Should I stay or should I go (to America) ?

[Platypus]

Job offer expected this week. I can,

(1) Move to the US as ClientCo permie, earn a lot, leave everything behind, dump the very nice GF Platypus before going, get there, work like a slave, be miserable, come back, lost everything. Optional: marry my US 'friend' who it turns out is a lunatic (as predicted on here) and/or frigid.

(2) Not move to the US, stay with GFP, likely have ClientCo say 'F you' and terminate my contract, be unemployed, lose everything.

Or another view,

(1a) Move to the US as ClientCo permie, earn a lot, leave everything behind, dump the very nice GF Platypus before going, get there, work like a slave, be happy, new life is a dream. Optional: marry my US 'friend' who it turns out is simply wonderful and a nymphomaniac.

(2a) Not move to the US, stay with GFP, likely have ClientCo say 'F you' and terminate my contract, find a new job (massively unlikely to be as well-paid as now, maybe in the local Waitrose), be employed, be happy (but poor) and thank my stars that I didn't emigrate.

I need to decide today.

What would you / Jesus / MF /Suity do ?

P.S. This really is my current situation

[TheFaQQer]

1a or 2a

Probably 2a

[DimPrawn]

Where in the USA?

Nice part of California or some red neck hell hole?

USA is vast, climate, economy, house prices, gun nutters as diverse as the whole of Europe.

[mudskipper]

3) Take current GF to America?

[DimPrawn]

3) Take current GF to America?

USA is not the UK, you can't just "bring your GF". Wife yes, but GF would need a residency visa otherwise she would only be allowed a holiday visa and would have to return to the UK and then apply for another holiday visa.

[cojak]

3) Take current GF to America?

WMSS.

USA is not the UK, you can't just "bring your GF". Wife yes, but GF would need a residency visa otherwise she would only be allowed a holiday visa and would have to return to the UK and then apply for another holiday visa.

Oh. Rats.

[vetran]

What would you / Jesus / MF /Suity do ?

Jesus - would dump Girlfriends and move to the Desert, take up with a load of blokes & a prostitute.
MF - Crack up and get lost at the Airport.
Suity - repopulate the planet with anything that moves.

You - Are you sure you can't get another job? Are you sure you can't stay working for them?

[stek]

USA is not the UK, you can't just "bring your GF". Wife yes, but GF would need a residency visa otherwise she would only be allowed a holiday visa and would have to return to the UK and then apply for another holiday visa.

Can't bring a GF under UK immigration rules either unless you've cohab'd for 2 years.

[Scrag Meister]

Is GF Platypus definitely NOT up for a bit of time in America? then take her else 1a or 2a.

[MarillionFan]

Can't bring a GF under UK immigration rules either unless you've cohab'd for 2 years.

Depends on the work visa he gets. But normally you have to be at a company for at least a year before they will offer you a US visa.

I would commute. Been doing it for years. It's a jet-setting, hotel, champagne life style with absolutely no stress at all and causes no drinking, sleep or mental health issues whatsoever

Plus the chicks love an English accent, I have to beat them off with a stick everytime I go over.