Travelling to the UK from the US to see my GF

Honestly, you will be fine. I made the trip to visit my BF (now husband) for Christmas a couple years back and had the same concerns.

Answer their questions accurately and honestly.

Show that you have ties back in the US (I was finishing my degree and all)

Enjoy the hols

Don't stress too much! Before we were married, I visited my now-husband multiple times for periods ranging from 2 weeks to 5 months with little interrogation. Even when married, we would go back once or twice a year for visits with his friends and family, including a month-long visit in 2016, and I was never asked for more than a return ticket home (which I was asked for on only one entry).

Like everyone else said, have some documentation with you to prove your leaving but odds are you will be more than fine.

Hopefully in a few weeks time, i will be able to post a quick update stating i am currently enjoying my vacation

I can’t wait to see your update saying your here with your other half

I was completely naive during my first 4 trips to the UK and I'm extremely lucky I hadn't heard anything horror stories as I would have been a complete wreck.

First visit was 3 weeks.  (Had never met in person before.)
5 months later I came back for 3 months.

I went back home for a month then came back to the UK for 2 months.

Went back home for Thanksgiving and Christmas then came back for 3 weeks in January.

Returned home at the beginning of February, applied for my visa and had an approval in 2 weeks.

I was only asked a minimal amount of questions and was stamped through at Glasgow airport each time.

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Dude, your biggest worry is not the border guards, it's the in laws!  Have you met them?  What are you going to do when you notice they don't rinse the dishes?  Or keep playing that horrible "This is Christmas" song by Slade?  Be prepared, traditional English Christmas can be hard work.

Dude, your biggest worry is not the border guards, it's the in laws!  Have you met them?  What are you going to do when you notice they don't rinse the dishes?  Or keep playing that horrible "This is Christmas" song by Slade?  Be prepared, traditional English Christmas can be hard work.

My husband didn't rinse the soap off the dishes which leads me to believe he wasn't taught to do that. He wanted to know why I wasted so much water rinsing the dishes.

Now I do the dishes. It didn't really work out in my favor.

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But how are your relations with the in laws?  Did they see your kids on the last visit? 

But how are your relations with the in laws?  Did they see your kids on the last visit?

I love my in laws. They are the sweetest people ever. They wanted to see my kids (they met at our wedding) because they all adore each other. But we didn't come over this way. My husband only got to see them for a few hours when he visited us in Dundee for the day. He had to work the rest of the time.

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That's great to hear.  I like my in laws as well.  It helps that I have fulfilled my role of delivering grand children.

That's great to hear.  I like my in laws as well.  It helps that I have fulfilled my role of delivering grand children.

YOU delivered them?  Neat trick, and I bet your wife was glad. 

All right then, I didn't exactly deliver them myself, but I did my share of the work.  Let's just say the wife was glad when it was over.

All right then, I didn't exactly deliver them myself, but I did my share of the work.  Let's just say the wife was glad when it was over.

I have never delivered children, myself, so I am only going on what I've heard, but yeah... I'm sure she was glad when it was over!

Thanks for your replies.

Anyone have experience going through Heathrow? This is where all the horror stories are from

I've been through Heathrow tons of times, never had a problem.  I've even picked up a 14 Year old kid who was travelling alone who I had never met before.  In that case, the border guards called his parents and me to be sure our stories matched.  Once that was done, no problems.  You really don't have anything to worry about.

Thanks for your replies.

Anyone have experience going through Heathrow? This is where all the horror stories are from

When I came over the first time, I was very naive.  I didn't even realize how dodgy I must have looked to the immigration officer.

In June of 2012, I flew in to Heathrow on a six-month return flight (I counted 180 days and booked my return for then!).  At the border, I told the officer that my plans were open as I had friends in Newbury, London, and near Salisbury, and I'd be visiting with them and traveling among them (true!, but I did spend 98% of my time with my now-husband). The officer wanted an address where I could be reached if needed, so I gave him my now-husband's details (badly mis-pronouncing the word "berwick" because I'd only ever seen it printed, not heard it spoken) because that's where I expected to be for most of my stay.  I told the officer I was planning to stay for "around 3 or 4 months, maybe longer" -- I specifically mentioned staying through the summer, and he raised his eyebrows at that... I later learned about British summer -- but my return flight was for XX date, and I would just move it when I was ready to leave.  (Yes, I said that!)

I didn't have a job to return to, as I'd already been retired for nearly a decade at that point.  As for funding my trip, I have a modest pension, so as long as I was able to stay with friends, I didn't have to worry about my expenses at all, but I don't think he asked about my financials, and I don't even know if I thought to bring a bank statement or other proof of income...

In hindsight, I really think I got lucky.  But at the time, I was so naive, I didn't think to be nervous about it.  I fully expected to be granted entry.

Anyway, the officer stamped me in for six months.  I stayed exactly 180 days, then flew home (with my now-husband's supporting documents in my possession and immediately submitted my marriage visa application).

All of that to say, if I got in given my situation, you should be fine for a 2 week stay with all the evidence you'll have that you intend to return at the end of your 2 weeks.