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Hi from South Bucks
« on: July 06, 2004, 10:38:53 AM »
Hi, guys. Just found this thanks to Kristi and pleased to see a couple of familiar names. I'm hoping that this forum is a bit more happy and pro-expat than some others where people whinge about what they miss all the time.  ;) Not that we don't all miss "home" from time to time, and I certainly have a few things that I could gripe about over here and enjoy doing so occaisionally, but I'm one of those crazy people who has no desire to go back and every desire to endulge my Anglofilia (is that a word? It is now!) in every possible moment! I love it here. :D

I'm an ex-Californian (Northern - Santa Cruz and San Francisco) now living in Gerrards Cross in south Buckinghamshire (basically a London suburb, I know most people haven't heard of it!) I've been here on a student visa for nearly a year now and living with my b/f. I adore it and now that Jamie and I have decided that our long-distance love affair is for real, we're going to make it official in October, so I'm here to stay!  :D

Anyone else here living in the Beaconsfield/Gerrards Cross area? There are a few yanks living here and we get together for BBQs and drinkies relatively often.....
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2004, 11:13:45 AM »
Hi! Welcome!  :)
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2004, 11:23:35 AM »
WELCOME!!!
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2004, 11:50:15 AM »
Quote from: AnneG on July 06, 2004, 10:38:53 AM
I've been here on a student visa for nearly a year now and living with my b/f. I adore it and now that Jamie and I have decided that our long-distance love affair is for real, we're going to make it official in October, so I'm here to stay!  :D

Sadly I'm not close enough to have those drinks but I'm a fellow 'student met Brit and now staying' type! I came over in Sept 2000 but we too are making it official in October, the 23rd to be exact!

Congrats to you!
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2004, 12:31:12 PM »
Hi there, welcome.  I am in Surrey, but will travel!  Congrats on making it official!  It's exciting isn't it!!!!
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2004, 04:30:08 PM »
Quote from: AnneG on July 06, 2004, 10:38:53 AM
Hi, guys. Just found this thanks to Kristi and pleased to see a couple of familiar names. I'm hoping that this forum is a bit more happy and pro-expat than some others where people whinge about what they miss all the time.  ;)

I'm an ex-Californian (Northern - Santa Cruz and San Francisco) now living in Gerrards Cross in south Buckinghamshire (basically a London suburb, I know most people haven't heard of it!) I've been here on a student visa for nearly a year now and living with my b/f. I adore it and now that Jamie and I have decided that our long-distance love affair is for real, we're going to make it official in October, so I'm here to stay!  :D

Anyone else here living in the Beaconsfield/Gerrards Cross area? There are a few yanks living here and we get together for BBQs and drinkies relatively often.....
Hey wait a second!! Is that an announcement???? 
Wooohooo!  ;D  I'll be the flower girl if you let Frank be the ring bearer.  LOL!
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2004, 05:52:29 PM »
Welcome...I'm a future Londoner (end of the month).  If you can, you'll have to come to the gathering in London which will be planned for August!
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2004, 07:59:26 AM »
Welcome and congrats on your new adventure in life :)

 Rhia
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2004, 04:46:34 PM »
Thanks for all of the welcomes and congratulations.... Even though I've been here a while it's all pretty exciting.

Kristi, we've been batting around the marriage idea for a while now and even though J is scared s***less about it, we're gonna take the plunge. Just going to the registry office though - keeping it super simple (and cheap!!) with a small party after.

Sounds like there's a lot of good knowledge going around on this board about marriage, so I may pop up to ask questions from time to time, though I've done so much research in the past week I'm almost sick of talking about it!  :o
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2004, 03:48:53 AM »
Oh well.. Frank had reservations about the whole ring bearer thing.  He pissed and moaned about it for a while the other day.  Men!  They have no sense of adventure!!  ;)

Yay though!  I'm excited!  Wedded bliss... J will get over pissing himself soon enough. 
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2004, 12:21:44 AM »
Hi
I will be visiting for 5 months.  I will be living in the Bucks area as well.
I am from New Jersey.  It would be great to get to know a few people
as my boyfriend will be working.   bye
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Re: Hi from South Bucks
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2004, 12:27:06 PM »
Quote from: sulyn on July 14, 2004, 12:21:44 AM
Hi
I will be visiting for 5 months.  I will be living in the Bucks area as well.
I am from New Jersey.  It would be great to get to know a few people
as my boyfriend will be working.   bye

Hi Sulyn! Where in Bucks will you be exactly and when are you arriving? We'll have to get together!
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