1. Why the hell would you move from Santa Barbara to
Denmark?!?!
2. What do your parents think?
Here are the various answers I've been known to respond with:
Question 1:
- Why not?
- It's a good opportunity, and a good career move
- I want Danish vacation
- I wish to experience 4 seasons (since there's only one in Santa Barbara!)
- I wanted to get closer to my Swedish boyfriend
- I need a repos in a dark, gloomy environment where I get to be cooped up indoors so that I can read books, and play with pictures (and not feel bad about it!)
- Danes are pronounced to be the happiest people on earth - I want to be a happiest person
- I'm trying to live in a nation where the general population is as far from Indian looking as possible so I can appear exotic and gain sympathy for being a long way from home
- I needed something cool to blog about
- I LOVE Danish cuisine. (Boiled potatoes, fish, pickled herring - yum yum!)
- I'm just doing it to have a baby and go on Danish maternity leave, which by the way is 1 full year
How about a vote on which one is the most fitting? Maybe I'll do a little revisit to this post in a year and praise the people who got it right.
Question 2:
To be entirely honest, I don't really know how my parents feel about my move. I basically made my decision and told them that I'm doing it. There are a few factors that you have to consider about my parents: 1)they both primarily live in India, and 2) I talk to them about once every 2 months. I like to think that they like the idea. When I'm in Denmark, I'm closer to India which means that the flight is less expensive. Plus I get more vacation time (5+ weeks!). So I would think they are happy with the possibility of me visiting more often. Maybe they will comment?
1 comment:
This is Shob's Papa San, Papoose commenting. Shob is an independent person who is encouraged to follow her heart while making sound decisions and ALWAYS be independent. Think like a woman and be like man. We are a global family. Shob has two cousins in England. Having spent a year in France, she has friends in Europe, not to mention her BF, that I have yet to meet. Besides Shob's parents moved half way around the globe from India to the US. So it's no big deal that she is moving to Denmark. It's not like she is moving to Darfur, Afghanistan or Iraq! What is most important is one's health and happiness. Everything else becomes easier when H&H is taken care of. If Huggy Bear is Happy, we are Happy. If she is not, she certainly has our support, but our worrying won't make her situation any better. So why worry? Be Happy!
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