Would you see living abroad as being successful

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If someone you knew had left the U.K., moved abroad and started a new life, would you see that as them having been successful?
What would you think of them?

Many countries have more generous benefits than the UK.

I think you are confusing success and quality of life.

She thinks she has achieved success because of her quality of life.

You and your friend have different g views on what constitutes a good quality of life and that is fine because quality of life is subjective.

As I said at the end, it's in the eye of the beholder.

It sounds like either you or your friend or both are caught in a loop of one upmanship, trying to justify who has the better life or greater success. If she is happy then be happy for her, you can be happy too, she doesn't have to be green with envy for your life to be good

I'm happy that she's happy. But she's recently been for a visit and it's grating to constantly hear about how sophisticated her life is 'on the continent'. To me her life is nearly the same as here, but she does talk about not being able to afford to buy clothes out there. That to me isn't having a successful life.

I think the fact that she is able to drive to other countries to holiday is great. But her banging on about the fresh air in the countryside is annoying because it's not unique to 'the continent' 😂

She thinks she has achieved success because of her quality of life.

not a particularly controversial notion.