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Originally Posted by Blue Player
That maybe easy for you to do, but what if you have kids? When they are over 18, fuck they are out on their own. However now I couldnt just up and leave permanently. I do have a retreat as it were in another country but full time I am just outside west London.
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Kids are now over 18 now BP and neither would ever dream of going back to the UK, tho they do fly back and hook up with old friends and do a lump of shopping etc. I did wonder about this and asked others who left UK, but not one has any wish to actually live there again. Even people assigned by the UK govt on a temp basis (diplomatic staff blah), don't really want to leave.
It's hard to pin down, but suspect it widens horizons when you either travel or live in other countries and it's an education. Anything becomes possible
It's also an "adventure" for kids - they learn stuff - some of it weird, like, what do you do when sharks are around when you are diving? Sink to the sea bed and watch em hovering above! *lol* There is also an education when you meet people from different backgrounds - there are a number of amazing characters and some elderly folks still talk about "men of war"
Other UK folks have done some more "extreme" stuff - one guy decided he was going to sail to Ozzieland with his family. Both kids were under 10 at the time. He sailed as far as the Bay of Biscay and met up with a trans Altantic boat race assembly. So.. instead of sailing south, he headed west across the Atlantic with the other boats towards the Caribbean.
For about 8-10 years they sailed all over the Caribbean, stopping for varying times on the islands. I know the kids (now adults) and they loved this stuff and are well-balanced and educated probably better than they would otherwise be. Neither has any wish to live in the UK - their lifestyle is seriously far healthier where they are - but they still like trips to the US and Europe