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Is Anybody Making Personal Plans For Brexit?

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fakenamefornow · 10/10/2017 09:52

Very worried about it.

I have some savings, not loads, just a few thousand. I'm thinking maybe I should convert it into foreign currency. What do others think? I have a holiday aboard planned next year, I've converted all the spending money we'll need already and plan to pay for meals etc while we're there in cash.

I've been saving as much money as I can, our mortgage still has another eight years to run. I really need a new car and we had planned to get a new kitchen as ours is falling apart but don't think I can risk spending money on stuff like that now. At the same time I want to take my children abroad as much as we can now as I don't think we'll be able to afford to post 2019.

I wish we could leave the country for the EU but it's just not easy for us, no access to foreign passports, children settled in really good schools, and not easily transferable jobs.

For context, I'll almost certainly be losing my job because of Brexit in 2019, not sure what will happen with my husbands job, don't think he'll lose it but it will be negatively affected.

Is anybody else making plans to try to mitigate Brexit? If so any more suggestions for us?

OP posts:
TheElementsSong · 11/10/2017 14:12

I was not implying anything of the sort

What were you wondering about, then?

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 14:12

*Nnina nope I'm french originally.
Or at least that's what my passport is saying. Even though I've only lived 1/3 of my life there.

Is the Uk my country?
Well I felt it was up to about 2 years ago. Then I have been told so many times I didn't belong, was only good enough to be used as a bargaining chip, xenophobia raising (with the accompanied comments) etc... that it doesn't feel like it anymore.*

That's interesting. A relative of mine recently tried to get a job in France and couldn't. She would walk into places with her CV and be told there were no jobs. When her French friend did the same, they were immediately told that there were jobs available. Those shitty attitudes exist everywhere.

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 14:12

Bold fail!

M4Dad · 11/10/2017 14:15

Well I felt it was up to about 2 years ago. Then I have been told so many times I didn't belong

Can you give examples please? Did people literally walk up to you in the street and confront you?

MynewnameisKy · 11/10/2017 14:16

I live about ten miles from the Irish border. I already have Irish passports for all of us but I am quite tempted to buy a house on the other side in the Irish Republic.

Dh thinks that's mad.

I would rent it out and only move to it if things get really bad!

nNina22 · 11/10/2017 14:17

Theelementsong I’ve already said what I was wondering

BabyWilliam · 11/10/2017 14:22

They did with my Dutch friend in north London who is a GP. One of the dads at her dc's school went up to and asked "so when are you leaving"?

In actual fact she has left since, her (Englsih) husband got an amazing job as a professor in Amsterdam and she is commuting to the UK a few times a year to work as a locum. They are so much happier, she told me that it's amazing not to be judged as a foreigner all the time, a weight off hers holder.

Sadly her GP practice are in a dire situation, as they are not able to recruit GPs to do the insane hours. She is a brilliant doctor aand her patients are definitely worse off without her. GPs at her surgery who are not partners do a lot of upaid overtime, she was one of a few who did this diligently putting patients first.

MynewnameisKy · 11/10/2017 14:23

I definitely think moving to fixed rate mortgages is essential. All my Dc study a European language but Dd1 (17) wants to learn an Asian language and thinks it would be much more beneficial to her.

I'm not stopping her but 3 A levels is enough for now.

Theworldisfullofidiots · 11/10/2017 14:28

My two Polish consultant friends went to Germany after their children were bullied at school by other kids asking them when they were going.

Theworldisfullofidiots · 11/10/2017 14:28

My two Polish consultant friends went to Germany after their children were bullied at school by other kids asking them when they were going.

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 14:34

Good luck to them Theoworldisfullofidiots.

I read an article recently about a British man being killed in Germany by a man who hated foreigners. The world is indeed full of idiots.

nNina22 · 11/10/2017 14:48

I used to live in Canada and we were often told resentfully that we were taking their jobs. It can happen wherever you live

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 14:53

I have friends who have had terrible problems in Australia too.

