@noirem: Really! I was wondering if they had to look into how the money got there. My boyfriend was talking about wiring money into my bank account or something for it, even if temporarily, not that he has it, either.
There's a reason I never went to college here, though, and that's because I've been terrified of loans (and I don't know what to do with my life). I expect I'll never get to pay mine back and I will feel forever guilty and humiliated, especially if I get a degree in something I end up never doing. I know people do that a lot, though.
I also have a medical bill that's been floating about (thankfully NOT collecting interest) for three years, but because they simply remind me every month or so that they'd like to see money (and because they did the opposite of helping), I've been using whatever I save up for this instead. But I do plan on paying them off before I leave long-term, if I can ever afford it again without it damaging my savings.
However, if I knew how I could get, I dunno, $10-$15K or so for that with a minimal interest rate, maybe. I mean, people drop more than that on new cars these days. But, so terrified of never being able to pay it off...
@June Cleaver: Well, that sounds somewhat promising, at least. My worry there is that he's on Jobseeker's Allowance right now. His degree didn't get him very far and jobs are hard to come by as we all know. If he managed to get a job, he wouldn't be able to break away from it to come here.
I've heard it's cheaper to get married in the US and do the spouse visa route, though I'm not clear on the details. Not that there's anywhere for him/us to stay, either; I think we're both pretty much done with hotels after his last trip here, fun as that was. There's a slim chance I could pull some strings with my sister and her husband, but that's something I'll have to look into when we've found out more.
Thanks guys!
