What is....

What is the hardest part of moving to the Uk, and in the end is it worth it?

No '24Hour Fitness' gyms here.   

Living in a land with a national compulsion to put raisins in nearly every food.

Yes, it's worth it.

Missing your family.  Not being able to get home when someone is ill or something goes wrong.  Or even not being able to be there for happy events-birthdays, weddings, graduations.  That's the hard part.  Is it worth it?  It might be.  It's truly only a decision that you can make.  And you may never know if it's the right one.  

I hope its worth it honestly, I love Wales, well all of the Uk honestly, its just I dunno, one of those things were I didn't think about the cons to much, because all I saw was my own freedom. Am I making an sense here?

I hope its worth it honestly, I love Wales, well all of the Uk honestly, its just I dunno, one of those things were I didn't think about the cons to much, because all I saw was my own freedom. Am I making an sense here?

The freedom thing can be a double-edged sword.  In one way, you gain complete freedom -- to be who you want to be and do what you want.  But at the same time, particularly if you're heading over to marry a Brit, you might feel that you've lost your independence and free spirit, at least for a while...mostly because you have to learn a new way of life and will be depending on your partner quite a bit..maybe more than you're used to depending on anyone.  I certainly experienced that (and still do, at times), as have many of the women on this board.  Just something to be aware of -- it's not permanent but it might come as a shock if you've been dreaming of the UK as your chance to "start over" or whatever.

Missing your family.  Not being able to get home when someone is ill or something goes wrong.  Or even not being able to be there for happy events-birthdays, weddings, graduations.  That's the hard part.  Is it worth it?  It might be.  It's truly only a decision that you can make.  And you may never know if it's the right one. 

Well put, Mindy.  Missing my family is the worst part for me.  I hate missing the good things and feel so helpless when bad things happen to my family in the US.   

Edited to add:  Yep, it's worth it.   

I haven't had a "hardest part" of moving to the UK - and it has been so worth it for me.

I don't have the fun off marrying a Brit at the moment. The guy I was/am in love with, called it quits last Febuary, and well I'm still all blah over him.

Lack of space and filters down into many other issues.

Family is the big one. Followed by certain American conveniences or shopping/prices that I alternate between wishing for madly and berating myself for being so consumer oriented.

Drama, I came over as a student, too. Met my now husband here. So it was definitely worth it though we may choose to live in the US at some point as well.

It's really hard to be away from my family and friends, i won't lie.  But knowing i do have an end point helps....


Worth it: The ability to get to most places in Europe in a few hours, and cheaply!

The sense of vibrance and life that England, specifically London, has for me.

I do love it here.

I don't have the family issues/concerns that others have... my family and i get on much better when there is distance between us! 

I have lived here for so long, that i almost dont remember any other way of living.
Any sacrifices that i may have had to make in the past have now proven to be so insignificant, that ...yeah... it's been worth it!
I will never go back... I wish i didnt even have to visit the US, but unfortunately, i cant get around that. 

ah, yea my family and I don't get along to well but I do love them of course. Maybe the distance will help our little issues.

It might do...  it worked for me! 

lol. Yea its mainly between my parents and I though. Its like just let me be me already, I'm not staying here in Florida, get over it.