Living Out of the United States – Future Expats Forum
June 20, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under How To, Reference
I ran across the Future Expats Forum site recently and thought it was a very interesting read. Many people threaten to leave the United States and go live somewhere else about every election cycle. I don’t really take them seriously. However, some people makes plans to move and live overseas at some point in their lives and this website is loaded with the information they may find important.
The website came about by someone that was interested in living overseas, but couldn’t find much information about the "human side" of what it meant to make this jump in your life. She decided to put the site together to organize her own plans, but also to share the resource with anyone else that may find it helpful.
We’ve done lots of research online, in books, magazines, online groups and the like. I’ve found lots and lots of sites with tremendous information. The one thing I haven’t found is a place where people can discuss the “human side” of moving to another country. How do you tell your elderly parents you plan to move to a different country without hurting their feelings and/or freaking them out? How do you cope with the inevitable frustrations and setbacks as you embark on your journey? Who do you share your victories with?
It’s got me interested for sure. But I’m a LONG way from making this jump. Who knows what the future holds though. I’m going to be sure and bookmark this site for a future reference. Who knows what my happen in the next 30 years.
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Hey, Joe, just saw this post about my site. Nice! Glad you visited, and hope it was helpful. Would love to have you come back and share some of your thinking/experience.
The name is Jason but I know what you meant! You’ve got a great site. I’m quite a ways from thinking about retiring overseas. I’ll be sure and keep your site in mind when that day comes though.