Haha! Joe, in your world, I'd never be able to be with my British boyfriend. I'm neither his wife nor a European. The only way I can get in the UK is by getting a visa myself. So far, the job prospects are nil (Well, not really. I found a spatial Analyst opening at KFC, but all the other openings I've found were for PhD assistantships), the Tier 1 visa possibility is crap (I can't believe folks with MBAs automatically qualify no matter now much or how little they earned in the last year), and I'm definitely not even considering getting a tourist visa only to run away and disappear in the UK.