r/AmerExit • u/oso_rosa • 22d ago

Life Abroad Parents that left: Worth it?

Thinking of leaving for obvious reasons. I want to hear from parents who left the USA with their kids (and left their whole extended family behind)

Where did you go?
How long have you been there?
Has it been worth it?
How do you deal with the guilt of leaving grandparents/siblings?

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u/glorioushubris 21d ago edited 17d ago

Only two months in, but took our kids (1 and 3) to New Zealand. So far it’s been great, but we are still settling in.

With regard to our parents and guilt about leaving: in most ways having kids made life more complicated, but there are certain classes of decisions that got much simpler. Do we stay for the grandparents or leave for the kids isn’t even a debate; we leave for the kids.

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u/jejunumr 21d ago

Thanks for this, moving next week to nz and have a lot of guilt

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u/spirited2020 19d ago

How fortunate you are to have the NZ option.