Why is it so hard to find a proper GIS job in the UK? I can't believe EVERYONE wants years of experience! How are people supposed to get the experience if they can't get jobs in the first place?! It's so bad I'm actually considering working as an au pair in France just to be closer to my bf in the UK! What's the point of going to grad school and learning from a scientist who worked with NASA, the UN and the Pentagon if the only job I can get straight out of grad school is as a nanny? If I had known all that, I could have saved myself eight years at uni (including grad school)!!!

And just in case someone wants to suggest it, a fiancee visa is out of the question. I don't want to be dependent on anyone. It's not like he'd agree to a fiancee visa for me either. We understood each other when we met and we still understand each other. (though I'll be damned if I'm gonna lie and say I haven't gotten frustrated enough to think of a fiancee visa at one point or another)