So: have you considered emigrating to Canada?
I looked into it in 2000 and 2004, did the points test online and stuff, but not really seriously. I did consider grad school there, but now that's more expensive than in the States.
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - May 12, 2008 8:04:55 am PDT #6311 of 10001
Jars - May 12, 2008 8:05:18 am PDT #6312 of 10001
Everybody should emigrate to Ireland. I already married one of you, so that options gone, but all you need is one Irish grandparent! And... also then I can make everybody tea. Which is nice.
meara - May 12, 2008 8:07:02 am PDT #6313 of 10001
I already married one of you, so that options gone, but all you need is one Irish grandparent!
I looked into this too! But my dad (who I believe could make the "one Irish grandparent" argument) has no desire to emigrate. (Immigrate? Wait, what's the difference??) And my mother, who has several Danish grandparents, doesn't either. Even if Denmark were lax like that. Which they're not. Hrmph.
Dana - May 12, 2008 8:08:29 am PDT #6314 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Immigrate means coming into a country. Emmigrate means going out of it.
Allyson - May 12, 2008 8:08:45 am PDT #6315 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hey Kat, does Grace have any sort of appointed advocate that can help, or can she get one?
I had a friend who ran a side-business doing paperwork prep for adoptions, because there was so much confusion and redundancy and triplicate and she just knew the process inside and out. So she had checklists and timelines and agency info.
Maybe something like that exists for Gracie's paperwork mountain.
msbelle - May 12, 2008 8:08:49 am PDT #6316 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
nope, I feel bad enough being this far away from family now. No further.
Sue - May 12, 2008 8:12:26 am PDT #6317 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Especially when she said, "Maybe I could be a refugee?" and I'm thinking, "The US has some sucky things, but I doubt you are in danger of being killed by a military junta here."
I think there have been some Army deserters/conscientious objectors who tried that route, but failed.
Everybody should emigrate to Ireland. I already married one of you, so that options gone, but all you need is one Irish grandparent! And... also then I can make everybody tea. Which is nice.
Man, I am one generation too removed. I would totally love to move to Ireland.
Glamcookie - May 12, 2008 8:17:00 am PDT #6318 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
GF and I looked into Canada after the last two elections, but then were like eff that! And then we were all "This land is your land, this land is my land," and all that jazz.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 8:36:21 am PDT #6319 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have no Irish grandparents. A few Irish cousins, but that probably doesn't count. (My mom's cousin went to medical school in Cork, and two of his kids were born there and had Irish citizenship.)
I once looked into German citizenship, but my grandmother left a few months too early to be considered a political refugee. Plus, I'm not really sure I'd want to go that route, even if I could. It feels weird.
Jars - May 12, 2008 8:38:02 am PDT #6320 of 10001
Man, I am one generation too removed.
So was DH. Hence the marrying.
Ah well, one day I'll probably live in the States and then I can make people tea IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY. Crazy stuff.