Well, after one year of back and forth, growing phone bills and many many hours online, I told my darling Swede that he could either move here or I would be moving there. I think he was much more comfortable with the idea of him moving here (he's fluent in English) as long we could find him a job which, thankfully, we did.
I actually recall that at one point during our year apart he said that he always thought that working in the US would be cool so him moving here to be with me would be like killing two birds with one stone. He, of crouse being the absent-minded one, doesn't recall saying any such thing. Too bad I don't still have the IRC log from THAT little chat ;-)
I actually think I would/will do well in Sweden: I've traveled a lot, I liked much of what I read about Swedish culture long before I met Peter, and I don't have a lot of strong ties in the US. After having been there for more than a total of two months during my many visits, I'm pretty sure I'd adjust fairly well. That is not to say that I'm blind to the differences between the US and Sweden, far from it. It's just that I'm pretty adaptable, actually enjoy learning different cultures, and would be going in with my eyes open :)
As it is, I'm hoping to begin a three-year grad program (part-time, distance) in library and information science this fall and he's very happy with his job (web application developer) so while we talk about moving to Sweden (which I actually want to do), it's not in our near future.
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Date: 2003-02-13 12:13 pm (UTC)I actually recall that at one point during our year apart he said that he always thought that working in the US would be cool so him moving here to be with me would be like killing two birds with one stone. He, of crouse being the absent-minded one, doesn't recall saying any such thing. Too bad I don't still have the IRC log from THAT little chat ;-)
I actually think I would/will do well in Sweden: I've traveled a lot, I liked much of what I read about Swedish culture long before I met Peter, and I don't have a lot of strong ties in the US. After having been there for more than a total of two months during my many visits, I'm pretty sure I'd adjust fairly well. That is not to say that I'm blind to the differences between the US and Sweden, far from it. It's just that I'm pretty adaptable, actually enjoy learning different cultures, and would be going in with my eyes open :)
As it is, I'm hoping to begin a three-year grad program (part-time, distance) in library and information science this fall and he's very happy with his job (web application developer) so while we talk about moving to Sweden (which I actually want to do), it's not in our near future.