Migrating for greener pasture
Many of my friends are planning to leave their motherland for greener pastures. Many of them cited the recent political chaos, their worries of the safety of their loved ones, the rising crime rates, the rampant corruptions and of course the better education opportunities for their children as the main reasons for them to decide to uproot themselves.
They kind of told me that I am lucky to be married to an American and could migrate without going through the loops. The thing is, it’s not my first choice to live in the States. True, it’s a great country to live. But, it has also a lot of restrictions of what I can do or cannot do as an alien who speaks with an accent. It’s not easy for me to change the way I speak though it’s not impossible to get rid of the accent with immersion.
Leaving my motherland also means uprooting myself from a culture that I am familiar and learning to adapt to a new culture, getting to know new friends and establish a new social circle. I won’t say it’s an easy thing to do, but it’s probably a necessarily step to keep the marriage going. I just don’t see how the marriage can survive with two people living apart for long term.
