to ask how you’re preparing for Brexit?

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There is so much uncertainty surrounding what will happen with trade deals and goodness knows what else, that I’m starting to wonder about making some sensible plans.

We have put a stop to some planned works we wanted to do to our house, we have downsized to one car and we grow a small amount of veg. We keep some stocks of food in the house but we have a large family so I never feel like we’d have enough.
We have discussed not taking a holiday this summer and DH is taking every training course possible at work in order to diversify his skills should his industry go tits up.

I’m wondering what decisions you’re making in your homes for what could possibly be a really uncertain time for a few years.

Honestly I’m hardly suggesting bunkers, come off it. I’m suggesting insurance for our family. My husband’s industry have issued warnings regarding the impact of Brexit on jobs. Everyone we know in that industry is making a real effort at home to cut back.

I'm burying my head in the sand, come and dig me out when it's over please.

preparing? Errrrrrr
tumbleweed

We're in the process of applying for citizenship in the country we live in and transferring out our pension funds. People who have worked in the UK are being advised to take out their pension money before Brexit as it's expected that the government will grab part of it post Brexit. They currently do this when people retire in non-EU countries but aren't allowed to do it within the EU.

Its probably good practice to have in mind how you would cope in a really big recession - but for most of us, the answer is we'd really struggle.
its always a good time to pay down debts, get knew skills, etc

Not going on holiday but we have bought a large shed and will put a bar in it instead

Sooooo

Kinda preparing to be drunk a lot

Looking forward to moving back to the UK as my dh's contract abroad will have ended about 8 months post Brexit; he will be retiring, and the mortgage will be gone. We have everything we need and most of the things we want, so no worries.

There are 195 countries in the world (counting Vatican City and the Palestinian territories). Only 27 of those are in the EU. Are you really telling me that 168 countries are weeping and wailing that they are not in the EU?

Staying overseas, having emigrated in 2015.

Brexit isn't the only reason not to want to live in the UK again, but it is a definite factor.

Sorry, not very helpful!

Carrying on as normal

OP, I am with you. We have been moving some of our investments and savings. Pensions have never been that secure anyway so I'm not sure how much will change. We have an investment flat that we might sell.

And of course I have chickens in the garden and might get a cow just in case we have to become self sufficient...

We’ve left the country

The opportunity to go to the US came up and we took it figuring Trump is only until his term ends but Brexit is for life!

DH also applied for his British passport before we left just in case we want to come back and his French passport no longer allows him to live in the UK. I applied for my Irish as it was way easier than French, just needed my mother’s details as opposed to sitting a French language and culture test!

I have made an offer to buy Slovenia. Assuming it all goes through in time I'll kick out all of the existing residents and move there.

That’s exactly it grass we are looking at it like a possible large recession. I know one should always be prepared for such a thing but let’s face it most of us aren’t.

I’m hopeful for the future (not a Brexiter but trying to hope for positives) but equally I have a lot of faces to feed and businesses to keep afloat.

I’ve been reading a great deal about the Port of Dover and the delays on food coming into the country. I don’t think it is unreasonable to have a genuine fear about that.

I think you are quite right to prepare circle

Its not a bad idea at all to be ready for a worst case scenario

😂 I haven’t done anything different and I really don’t think much will change to be honest. I am actually thinking of applying to be a British citizen as I’ve been here almost 15 years and I want the same passport as my children.

Somerford I’m pleased for you. I hope Kirstie and Phil show you which wall to knock through first, you could really open it up.

We’re looking at getting out. DP’s job has some overseas opportunities and we’ll take one of them.

Why have you cancelled this year's holiday? I don't understand that.

emigrating
probably

By campaigning for Scottish independence.
Also, by buying Scottish.
(quickly dons flameproof suit)

I'm going to alphabetise my books.
Eat some chocolate.
Maybe re-watch Lost.
Oh, and obviously stockpile some weapons and 8000 tins into an underground bunker.

Goodness, hadn't thought about it, but then it probably won't affect me that much, being oldish.

I imagine we'll all get through it somehow. I rather suspect it might end up being a bit like the famous millennium bug that was going to create complete chaos for industry and cause all the planes to fall from the sky on the stroke of midnight. We'll leave and then we'll all carry on more or less as before.

I voted to remain, so whether leaving is a disaster or a massive success I'm not responsible.

Motoko
We haven’t cancelled one, we hadn’t booked a holiday yet.

I should add we still own a house in the UK, mostly because we found tenants very easily and because we didn’t have enough time to sell before we left but we also think of it as an insurance policy if we want to come home. However, we’re really starting to worry that it’s our biggest asset and we would see the value wiped out post Brexit. Very difficult to know what to do...

Dh is now British. My application for French nationality is sitting in the big big big queue in the French consulate.