.....Couple in their mid '70's, that were friends of the family.
He is British through and through (though Ancestry.com suggests a right mix several generations ago). He voted out.
She is British but was born in a colony to colonialist parents from two different colonial powers and lived on the continent for years and has dual nationality with a major EU country. She voted remain.
About six months ago there was a bust up re Brexit and he was railing* that British citizens could need visas to visit EU countries and he was never going to get one and he would never have to visit her relatives again.
She had enough (after 50 years of marriage). A week later cleared half the bank accounts, bungalow up for sale. She is moving to much sunnier European climbs. The thought of being stuck here with one bigot who cant even consider her feelings and heritage when constantly griping against the rest of the world was enough.
She now has a cottage about 2 miles from a large close family group and is having a "whale of a time". Their kids and grandkids fly out on Easy Jet to see her regularly (about once a quarter each so she has someone there every month for at least a weekend).
I visited him recently at the request of my folks as I was in his neck of the wood. The only people who turn up now are care workers. I'm sure he's happy in his own little world though.
*was being rather polite, he was being vicious about foreigners and really spiteful about all races other than pure white English and religions other than CofE. and calling her and her relatives "wogs", even though they are all white European.
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