Story and intro

[EmilyandJason 0]

I thought I would take a few minutes to say hello to everyone and introduce myself. You've probably noticed me posting in the past few weeks, mainly either in regards to tax questions or posting a few questions myself.

I am a little bit shy

I am an accountant in Canada so can try my best to help with the Canadian end of things, though most of my experience is with corporate taxation, so most of the time I have to look up the answers to things. I do have access to some good resources though!

I met my sweetie last December playing world of warcraft ... then we spent three months figuring out whether we should meet for real or not ... I have to say it helped realizing he lived only a few hours a way. I live in Victoria and when I met him, Jason was living in Seattle so the first 6 months or so was spent between Victoria and Seattle, now he is in the Bremerton area.

Our first weekend together was amazing and we have spent all but three weekends together since March of 2007. We knew we were going to spend the rest of our lives together after about .. two weeks. We are both in our early 30s so i think that since both of us had experienced various other things throughout our lives, we knew exactly what we were looking for. Jason asked me to marry him in June and then we spent a few months figuring out the best way to proceed. At the time we were under a bit of family pressure for me to accept a job in Bremerton under a TN Visa ... I decided that wasn't right (considering our intentions were most certainly not temporary) so we decided to marry thinking the CR-1 visa was the best option for us.

We filed our I-130 at the end of August 2007 and are awaiting approval. We didn't know at the time that Montreal was the only consulate that deals with immigrant visas.

I feel pretty frustrated that the CR-1 takes SOOO much longer than the K-1, I strugle with my / our choice pretty regulary.

Our family/friends wedding is July 19th!

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

I thought I would take a few minutes to say hello to everyone and introduce myself. You've probably noticed me posting in the past few weeks, mainly either in regards to tax questions or posting a few questions myself.

I am a little bit shy

I am an accountant in Canada so can try my best to help with the Canadian end of things, though most of my experience is with corporate taxation, so most of the time I have to look up the answers to things. I do have access to some good resources though!

I met my sweetie last December playing world of warcraft ... then we spent three months figuring out whether we should meet for real or not ... I have to say it helped realizing he lived only a few hours a way. I live in Victoria and when I met him, Jason was living in Seattle so the first 6 months or so was spent between Victoria and Seattle, now he is in the Bremerton area.

Our first weekend together was amazing and we have spent all but three weekends together since March of 2007. We knew we were going to spend the rest of our lives together after about .. two weeks. We are both in our early 30s so i think that since both of us had experienced various other things throughout our lives, we knew exactly what we were looking for. Jason asked me to marry him in June and then we spent a few months figuring out the best way to proceed. At the time we were under a bit of family pressure for me to accept a job in Bremerton under a TN Visa ... I decided that wasn't right (considering our intentions were most certainly not temporary) so we decided to marry thinking the CR-1 visa was the best option for us.

We filed our I-130 at the end of August 2007 and are awaiting approval. We didn't know at the time that Montreal was the only consulate that deals with immigrant visas.

I feel pretty frustrated that the CR-1 takes SOOO much longer than the K-1, I strugle with my / our choice pretty regulary.

Our family/friends wedding is July 19th!

Well it is indeed a pleasure to meet you. I'm glad you found your true love. I take it that Jason's favourite songs are See Emily Play and For Emily Wherever I May Find Her. Anyone who risks life and limb by writing the UFE is all right in my book. The good news about Montreal is by the time you go for the interview, the snow will have finally melted. Hang in there, the wait will be over before you know it.

Edited March 10, 2008 by IR5FORMUMSIE

[Carlawarla 1]

Nice to meet you EmilyandJason! Welcome to VJ! Welcome to the Canada Forum! Have I forgotten to welcome you???

I understand your frustration about the length of the process. When it's finally over and you're with your husband....you won't believe how when you look back, it doesn't seem to have taken that long...but saying that, I know that when you're going through it, it seems to never end.

There are a few couples here that met playing World of Warcraft! Gene and I met on-line as well. I'm now in St. Louis, MO, but originally from Saskatchewan.

Hope to see more of your postings and thanks for your response to my tax question!

[Flames9_RN 358]

Welcome to VJ!! I lived in Victoria for nearly 9 yrs, loved the city!! best of luck

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

WOO HOO!

Another gamer!

Nick and I met on City of Heroes but we fell in love on WoW!

Welcome to VJ hon.

I'm sorry it takes so long, it's heartbreaking I know, but just think of how worth it it all will be when you are finally together.

Best of luck to you and Jason!

Hugs

~Laura

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Very nice to meet you and never be afraid to come by VJ and join the discussion. The Canadian forum is one of the most helpful imo, and one of the nicest too! Sometimes some of the general chat can get a little heated

I met my husband playing WoW as well....they (Blizzard) really should start offering a dating service as well! I mean...where else can you meet someone who wants to devote large parts of their lives to keeping the murloc population in check lol

Cheers

[EmilyandJason 0]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

[melusine 5]

welcome welcome !

we didn't met in wow but were both players too ! hahaha

I was more involved in guildwars before.

what server r u guyz in ?

[Delicia 1]

Tax accounts who play MMPORGS, we salute you!

<---tax accoutant (corporate as well)

<---recently retired from WoW

Welcome aboard the good ship lollipop!

[EmilyandJason 0]

We used to play on Silver Hand though we both are pretty much retired now. I don't have time to raid anymore so I pretty much just level alts when I'm really bored

[warlord 73]

I'm so glad my wife doesn't play games at all, especially WoW, but allows me to play WoW all the time ha ha. Must be true love when she can laugh at me playing, but doesn't have a problem with it...

[LindaB 0]

I'm so glad my wife doesn't play games at all, especially WoW, but allows me to play WoW all the time ha ha. Must be true love when she can laugh at me playing, but doesn't have a problem with it...

Welcome Emily! I am from White Rock and my husband lives in Bellingham. I am so thankful for Nexus!!!!!!! My husband and I met on EHarmony. It was like an instant connect....just like the commercials...lol

[michellea 0]

We both play wow, even now that we live together.

Speaking of which, my nightelf is level 67... I really want to get to level 70...

Have a great day.

*and welcome to the Canadian forum*

[Autumnchik 6]

Welcome and thanks for sharing your story

On a side note, are there any Canadians who DON'T play WoW??? I am feeling so left out now LOL

[bearmirus 45]

Welcome and thanks for sharing your story

On a side note, are there any Canadians who DON'T play WoW??? I am feeling so left out now LOL

Not to worry, I don't play WoW. There is one online game that I still paly even today, Team Fortress Classic. Its a first-person shooting game based on Half-Life. Its been my favorite since it came out back in April 1999 and I still do play it today.

BTW, welcome to VJ EmilyandJason!

Edited March 11, 2008 by bearmirus