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KP's avatar

Thank you Anne for this honesty. I left in 2001 and every place I've lived - Prague, Lisbon, Lugano, Ljubljana - was due to visas that came with jobs. I was incredibly lucky. And my now-husband and I had to push forward getting married so I could live in Scotland. Visas and your financial situation are the two most important practical issues with moving abroad.

I'm a post-Bush Jr win leaver and have never regretted it. While life is life no matter where the setting, Europe did "fix" me - it has made me more empathetic, thoughtful, and respectful. I listen more. I question more. I'm more curious. I'm less impressed with stuff and gauche displays of wealth. I have friends in their 20s and in their 60s and everywhere in between. Being an outsider, an immigrant, is humbling and uncomfortable and I'm so very grateful that I've had these experiences.

Thank you Anne for continuing this conversation.

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Maggie Szabo's avatar

Perhaps it’s our age which suggests to us that we need to rediscover our younger, more confident, sassy selves. I’m rediscovering mine and I really like her 🥰 she has the temerity to say the things I might not (yet) have the courage to say, and plan for future stuff for myself where I’m not tied to a mortgage or a man or a myth of what we should have ‘achieved’ by middle age.

Get sassy girls xx

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