I'm curious...how many of you would ever move to your SO's country? Would you do it now or later? If you wouldn't move there, why not?


Personally, I would definately love to live in Liberia or Ghana (he has some family living in Ghana). I would move today if I could, but the state of affairs in Liberia doesn't offer much opportunity for advancement at this moment. I have two little girls and the education system sucks there so that would also be a setback. Other than that, I love the lifestyle and the carefree environment. Things are on the up and up and we have discussed moving there after the next 10 years or so.

If my SO gets denied I have no doubt in my mind that I would move to Ghana.

Since I have family there and have been there a bajillion times it would not be a problem for me. I do want to eventually move there to work and if I have to do that sooner rather than later then so be it.

I told him to come and experience life in the US for 2 years and if he does not like it then we can move to Ghana

At this point in time, I'm don't think I would move to Nigeria. But I might consider living in Ghana (although it would cause a MAJOR upset in my family if I moved out of the country).

I would love to move to Africa. The only thing that bothers me about Nigeria is power supply. There are some comforts that I need to have as a bourgeoise American , like power. I told my fiance that I would go in about 5-7 years if he wanted. As an educator, I would love to open a school. He states that with my doctorate I would be treated like royalty and could name my own price, so to speak. I love the laid-back atmosphere. I also like the fact that in Nigeria, the kids can still run around and be children. In the US, you have to worry about your 15yr old son being snatched by some pervert let alone your young daughter.

So true, you can't even trust family members with your children here.

I would love to live in Nigeria. I think I would like to have a house there and a house here and just travel back and forth. Maybe even have a business in Nigeria also.

Hello! Let alone having your family members here not wanting to babysit the children because they are a sudden burden or have better things to do. In Africa they are more than obliging to help out with the kids or babysit them when needed.

It's all up in the air. I'm open to living in Tanzania if I could find a decent (like, close to American wages) paying job. Not because I'm greedy, but because I need to know that if anything were to happen and I had to come back to the US, I could afford plane tickets.

This whole international marriage thing is terrifying, because I love Ombeni with my heart and want to spend the rest of my life with him. But what if he doesn't like living in America? What if I didn't like living in Tanzania? Ahhh! I had the best times of my life there, but I was also pretty unhappy at times...

And, like a lot of people, it depends on children. I think that raising children in Tanzania would be great with more tight-knit communities and less materialism. But health care is not so great, and neither is the education system unless you pay an arm and a leg for it.

This is the main reason I would (at some point) love to move back to Senegal. As probably with most African countries there is still that "it takes a village to raise a child" mindset. And I think Mom and child are so much happier because you are not overwhelmed with the caretaking responsibilites. Plus I LOVE my husband's family and would really like to spend more time with them.

That is the absolute truth