Congratulations, mrdespues!

What part of America will you be moving to?

teller said:

read above (Portland, Oregon).



Which, by the way means I'll be seeing Prince there in September!!




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mrdespues said:

Doh! I just saw that.

That's actually one of the better places to live, from what I hear. Sparsely populated.

J0eyC0c0 said:

exactly. I'm not applying for a visa and you need a special skill anyway to work in the U.S. The U.S. sucks arse with the visa thing, been there, done that....I'm just going to get married this time and thwart the system.


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mrdespues said:

you two are a gorgeous couple.

you will love portland. it is an awesome city.

Err, I hate 2 burst your bubble mrdespues, but NO WAY can u thwart the US system!!!! Particularly now in these post 9/11 times!!!

Even me, being British, when we return back I too will b photographed and fingerprinted, when I arrive through Customs and Immigration!! They have really clamped down a lot regarding Immigration!!

mrdespues said:

Erm. No.

We are talking about Diva. You might know her. Being fellow Ozzies n all.

And Ian is her bf. Her GORGEOUS bf. From the US. See the link?

DavidEye said:

Portland, Oregon.

I finally have got the funds together for my plane ticket and I'm going to be leaving for the States in about 3 weeks (haven't booked the flight yet though) where I will be staying with my girlfriend whom I've been with for over 5 years. We actually "met" on the net eight years ago and have been travelling backwards and forwards between the U.S. and Australia for, as I said, about five years, every six months or so. So I can tell you that both net relationships and long distance relationships CAN work! Not to mention that we have a height difference (she's quite a bit taller) - that can work, too!

Well anyway, there comes a time when this constant travelling becomes pretty expensive obviously and we're pretty tired of not being together for such long periods too (longest we have been apart is six months - pretty long!) so we're going to decide this time around whether or not we want to get married. And we're both pretty sure we don't want to be apart anymore, so the chances we will get married are pretty high!

Anyway, I thought I'd show that off that with all of you as jonylawson created a similar thread which gave me the idea. Although I haven't looked into the logistics of how to go about being married to a U.S. citizen yet, I'm pretty optimistic things will go great!





Here's a pic of both of us together last year in West Head, Sydney:



Anyone else doing something kinda big soon? Anyone moving, etc?

I have seen John and his girlfriend last year at the Sydney concerts of Prince and they look like a great couple. I wish them the best 4 the future. (So long as u come back from time to time to Australia )

dnaplaya said:

I second that!

Good luck David!

Hi All,

John (mrdespues that is) sent me the link to this thread to read (this is his gf writing). Thanks for being so supportive and helpful! It's going to be awesome for us to be together for good, but there's also a lot to consider and sometimes it feels kinda overwhelming, so I was happy to read all your comments and I appreciate them a lot!

Cheers!

Oregon is lovely. My mom's family is from there, and we own a bit of property between all her siblings, so I've spent a large deal of my life up there (mostly in Portland, Corvallis, Depoe Bay, and Odell Lake). You're gonna love it...

Natsume said:

Yeah, I remember you telling me about that a while back....I've spent a few months in Corvallis....lovely little town.