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Bettie

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38. I will look at that

Sun Dec 5, 2021, 02:20 PM

Dec 2021

though, my DH will be at his job at least another ten years. We have two kids in college and one who is in middle school. Having kids in your 30's seems like a good idea when you're 20, not as much when you have that last one (as a surprise) at 42!

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Are you considering leaving the US permanently [View all] spooky3 Dec 2021 OP

I'll be going 6 feet under soon enough. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #1

me too. or cremated to be specific msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #5

Cremated and ashes scattered upon the waters sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #13

for me, scattered at Goat Rock or SF Bay, haven't decided yet. msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #20

Same here... ashes in the oceans.. If anybody wants to visit, they can just go to the ocean. mitch96 Dec 2021 #28

Aren't there restrictions as to where cremation ashes can be spread? dumbcat Dec 2021 #61

I voted but it's meaningless. Retirement age. Boomerproud Dec 2021 #2

Hey, a lot of folks retire outside the US. spooky3 Dec 2021 #4

i'm not planning on leaving, but if i did, i'd move to ireland. mopinko Dec 2021 #3

If I go anywhere, I'd go to Ireland, as well. That's where my Dad came from, Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #62

I moved to an Indian Reservation GusBob Dec 2021 #6

I would if I were younger. Ireland, Scotland, Norway PortTack Dec 2021 #7

I would if I were younger. CrispyQ Dec 2021 #11

Considering Japan. HUAJIAO Dec 2021 #8

Ireland madville Dec 2021 #9

When Trump won, I researched Spain's offer of citizenship to Jews Beakybird Dec 2021 #10

We're going to Puerto Rico MurrayDelph Dec 2021 #25

¡Qu guay! ¡Buena suerte! Beakybird Dec 2021 #27

My husband is a descendant of a supposed 16th Century Conservo LeftInTX Dec 2021 #51

It surely qualifies him to be a conquerer! Beakybird Dec 2021 #52

LOL..It's embarassing, but most of Mexico has both Conquistador blood and Indigenous LeftInTX Dec 2021 #55

I was invited to Egypt, so this is it. Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #12

I started looking up the price of residency/citizenship. Its doable with my retirement fund. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #14

I'm curious. We won the presidency and the House, essentially the Senate. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #15

:) Not me. I can already see benefits to me and my family Hortensis Dec 2021 #47

Do you find it odd, as I do, that so many here act as though tfg is still in office. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #48

Surprised at 75 to be living outside the USA; nothing in 7 decades suggested life today sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #16

Mr Dixie & I have been talking about Costa Rica or Panama... dixiechiken1 Dec 2021 #17

The question for me (as I live in Sweden and also have UK citizenship and grew up in London) is if Celerity Dec 2021 #18

Ireland sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 #19

Denmark. nt SoCalDavidS Dec 2021 #21

I'm going to bribe my kids to though. Xoan Dec 2021 #22

I would like to leave because I hate American gun-yahoo MAGA culture. Wingus Dingus Dec 2021 #23

Same even in my California county. Initech Dec 2021 #31

If we could, we would Bettie Dec 2021 #24

You might be surprised zipplewrath Dec 2021 #37

I will look at that Bettie Dec 2021 #38

If possible, I'd go to Ireland, area51 Dec 2021 #26

Left in 2012 and haven't regretted a day Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #29

How did you manage the move? iemanja Dec 2021 #42

Used a good immigration lawyer here in BC Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #43

Interesting. Thanks. iemanja Dec 2021 #44

Until Covid, my wife and I were seriously considering moving back to the Netherlands Mr. Ected Dec 2021 #30

Nope, couldn't stand leaving friends and family Amishman Dec 2021 #32

That's exactly the way I feel. 👍 nt Raine Dec 2021 #60

I was thinking if people start a large scale civil war, I'm out of here before the shooting starts mitch96 Dec 2021 #33

I like it here. KentuckyWoman Dec 2021 #34

I would really like to move to a less red area Bettie Dec 2021 #39

We've thought of several Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #35

Very interesting response. Thanks! Nt spooky3 Dec 2021 #69

i would love to move to Canada........ Takket Dec 2021 #36

You assume those countries would even have us iemanja Dec 2021 #40

Spain for my wife and I: LiveToLurk Dec 2021 #41

Portugal or Wales, even if things were sane. Efilroft Sul Dec 2021 #45

Of course not... brooklynite Dec 2021 #46

Have to answer no, because I don't know if it's permanent, but I live in Germany now DFW Dec 2021 #49

Same for staying here. Luxuriously secure American life even Hortensis Dec 2021 #50

My wife and I would have probably moved to Ireland Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #53

Umm! I was a rabid gardener for decades, and Ireland, anywhere Hortensis Dec 2021 #56

Yes but the biggest issue is healthcare.. honest.abe Dec 2021 #54

if 500k democrats moves to select red/purplish states we could save democracy. uncle ray Dec 2021 #57

Italia maveric Dec 2021 #58

Absolutely not. nt Raine Dec 2021 #59

If we were to leave it would be Germany MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #63

I picked Canada but Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #64

It's not much of a problem here ironflange Dec 2021 #65

Be Careful: Democracy isn't just under siege in the US malaise Dec 2021 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Dec 2021 #67

wife is a Brit so we have options Red Mountain Dec 2021 #68