It’s definitely a conjectural flight of fancy, at this point. Both my adult children are very concerned. My daughter’s husband is a retiring Navy pilot, so they have a lot of options since there seems to be a shortage of pilots world wide. My son is in an interracial marriage, and they are super concerned, but somewhat reluctant to pu…
It’s definitely a conjectural flight of fancy, at this point. Both my adult children are very concerned. My daughter’s husband is a retiring Navy pilot, so they have a lot of options since there seems to be a shortage of pilots world wide. My son is in an interracial marriage, and they are super concerned, but somewhat reluctant to pull up roots, having made a baby and bought a house during the pandemic.
You’re definitely right that the children and grandchildren are worth fighting for, but also putting before myself if fleeing becomes urgent - which is why I’ve offered to finance them.
It’s kind of a dystopian “bucket list” thing for me, really. I want to FEEL what life is like without the background of fearing my fellows, and fearing random gun violence. But it would be a hollow pleasure if the family is still in harm’s way.
Maybe I’m trying to make myself psychologically prepared for the possibility. I truly don’t know if I have the gumption to pull it off. But I want to be ready. And that is so sad. It wasn’t in my mental retirement portfolio.
I know how you're feeling. I have friends my kids' ages who are also in a mixed race marriage. They've scoped out everywhere and decided on Ireland if things go according to the GQP. Another place (if you don't mind the midnight sun) is Sweden. I saw a ton of mixed race couples, both cis and gay. But I imagine winters that far north are pretty dreary, when the sun never goes above the horizon for awhile.
GG, I don't know your situation, but if you live alone it's easy to over-worry. Especially as we age. My friends and I have been discussing that lately. Often.
I think planning for possibilities is useful and helps us regain a feeling of control (that's exactly why Ive researched potential new countries.)
But I still hope and pray (literally) that it won't come to that. It's going to be hard and maybe long, but I have to believe a democratic American republic is still salvageable.
Oh yeah, over thinking is easy to do when the daily news is a fire hose of astonishingly bad changes. In truth, my daily life won’t change at all. It’s the big picture that sucks out your soul; now we need to brace for a ruling that will basically prevent the EPA from regulating pollution in the waterways. It’s like the proverbial frog in the pot over a low flame; we won’t notice for a while. (Although that’s definitely not the case for young women right now.). It’s the disenfranchisement and minority rule, and a general feeling of betrayal, that my sense of justice cannot ignore.
Ireland is appealing! I think Sweden is hard to get into for legal residency - most of the Nordic countries are that way, although they would be my first choice. Paradoxically, I think the long summer days would be harder on me than the short days of winter there. I currently live at a fairly northern latitude (46.2 degrees N) and I’ve found I get so tired in the summer! The birds start singing at about 3:45 a.m.! In the long winter nights, I’m happy to cocoon.
Much will be revealed in November. But one thing that’s irreversible, revealed by Trumpism, is the new knowledge of how hateful so many Americans have become. It’s really creepy!
Anyway, thanks for the chat, Dee Dee! You cheered me up!
It’s definitely a conjectural flight of fancy, at this point. Both my adult children are very concerned. My daughter’s husband is a retiring Navy pilot, so they have a lot of options since there seems to be a shortage of pilots world wide. My son is in an interracial marriage, and they are super concerned, but somewhat reluctant to pull up roots, having made a baby and bought a house during the pandemic.
You’re definitely right that the children and grandchildren are worth fighting for, but also putting before myself if fleeing becomes urgent - which is why I’ve offered to finance them.
It’s kind of a dystopian “bucket list” thing for me, really. I want to FEEL what life is like without the background of fearing my fellows, and fearing random gun violence. But it would be a hollow pleasure if the family is still in harm’s way.
Maybe I’m trying to make myself psychologically prepared for the possibility. I truly don’t know if I have the gumption to pull it off. But I want to be ready. And that is so sad. It wasn’t in my mental retirement portfolio.
I know how you're feeling. I have friends my kids' ages who are also in a mixed race marriage. They've scoped out everywhere and decided on Ireland if things go according to the GQP. Another place (if you don't mind the midnight sun) is Sweden. I saw a ton of mixed race couples, both cis and gay. But I imagine winters that far north are pretty dreary, when the sun never goes above the horizon for awhile.
GG, I don't know your situation, but if you live alone it's easy to over-worry. Especially as we age. My friends and I have been discussing that lately. Often.
I think planning for possibilities is useful and helps us regain a feeling of control (that's exactly why Ive researched potential new countries.)
But I still hope and pray (literally) that it won't come to that. It's going to be hard and maybe long, but I have to believe a democratic American republic is still salvageable.
Oh yeah, over thinking is easy to do when the daily news is a fire hose of astonishingly bad changes. In truth, my daily life won’t change at all. It’s the big picture that sucks out your soul; now we need to brace for a ruling that will basically prevent the EPA from regulating pollution in the waterways. It’s like the proverbial frog in the pot over a low flame; we won’t notice for a while. (Although that’s definitely not the case for young women right now.). It’s the disenfranchisement and minority rule, and a general feeling of betrayal, that my sense of justice cannot ignore.
Ireland is appealing! I think Sweden is hard to get into for legal residency - most of the Nordic countries are that way, although they would be my first choice. Paradoxically, I think the long summer days would be harder on me than the short days of winter there. I currently live at a fairly northern latitude (46.2 degrees N) and I’ve found I get so tired in the summer! The birds start singing at about 3:45 a.m.! In the long winter nights, I’m happy to cocoon.
Much will be revealed in November. But one thing that’s irreversible, revealed by Trumpism, is the new knowledge of how hateful so many Americans have become. It’s really creepy!
Anyway, thanks for the chat, Dee Dee! You cheered me up!
I think we are living similar lives. Im happy to meet you GG.
And yeah. All this trumpy political BS is keeping us from addressing the one truly urgent issue which is Climate Change. We live in interesting times.
Sweet dreams, my friend.