u/SchrodingersCanadian

My wife is on the NVC stage but we've decided we want to just stay in her country since the cost of living is so low. Once the whole process is complete and her visa is approved at the embassy, we'd like to then abandon the visa and apply for a tourist visa. This way she can travel to the US for my family funerals, gatherings, etc. We tried getting a tourist visa before but were rejected, but I am hoping abandoning her permanent residency will make them realize she doesn't want to illegally immigrate there. Will she need to physically go to the US first before she can abandon it? I know she isn't considered a permanent resident until the airport immigration officer waves her through. Will she need her physical green card first?

I've been invited to a trip in Bhutan but I have a fear of flying. I've seen there are a lot of people saying Paro is the most challenging airport in the world, but maybe that is just hype for content. I would fly from BKK to Paro. What do actual pilots think? I watched the approach on YouTube and it seems pretty crazy. I would definitely NOT look out the window while approaching lol. Banking also always stresses me out.

My wife and I are going to Japan in July or August and we've already been to Kyushu for about 10 days. We're vegan which limits us with more remote places. While we survived Kyushu, it was almost impossible to get a nutritionally complete meal there and we ended up losing a few pounds. I was thinking the Golden Route, but perhaps that would be better in November.

How do you get your wife to agree to do what is necessary for you to get your Rolex?

I saw it went from 2 seconds fast yesterday compared to time.gov to 7 seconds fast compared to my computer in only 1 day and I immediately felt concerned thinking I somehow damaged it. Then, I went to time.gov to confirm and saw my computer was 5 seconds slow and my Shunbun actually improved to just 1 second fast. I love this watch!

Lake Suwa SLGA019 was only $8,300 brand new. They also have the SLGA021 which I thought was plain black until she pulled it out for me and I saw the dark blue waves. I almost pulled the trigger on the SLGA019 but I just bought a Shunbun a few days earlier. The shop is located just past the immigration e-gates (departures) and then you turn left and walk a very short distance. You will soon see a ton of watch displays in the far back corner of one of the shopping alcoves on your right and the Grand Seiko display is on the back wall (you can't see it until you enter the store). The people there are selling all the brands so don't expect them to be experts on the watches. Also, there are one or two other places to buy Grand Seiko in the airport and I don't know if they also have the discount promo.