Replying to @sulsulasha Being married means evolving together. Staying the same as the day you got married is not a flex. Now it’s hard to grow together at exactly the same time. So, often there will be one partner that needs to kind of catch up or one partner that needs to pull the other along as the changes are happening. If one partner wants to move abroad, the hesitant partner owes it to the other to seriously consider that possibility. My husband and I went from an idea to living abroad in 6 weeks, with 2 kids, owning a home, needing to sell a car, and all the other logistics. How can I help you and your partner get on the same page about moving abroad? 🆘🇺🇸 #TikTokEncyclopediaContest
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More and more wives are reaching out to me saying Veronica I want to move abroad, but my husband doesn't want to and as someone who's been married for 15 years I have a lot to say about that because having one partner who's in a state of Fight or flight in an entire country is kind of unprecedented, right? It's not something you probably would have talked about before your marriage about if you should move abroad or not The natural tendency is for people to stay where they're from. I would say in my marriage I'm definitely the one who spearheaded the idea of moving abroad But my husband was fully on board from extremely early on because of the data Now I know that it's hard to get people to change their mind with logic if it was that easy We wouldn't be in the situation we're in in the United States Logic is not always help people make decisions and so presenting somebody with a ton of facts about why staying in the United States is not the right choice Or even why moving to a particular country would be a better choice is not always the game plan Instead, it's usually appealing to their emotional side and making sure that they know that Being willing to at least look at the idea of moving abroad is a way to support you Emotionally, it's a way for them to show you that they are in your corner And they are willing to look at options to make sure that you are happy and thriving Sometimes the best course of action is really going to be a full-on sales campaign I've been thinking about how I could help women make the sales pitch to their partners And if you have any ideas for what I could include in Some sort of ebook to provide you in order to take to them and appeal to all of their senses Let me know what you think should be included in that because one of the worst things for a marriage is having one partner Want to do something that they are being prevented from doing by the other partner That is not a long-term play for success that's definitely going to build resentment So I want to make sure that you guys can work through this challenge together And I'm thinking that there's got to be some sort of guide I can put together to help in this conversation I haven't done it yet, but I think it's on the horizon. Let me know in the comments If you have ideas for how I can help you make this plea to your partner on how moving abroad would be the right thing for you guys
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