirl123]

We met in person on December the 15th. A month later and my beautiful So just left to fly back to America. I'm so upset and to make matters worse, I have to wait 6 hours until my flight leaves :'(

its tough. but just think that as each day passes it will be a day closer until you meet again. thats how i see it anyway. in the mean time, skype chat, perhaps send eachother gifts and plan trips together. planning doesnt necessarily have to end in someone booking a ticket, just discussing your next meeting and what you would like to do on the next occasion will give you both something to look forward to. good luck

[DarrenSaysHello]

I feel your pain too!

Saying them two hard words "Good bye"

Never gets easier.

[Unicorn26]

It always gets to me, that it's soooooo hard for people outside the EU to come here! I don't understand why it isn't easier fir Americans, Canadians or Australians to relocate here, after all these countries are our biggest allies and the culture and language are pretty similar, definitely more so than some European countries that's for sure!

My SO would have to move here to UK as I have children and he doesn't. It's so hard though, I would have to go back to work full time and that is going to create massive child care issues... Once he's here I could go back to part time again but it's messing my employer about to do that. Life is soooooo unfair sometimes, why dies my soulmate have yo be so far away

[Unicorn26]

And why does my iPad go back and change whole sentences after I've finished typing them and make me look like an idiot ggggrrrrrr..... Lol!

[LolaJ]

Yes, I was!!!