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Anything I should know about scotland before I take a leap of faith 😂

278 replies

Helliephant · 10/05/2026 15:42

I met this Scottish man and he is simply amazing and wonderful, so interesting and kind with the sexiest accent ever, es the best. I went to scotland for the first time with him and fell in love with it. Would i be crazy to move there???!

OP posts:
Dilemma999 · 28/07/2026 10:05

How long have you known him? Would you be selling your own property? I’d be wary of giving up my security to live with someone I’d not known for long in a place I’ve never lived in before. Why not keep your property (if you own it) and the both of you rent together for a year first to see how it goes?

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 10:09

Dilemma999 · 28/07/2026 10:05

How long have you known him? Would you be selling your own property? I’d be wary of giving up my security to live with someone I’d not known for long in a place I’ve never lived in before. Why not keep your property (if you own it) and the both of you rent together for a year first to see how it goes?

The OP is already purchasing a flat in Aberdeen.

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:03

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 09:47

Am I the only one who feels that independent Scotland would be all about SNP and Greens getting in as many asylum seekers in as they possibly can, ignoring all the crimes they do, calling you a racist if you are concerned about the said crimes happening (seen people being called racists because rapes happened in their area and they said they didn't feel safe). The greens would make sure to focus on anything but the lives of ordinary people, a massive attention would be paid to trans rights, Palestine, you name it. Anything but sorting the actual issues such as providing schools for SEN children. The crime would be rife with the new prison laws they want to implement.
Greens are ideological and not practical, they'll spend hours speaking about beaver introduction before admitting and tackling any real issues.
I would be bloody scared for sure.

Yes.

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 15:06

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:03

Yes.

If this 'yes' is for saying I'm the only one, please look at the previous page as I'm clearly NOT the only one 😛

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:14

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 15:06

If this 'yes' is for saying I'm the only one, please look at the previous page as I'm clearly NOT the only one 😛

Aye there are plenty of people with no confidence in themselves. Shame really when they project it onto everyone else.

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 15:19

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:14

Aye there are plenty of people with no confidence in themselves. Shame really when they project it onto everyone else.

I have plenty of confidence in myself hence why I don't want commies running the country. Certainly noticed that people who want everything handed out to them tend to be pro-greens.

TheLittleSunnyCat · 28/07/2026 15:20

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 09:42

Today much of Britain is sweltering.
Here it's 14 degrees and pishing rain.

Tbh this has been a rubbish summer even by our standards.

It’s just been too many days of greyness this year, even when it’s warm. But the countryside is still beautiful.

Oh and I too remember the Indy ref time all those years ago as being divisive. I would hate to live though it again. It crept into my workplace and I felt quite uncomfortable as usually political discussions are kept light. I also remember a colleague asking me if I was entitled to vote - presumably as an English person, even though I’d lived here most my adult life. It was also similar during Brexit.

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:21

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 15:19

I have plenty of confidence in myself hence why I don't want commies running the country. Certainly noticed that people who want everything handed out to them tend to be pro-greens.

Commies 🤣

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:24

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 15:19

I have plenty of confidence in myself hence why I don't want commies running the country. Certainly noticed that people who want everything handed out to them tend to be pro-greens.

Btw, I’m pro greens though I don’t vote for them. Home owner, no mortgage, zero debt, retired two years ago age 60. I haven’t even applied for a bus pass.

Name a thing I’ve had “handed out”
to me.

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:25

TheLittleSunnyCat · 28/07/2026 15:20

It’s just been too many days of greyness this year, even when it’s warm. But the countryside is still beautiful.

Oh and I too remember the Indy ref time all those years ago as being divisive. I would hate to live though it again. It crept into my workplace and I felt quite uncomfortable as usually political discussions are kept light. I also remember a colleague asking me if I was entitled to vote - presumably as an English person, even though I’d lived here most my adult life. It was also similar during Brexit.

I can’t remember it being divisive. Maybe it’s the company you keep?

TheLittleSunnyCat · 28/07/2026 15:30

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:25

I can’t remember it being divisive. Maybe it’s the company you keep?

Recollections clearly differ.

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 15:41

TheLittleSunnyCat · 28/07/2026 15:30

Recollections clearly differ.

Totally agree with you @TheLittleSunnyCat.

Some people found it divisive, others didn't.

I'm not going into details. Just hope it doesn't happen again.

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 15:44

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 15:41

Totally agree with you @TheLittleSunnyCat.

Some people found it divisive, others didn't.

I'm not going into details. Just hope it doesn't happen again.

I can’t wait until it happens again.

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 16:16

@Differentforgirls As I've said more than once we're all entitled to our (differing) opinions.

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 16:18

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 16:16

@Differentforgirls As I've said more than once we're all entitled to our (differing) opinions.

No idea the context of this post which is why, imo, quoting matters.

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 16:44

@Differentforgirls
I dread the thought of another Indyref.
You're looking forward to one.

That's all I'm saying.

Effervescentfrothy · 28/07/2026 17:01

utahsainthood · 28/07/2026 16:00

The Scottish government. No thanks.

https://apple.news/As5eZPLciRg6mDOhyZDZDYA

Chest feeding. 🤮🤮

Tarantulaa · 28/07/2026 17:58

backformoreofthesame · 18/07/2026 11:56

i can see lots of opportunities with water and power that could give Scotland something to sell which could help their finances greatly . England needs Scotland quite a lot which is why they oppose any split

( not that I think splits are good , UK or Europe )

They oppose a split because they see their country as Britain or the UK, not just as England. Losing Scotland would mean losing something like a third of the landmass, and a beautiful part of the country. Why would anyone want that? Now that we're out of the EU, the UK already feels small and isolated. Becoming smaller is the last thing any of us need,

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 18:13

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 16:44

@Differentforgirls
I dread the thought of another Indyref.
You're looking forward to one.

That's all I'm saying.

Ah right. Can I ask why you’re dreading it?

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 18:14

Tarantulaa · 28/07/2026 17:58

They oppose a split because they see their country as Britain or the UK, not just as England. Losing Scotland would mean losing something like a third of the landmass, and a beautiful part of the country. Why would anyone want that? Now that we're out of the EU, the UK already feels small and isolated. Becoming smaller is the last thing any of us need,

We voted remain though.

SpaceRaccoon · 28/07/2026 18:44

Complicatedthings · 28/07/2026 09:47

Am I the only one who feels that independent Scotland would be all about SNP and Greens getting in as many asylum seekers in as they possibly can, ignoring all the crimes they do, calling you a racist if you are concerned about the said crimes happening (seen people being called racists because rapes happened in their area and they said they didn't feel safe). The greens would make sure to focus on anything but the lives of ordinary people, a massive attention would be paid to trans rights, Palestine, you name it. Anything but sorting the actual issues such as providing schools for SEN children. The crime would be rife with the new prison laws they want to implement.
Greens are ideological and not practical, they'll spend hours speaking about beaver introduction before admitting and tackling any real issues.
I would be bloody scared for sure.

Yep - I mean Glasgow is near enough there.

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 19:05

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 18:13

Ah right. Can I ask why you’re dreading it?

I've already said because it was so divise.

boobashka · 28/07/2026 19:49

Differentforgirls · 28/07/2026 18:14

We voted remain though.

And yet a Yes vote in 2014 would have taken us straight out of the EU at that point anyway. It’s a bit of an inconvenient truth for the pro-independence side, so I don't really expect @Differentforgirls girls to acknowledge this...

RaraRachael · 28/07/2026 19:54

@boobashka Just like I don't expect them to acknowledge the fact that I (and several others) found Indyref divisive despite me repeating this.