I have just been informed by Mercury that he needs to find a job before he can get out of the prison that is America, no shit Sherlock!

Mattyman states (quite correctly...) that women judge you on the kind of work you do to make money - well, colour me shocked!
It can't be just me who is absolutely stumped by the revelations from the two posters above...
Here is some advice to anyone contemplating life abroad - a big part of being 'happier' abroad is the ability to work or make money, or at least having a source of cash in which to live - retirement funds, pensions, passive income streams... doing this costs money.
Which is why I am up at this time because I will set off to work in an hour.