The grass is always greener!

I don't know how many of you remember me but I used to be quite active here 5 or 6 years ago.  Then the itch to move back to the US and finish my degree came along and so we moved.  Now, well, for a while, I've been itching to move back.  I miss London and I hate Miami (where I live).  My husband (British) is hesitant and has every right to be.  He's worried that a couple of years after we move back I'd want to move again LOL.  I don't know if it's a case of I truly want to move back or that the grass is always greener on the other side.  I should add though that I did not dislike the UK, I loved it, I just disliked the situation I was in. I did not have a degree, I only had military experience and thus was unable to find a fulfilling job. I could have been a housewife, which is what I was most of the time I lived there, but that was very lonely and I didn't have any friends.  I'm in a much better position now and I think the situation would be different.  Maybe this is wishful thinking, maybe not.  I think the real reason stopping him from moving back is the fact that we own a house here in the US and the real estate market is crap right now.  We also have a lot of debt in the UK so our credit there is less than stellar.

I don't know where I'm going with this, I just wanted to tell somebody other than the poor guy.

I remember you!

Welcome back, sort of. 

I know what you mean.  My US degree is pretty much worthless here, so I am working in admin.  But if we moved back would it be any better? BAH! 

I remember you also from your photo.
I like to think it doesn't have to be a major decision especially if there aren't children to bring along.
Hang loose and go back is my advice.
Cheers

Hi,

I remember you as well!

The UK is currently back in recession, and the next few years at least, things aren't going to get better quickly. Costs are rising, there's less job security overall and on a higher level, with the turmoil that is the Euro, there's large bumps to yet happen economically to the UK.

If of course you have more chances than previously to find a job that you like, and you crunch all your numbers between you and your better half and you keep an open exit strategy to return to the US in case things don't work out the way you want here, then think about moving back.

I'd say overall though, to perhaps look to move within the US rather than coming here.

Cheers, DtM! West London & Slough UK!

I hope this means that you and your husband worked out your previous problems! 

Hi JuneHawk - waves- I remember you too.

There are people on here who have done a fair bit of moving back (and forth) and maybe they can offer you better advice. 

Is your husband's only issue that "He's worried that a couple of years after we move back I'd want to move again" - or does he really not want to come back for other reasons?

I'd certainly say do some research on your job prospects and housing and other things if that's what you really want. 

Good luck to you! 

Does hubby have US citizenship yet? If not, I wouldn't do anything until he does. It would just make it that much easier if you DO want to move back in the future.
I have done three international moves in 6 years and I don't want to move again. I know we  will, but I'm not going ANYWHERE until I have my UK citizenship. Hubby never got his US citizenship and I know its just going to big a big hassle so I at least want my duel citizenship so we can always move back to the UK at whatever point in our lives.
I hate the unsettled feeling of, this is home....for now. I just want to be settled, wherever for more than 3 years.

Does hubby have US citizenship yet? If not, I wouldn't do anything until he does. It would just make it that much easier if you DO want to move back in the future.
I have done three international moves in 6 years and I don't want to move again. I know we  will, but I'm not going ANYWHERE until I have my UK citizenship. Hubby never got his US citizenship and I know its just going to big a big hassle so I at least want my duel citizenship so we can always move back to the UK at whatever point in our lives.
I hate the unsettled feeling of, this is home....for now. I just want to be settled, wherever for more than 3 years.

Just a quick thought...I think if you have US citizenship you are going to be on the hook for US taxes were ever you move in the world. Am I right or wrong?
Put another way. If you leave the US you do not have to pay US taxes on income earned in the new country to the US IRS. Right or wrong?

I hope this means that you and your husband worked out your previous problems! 

This! And welcome back! 

That should have read 'if you are not a US citizen I don't think you have to pay US tax once you have left the country'