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American in London marrying an American. Am I alone?
« on: September 06, 2009, 01:36:08 AM »
I am leaving this month for graduate school in London. I got engaged this summer to an American man here. He is staying in the US to work while I am in school the first semester. I am going back to the US to get married in January (as we figured it would make the visa process easier... he'll be able to work and get NHS if my program duration is more than 12 months.)

I know the majority of people here are either US or UK citizens marrying UK or US citizens... is anyone else in the same boat as me?


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Re: American in London marrying an American. Am I alone?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 02:38:54 AM »
Not really same situation, but myself (and others on here) are both USC couples.  We (my husband, myself, and daughter) moved here for my husband's job.  So we are both American.  Welcome to the board, I have found it super helpful because we have no one else to tell us what is "normal" since neither of us have grown up here.
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Re: American in London marrying an American. Am I alone?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 11:16:49 AM »
I'm not in your situation, but I wanted to welcome you to UK Yankee.  :)
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Re: American in London marrying an American. Am I alone?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 05:26:32 PM »
Different situation, but my husband and I are both US citizens. He's lived here for twenty years, though, so he's nearly as British as a native, and since he's also a UK citizen now, the visa process for us was just like any UK/US couple.

I'm really glad he's from the US, though. He knows what I'm talking about most of time, and he definitely gets the political ideologies at war in the states, which is nice. He can see the US from the inside and out, rather than just one or the other.

Also, his accent is very faint - he talks like a "proper" American, if that makes any sense. It's just delightful.  :) 
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