Also, the first class tickets for the train were totally worth it.
How is the teenager taking it, apart from sleeping on luggage? With leaving behind friends and all that?
She has been an amazing trooper. Other than a breakdown after a really stressful situation where we missed the first train, then got on the wrong train a second time and had to climb up and back down a ton of stairs with our suitcases (understandable at that point) she has really made me proud of her. Especially considering how hard it is for autistic kids dealing with change. We’ll see how she fares tomorrow.
Sounds like somebody earned themselves a really nice new plush toy or whatever kind of thing it is they like!
At this point (and she’s not demanding), I will buy her anything she wants within reason.
Good luck to both of you! If you would like some help I can reccomend Evan Edinger’s videos on his experience migrating to the UK. It may not be useful to a teen though, but he does have a couple videos comparing the UK and US school systems.
Thanks! Always good to have as much research material as possible in these situations.
Ah congrats on the move, squid. We left the US for the EU in December (planned since the summer) and I can’t imagine a better choice already. I know you’ve got a million things going on, and of course job, housing, etc are all top priority, but I have some lighter advice on getting used to a new place.
To meet some people and make some friends, there are lots of volunteer opportunities. It’s a fun, helpful, community building way to give a little back.
London has a TON of ex-pats/immigrants. Not that the point is to meet a bunch of Americans or anything, but any you do have left for a reason, so they’re more likely to be like minded.
Say “yes” to any bids for connection you can. Even if getting invited to an activity that isn’t your jam, if you get an invite, go! It can be lonely at first, and feel like drinking is the only way to meet anyone. But social circles can spread quickly once you get them a little off the ground.
Have fun, and enjoy some piece of mind!
Thanks!
I seriously think airlines are a sham after riding a bunch of trains.
On a train:
Seats are massive. First class wasn’t like 5x the ticket price. No charge for luggage. No wack-ass TSA giving you conflicting rules about if you should keep your shoes/belts on or not. You want to rent a room so you can sleep, do it. You wanna jog from one end to another? Sure.
Unfortunately in America, trains don’t fully connect to most places. And because of the price, attracts some real skeevos who leave the place a mess. In most other countries, my god. It’s beautiful.
yeah i find it very irresponsible from OP to not take the train from the US to UK
For some god-forsaken reason, planes are often cheaper
I don’t disagree but it’s really hard to find a train from New York to London.
Hey, no crabs are allowed to leave this bucket!
I remember seeing the post about you looking for a job there. Congrats on making it out!
That’s some Grade A dad’ing Squid! Happy for ya, proud of ya. Best of luck over there!
Thanks!
You’ve joined a time-honored tradition of fleeing fascist governments. o7
Ohh that’s a rough ass flight for a teen :) good luck over there!
Welcome! You must be hungry after the long trip. Here’s a plate of beige, enjoy!
Welcome to our little grey rock. It has been a warm winter, but if it gets cold enough to snow in your area then your cultural induction to our society is to endure half of the country shutting down in a panic
Oh wow congratulations. All the best from us left behind! I can’t imagine the undertaking to get out and give everyone who has ever emigrated props.
I wish I could take everyone with me!
Wow, 1st class, I didn’t realize out of context comics paid so well! :)
I’m really impressed with how quickly you’ve made such a huge life change, that takes some serious courage for you and your family. I would love to follow along behind you, but have no path for it, so I’ll have to stick things out and hope for the best (or not worst) here.
I would love it if everyone who wanted to could do that. Especially my trans friends and my daughter’s trans friend.
I just took a look at your post history to see the origin story to this, seems to me you ARE Lemmy?! Every other post I saw seems to be from you…
Yeah, Lemmy is basically just Flying Squid and The_Picard_Maneuver. The rest of us are bots and/or figment of their imagination.
Can confirm. I am a imagination of FlyingSquid.
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Your human deflated
And she rarely has any punctures.
that’s a good quality in offspring
On the other hand, piercings are cool. But she’s cool in other ways.
