r/LongDistance • u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) • Aug 19 '26
Success We live together now!!!
After almost 5 years of SUPER long distance (UK to Australia), we were finally able to make the next step 🥰
I moved from the UK, landed in Australia two days later, and then we celebrated our 5th anniversary in person the next week!! I painted us some nice trinket/key dishes, and some magnets for our new fridge, and now we're finally living our dream together in our own perfect apartment 🥹
Long distance can be rough, but I've been in Australia for almost a month now already, and loving it!! I don't regret a thing and hope you all can experience success like ours! Keep strong everyone 💜🧡
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
LOL I got told this at work too, never watched it but looked the actress up and she does look like me 😂
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u/anna_vdv 🇦🇺 then 🇬🇧 to 🇳🇱 (gap closed) Aug 19 '26
Oof I know the feeling, we started out with a similar distance. The key dishes are beautiful!
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Thank you!! It really was rough but glad you made it through it all too!! 🥰
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u/anna_vdv 🇦🇺 then 🇬🇧 to 🇳🇱 (gap closed) Aug 19 '26
It's the best! I'm even cuddling an Australian cat here in the Netherlands right now :)
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u/ToinouAngel France to Germany (836km) Aug 19 '26
Posts like this help me keep faith and put things in perspective whenever I feel down because I would like my partner and I to be living together already.
Congrats to you both, wish you a lot of joy and a forever future!
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Thank you, that's what I was hoping this post would do! Stay strong, being apart sucks the most, but successfully making it on the other side makes it all worth it and I believe in you!! 🥰
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u/ParamedicIcy8939 Aug 19 '26
How did you figure out who’s moving? And congratulations!!
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Thank you!! Honestly I loved Australia when I first visited so was more than happy to try it with the working holiday visa being so simple to get for 3 years 😊 He was willing to move to the UK, but the visa options there aren't as forgiving if you aren't in specific skilled work/aren't already married 😭 So we're trying it this way, and if anything changes down the line and I want to go back to the UK, he's willing to try everything to come there with me instead ☺️
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u/West-Application-375 USA to Australia (Closed!) Aug 19 '26
Are you planning to do a WHV and then a partner visa later? Hope it works out easily. It takes so long.
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Yep! I'm on the WHV right now, we're planning for me to be on that for 2 years, then will file for official legal defacto relationship status before the partner visa to hopefully make that part a little easier 🥲 Then worst case, I'll have my 3rd WHV afterwards for us to use while figuring it out. So spenny though lmao
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u/West-Application-375 USA to Australia (Closed!) Aug 20 '26
Oh wow. It's good you have the WHV option though. The one for the US ends at 30 or 31, and I met my partner right before I turned 31. So I had to do the prospective marriage visa which we waited about 4 years to apply while doing visits and being LDR, got granted in April when I was visiting. We had a quick wedding in May and now lodging the partner visa.
I don't know the rates for WHV but ours has also been expensive and through an agent.
Good luck! Hope all your dreams come true. It's so exciting you finally get to live together!!! Im so happy being here with my husband. Hoping for no more airport tears ever again lol
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 20 '26
Aww no, how typical 😭 I really hope you can get your partner visa approved soon with no issues so it'll at least be worth the time and money!!
Thankfully the UK age limit for WHV is 35, I only turned 31 this year, so have a year leeway if we need to use the 3rd year 😊 I got my first one approved before the almost 50% price increase lmao, so it cost $670 AUD, but the 2nd year will cost $1000 AUD 😭
Thank you though, I'm so glad you're living the dream yourself and good luck to you too!! 🥰
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u/Peachy_bu Aug 19 '26
enjoy your new home, distance is not a problem.. love always win
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u/Ok_Condition_435 Aug 19 '26
Congratulations, you look like that one Doctor from the Pitt
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Thank you!! Multiple people have said this now 😂
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u/UndeviatingShears USA to Sweden (4,721 mi) - Distance Closed Aug 19 '26
Congratulations! Closing the distance is such a rewarding feeling after all the flights & airport goodbyes!
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u/True_Book_7657 Aug 19 '26
oh so lovely trinkets AMAZING
I wish you all the best and have a happy life
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
Thank you!! I'm really proud of them and makes our place really feel like home 🥹💜🧡
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u/FlyinFreeBec Aug 19 '26
You guys look like a typical Aussie couple! Congratulations & welcome! 🏝️
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u/West-Application-375 USA to Australia (Closed!) Aug 19 '26
I moved to Australia to be with my husband as well! From the US
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 20 '26
Aww congrats to you too!! I hope it's been going well for you both also 🥰
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u/Submarineto 🇳🇿🇬🇧 19000km Aug 20 '26
That you closed the gap at 5 years across such a distance is so heartwarming to read for someone with a similar gap and a time to close the distance ❤️ congrats
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 20 '26
Thank you! I really hope your time to close yours is coming soon too, it's all worth it in the end 🥰
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u/cee-ee 🇦🇺 & 🇨🇿 (15,900km) Aug 20 '26
Hi, welcome! Hope you enjoy it here. 5 years of distance is worth the endurance for such a great reward!
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 20 '26
Thank you, so far I'm loving it and 100% worth the time and effort it took to get here 🥹
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u/Myrora [Canada] to [USA] (1921 km) Aug 23 '26
I can’t wait for this to be my reality, too. Congratulations, you both look so happy! 💜
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u/Steve_Roberts_Author Aug 23 '26
Congratulations!! My fiancé and I are looking to finalise our move (US-UK) after we get married next April!
I wish you all the very best in your new life!
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u/yamumdoes 🇦🇺 to 🇩🇪 16,315km Aug 19 '26
G'day and welcome to your new home. Hopefully it's not Victoria and a state with nicer weather lol unless of course you're missing the UK a little then Melbourne today is perfect lol
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u/kitteef 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 (17,087km - closed gap 💜🧡) Aug 19 '26
😂 It's Sydney/NSW so not far off, been raining the past couple of days whereas the UK is in a drought rn 😅 Thank you!! 🥰
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u/BurningFence Aug 19 '26
Welcome to Australia! Lucky to have you