Theworldisfullofidiots · 11/10/2017 15:04

Sorry about the double post.

I'm sure racism can happen anywhere. It's just disappointing that it's got worse. I know there is an argument that at least we know where it is now. I preferred it when it wasn't socially acceptable.

BabyWilliam · 11/10/2017 15:05

"Good luck to them Theoworldisfullofidiots."
You couldn't sound more disingenuous if your tried Smile

"I read an article recently about a British man being killed in Germany by a man who hated foreigners. The world is indeed full of idiots."
Sadly in the UK politicians and the media endorse and promote hatred against foreigners whereas this is certainly not the case in german, France, Scandinavia etc. There are idiots everywhere but the UK stinks at the moment as xenophobia and racism is top down as well as bottom up. This is not the case in Germany.

Chickenkatsu · 11/10/2017 15:06

My wife who is Chinese, was spat on in Switzerland. She's always been fine in the UK.

TheElementsSong · 11/10/2017 15:06

So OP, now that your thread has become all about IMMIGRANTS OVERWHELMING US or TRAITORS RUNNING AWAY, do the last 24 hours' posts help your personal plans for mitigating Brexit? (Replace "mitigating" with "enjoying the glories of" if you voted Leave) Grin

squishysquirmy · 11/10/2017 15:29

I suppose those who are convinced that Brexit will be nothing but sunlit uplands will be busy doing the opposite of "prepping" and contingency planning?
Now is the time to take that financial risk you've been putting off! Buy that house with a mortgage you can barely afford, take out that loan, empty your savings account to fund a cruise, commit to that long term spending commitment etc. After all, you're only going to get richer, right?
And the rest of us are hysterical, treacherous doom mongers for wanting to cushion ourselves against any potential negative impacts.

BabyWilliam · 11/10/2017 15:29

Good question element what I'd love to know is where this sudden onset of racist and ethnocentrist posters is coming from.

I know there have been vocal nutty Brexiteers all along but that Refuge thread yesterday and the Dove advert one and this one, I'd love to do know what makes people so hostile towards people form other cultures. It's a sort of inherent narrow mindedness. Very curious.

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 15:37

I didn't intend to sound at all disingenuous. I wish anybody luck who has the guts to move to another country. It's a massive upheaval.

I also don't really believe that xenophobia is promoted by the media and politicians. Yes, to the DM and other similar publications, but certainly not mainstream news broadcasters like the BBC and the main three political parties.

cowgirlsareforever · 11/10/2017 15:39

And in all honesty I am worried about the huge split in the country. It seems acceptable to pin Brexit on Northerners. Not all Northerners voted Brexit and those who did were mainly do so because they felt they had fuck all to lose after decades of being ignored.

CardinalSin · 11/10/2017 15:56

British man told his wife can't stay even though she is still breastfeeding their 3rd child.

But she's forrin, so I guess it's not important...

Holliewantstobehot · 11/10/2017 16:16

You should take a look at the comments on any story about brexit/immigration/crime on yahoo if you believe there's no ill will towards immigrants of all kinds. They make my stomach turn they are so racist and in particular islamaphobic. Barely a dissenting voice. It is no wonder so many feel they are not welcome here. Just because other countries also have issues with racism doesn't make it ok.

Theworldisfullofidiots · 11/10/2017 16:21

The majority of people I know who voted leave live in Kent (good luck with the border), London or the east of England where there is v little immigration. Who said they were northerners?

squishysquirmy · 11/10/2017 16:31

"It seems acceptable to pin Brexit on Northerners. Not all Northerners voted Brexit and those who did were mainly do so because they felt they had fuck all to lose after decades of being ignored."
I dislike this sort of generalisation too.
I also resent the idea (often insinuated) that all remainers live in London and we spend all our time drinking overpriced hipster coffee and sniggering at the lower classes.
Not that there is anything wrong with living in London of course, but there is a tendency by some to dismiss all remainers as an out of touch, metropolitan elite who need taking down a peg or two. In reality there are plenty of very wealthy leave voters, and plenty of struggling remainers.