i cant blame him. coming of age in trumps america would put anyone with empathy off. hes applying for visas now and i suspect his australian native girlfriend will soon be ‘fiance’.
any tips? warnings? my only concern is the real possibility of never seeing him again.
It’s hard to let them go, but they have to live their own life, and you hopefully did the best you could to give them the tools they will need to succeed. Look at it this way, making such a move early in life lets them sample what else is out there, and no reason they can’t either come back or move on to something else entirely, now armed with two different culture experiences. So much better than being trapped in one place or maybe worse, settling for that, and not see other places at all.
I guess the real question is why is he making the choice. Current conditions in the US? Her? A bit of both? Or maybe he’s gotten a sample of AU and likes what he saw. As long as it’s a good reason(s), and they all are, then why not?
hes spent most of his adolescence interacting online with a group from australia… ostensibly its where his friends are. he has flown out ans spent some time on-site, so he knows what hes gettin in to.
a friend of mine put it best, ‘that cake is baked! all you can do is support it!’
That’s sounds like a done deal then, and he knows what he wants. Honestly, as a parent that’s all you can ask for.