I got married to an American girl it lasted 20 years, never thought I'd marry again but I did, ended up marrying a girl that was my F/O for several months, we don't live together but have 3 houses in 3 different states to manage, but we do fly together most of the time.
Me... boss in the plane, at the layover hotel.....not so much LOL.
I left the UK after secondary school, ( Yes I failed the 11 plus) and went to flight school, I was going to go to AST in Perth but this was back in 1977 and nothing was looking good for being a pilot, ended up in Canada, then back to the US after some experience.
At such a young age the move and changes were easy to deal with.