Anyone else not staying in the UK permanently??

My hubby hasn't even got his ILR yet, but I am planning for us to move back to the states in a few years. We are going to be here for about 4 years so that we can save,etc.

I have even been looking into getting work experience each summer in different states... So that I can get a feel of US high schools (I am a teacher).

Is anyone else doing this??? Or are you all settled here forever?

In 4 years we also plan on moving back to the US after I've paid off my loans (because the exchange rate is working in my favour over here) and DH has to stay at the moment because of his job.  Im really happy over here at the moment, but when we're ready to have children and buy a house and start a family... we'd like it to be in the US (somewhere on the South-east coast--NC, SC, Virginia)

I know it doesnt always work out the way you plan, but thats what we're shooting for at the moment 

We have been playing the "in 10 years game"  I don't really care if we move back or not.  I would like to buy a house sometime and over here, at the minute, that isn't within dreaming distance but that could all change.

Plus we are caring for my elderly father in law and we can't think about moving or doing anything while we are careing for him.

At some point in our lives we would like to move back to the US, my husband wants the chance to live there as I have here, although to be honest I'm not too bothered at the moment when that happens as I'm happy here in the UK.

I might think about moving there in the distant future.  It seems like me and my husband (he's the American) could afford a better lifestyle there and more expendable income.  I don't know if it would be worth leaving Scotland for though.  Plus there are certain aspects about the US I would find very hard to live with I think.

My Fiance and I have talked about moving back to California in a few years. I like the idea because when we have children, there will be more family there for them to grow up with. The only thing that makes me want to stay here is the health care.

Dh & I plan on moving back to the States in posibbly 5 -10 years down the line. DH is really close to his family as I am to my family. but fortunately Dh already had a house before I moved to the UK. so when we move back to the States we will sell the house here in the UK & buy a nice house In Indiana somewhere within driving distance of my family. house prices in Indiana aren't that bad & you can get a beautiful home for a reasonable amount of money.

We'll definately be moving to the states at some stage - just like Little_Evo we both think we should each live in the other country (he's the american) before deciding on where to settle.

We'd like to leave the move over there until we were on a better footing financially and would definately like to have property here - for the investment as well as the option of returning.

On that basis we'll be moving to american in 45 years time!  Seriously though, 5 years here followed by 5 years then and then decision made...although i've always dreamed of a retirement lived out in the south of france.

We are moving back to SF next June and I am counting the days. 

We want to move to the US sometime in the next 4-10 years or so. Unless we win the lottery! Then it would be fairly immediate. DH is starting a business and that will take some time to setup, grow and get large enough to either expand to the US or sell his shares to make our move easier. We want to start our family here, but then move. I'd rather not wait to have kids, I feel like kids are fairly flexible until they hit around 12yrs old. Ideally, we'd get some equity on the house, expand his business and restart mine (pilates) in teh US, not far from my sisters in PA. I would like to have help with teh kids at some point 

This changed as before I was more sure of staying in the UK, since going home a few weeks ago, I am sure i want to move to the US. I have been living here now 2yrs and as much as I do like it, I know I miss the summers and nice weather far too much. And the snow, yes, I miss the snow 

We are keeping our options fairly open at the moment.  We like it here, but we are not opposed to moving back to America either.  We decided to reassess after dh gets a few years experience in software testing.

We have no plans to move back to the US at this time.  I'd like to build up my career in the UK before having children, and we definitely want to raise our future kids in the UK, close to FH's large family.  So at this point it looks very unlikely that we will ever move back to the US.

(We haven't completely ruled out a temporary move back to the States, though, if the circumstances are right.  But that would only be for a few years at most before we returned to the UK.)

Dh and I definately would move back to the states in a heartbeat!!  But it's the funds, and debts, that keep us here.  We just bought a brand new property in a fantastic newly developed area so that we can hopefully gain a bit of equity in the place and use that money to move to the states with.  It will be a few years but we have both agreed we do not want to raise kid here.  Plus if we do have kids I have such a bigger support network of friends and family and we find the U.S. to generally be more "family friendly". And I am so excited to share with DH all the wonderful things I grew up with!

I'm here forever & quite happy to be!  Steve has no desire whatsoever to live in the US, I understand & agree.  Barring some bizarre & unforeseen turn of events - never say never & all that...we know we could move to the US.  We just don't want to.

me, me, me!!!!

but that's the beauty of life, choice.