Moving out of country?

[Calli]

I'm in the Isle of Man, my SO lives in the Netherlands. I'm probably going to be the one to move if things work out. We could be closing the distance as soon as the end of next month. I will be visiting him in just a few days and this visit is kind of make or break for us. There are reasons why I have to/can go so soon, but I really can't make that decision till during my visit to him, so big decisions coming up for me.

[SDPersona]

I live in Austria, my SO in South Africa. We have not yet gotten to the stage where we are seriously discussing and planning a closing the distance. To us it's still a ways in the future and we decided to just enjoy our first year as a couple together and think about moving when I have my degree next year. However, every once in a while the topic of moving pops up where I made it clear to him, that I won't have a problem moving to his country, if circumstances are good enough i.e. working opportuninties, finances and whatever else you'd have to consider before moving. The only thing that might prevent me from moving are my close ties to my family and I'm also incredibly afraid of moving. It's just a huge step for me, moving to another country that is not yet home to me even if it is beautiful and I'd be together with my guy...!!

[leonsfangirl]

I live in the U.K and my SO is in Canada. He'll be moving here as soon as we can sort it out. We didn't really have a choice as i have children from a previous relationship so taking them out of the country isn't an option. But if i didn't have the kids i would have been the one to move as it would have been easier. Neither of us would have to give up our citizenship either as both places allow dual citizenship.

[kteire]

I live in Canada and my SO lives in Ireland. I'm hoping to move over to Scotland as soon as I have the money (should be in October ideally!) and then he'll be moving there with me in May. That's what we're gonna do short-term, and then after my two-year visa expires, I'm bringing him back to Canada with me on either a commonlaw partner visa or permanent residency visa. We might eventually do a year in Australia or NZ, but I'm not sure where we'll end up settling down long-term

[aggie]

Funnily, it's never been an issue to us, even though we're half the world away... I'm originally from Poland (but I move around Europe a fair bit) and my SO is in Australia, where we met ... I fell in love with Aus and I have many great friends there, so I knew back in 2007 that I will want to move there eventually. Being with my SO just made me want to do it as soon as possible Not that easy with all the visa requirements...
All in all, since I was 12 I never wanted to stay in Poland til the rest of my life, so that doesn't really change things that much. (Not that I don't love Poland, I do, I do to pieces... it's just it can't give me the life I want) And it would be pretty difficult for not a Polish speaker to start the adult life here...

We also considered a third country - the choice being his dream place - Ireland . So to check it out we went there on our first trip after going LD ... didn't quite enjoy it that much. Maybe when we retire... but I don't think either of us felt nearly as comfortable as we do in good ol' kangaroo land.

I just wish the govt authorities would understand love a bit more, and would let us experience the real life together at young age without exactly getting married or pregnant.

[Minerva]

It's really far too soon for us to discuss moving; we're still trying to figure out if an LDR will work for us. But if the time comes to make a choice, I don't think it will be too hard. Since my visit to the UK last year, I've decided I wanted to retire to England. If I end up there a few years earlier than planned, all the better.

I have a child however, so I wouldn't move until he's of age, which would then free him up to stay or move with me if he'd like. I'd never take him away from his father, and I'd never move without him. But once he's 18, he can make his own choices about where he wants to go. So I'll wait until at least then.

[Petals]

The plan is for me to move to my SO in the UK next summer. This ofcourse depends on whether the spousal visa is granted. He is more settled than I am and his country is more stable economically than mine. We plan to move to the Caribbean eventually because it's his dream and I'll follow him wherever he goes.

[books]

I live in the US, my SO lives in Nicaragua. The plan (as it stands now) is that I will be moving to him late next year. I already lived there for a year and a half, so I'm familiar with the environment (it's a developing country...I hate the term "third world"). I'm really just in the US trying to work and get some money together so we can close the distance. Of course, the current state of the economy is not really cooperating with me, but I'm trying to stay positive. If my financial situation was different, I would honestly move there right now. We also talked about moving to another country completely, like Spain or Panama. Next year, I should finally be getting my EU passport (my parents are from Italy so I applied thru them) which will open up some more opportunities hopefully. I already lived in Europe for awhile but had to deal with a lot of visa mess! Really the most important thing to me is that I can be with my SO and we can have the opportunity to have careers and have a family. Leaving my home country is no big deal to me.

[Caitlin2009]

i live in Connecticut and Denise lives in Scotland, i plan on moving with her to Scotland for a few years and at some point we'll move back to the US to Connecticut for a year or so then move to North Carolina, the both of us wanna get into the business with her stand up, improv and acting and i wanna do the improv and acting as well, we have alot of things we wanna do and we'll defiantly do together