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Comment by simonista | Hacker News Reader

Wow, that sounds like a bummer. I'm really sorry to hear that. May the future hold better luck for you.

Well, it would totally suck if we were carrying any unsecured debt. Luckily we live below our means so we have (some) money banked.

So I'm considering taking the family for a 6 month world tour (while I'm still young enough to handle it)... if we're frugal we might be able to stretch it out to a full year.

Guess I better put "get homeschool materials" on my todo list eh?

Do it. My parents took me (and my siblings) out of school at age 14 for four months in Asia (three months in China, rest of the time in Thailand, Malaysia, HK) and it was a great experience. Already had an appreciation of it but grew up with a massive appreciation of travelling to new places and seeing different parts of our planet. Will always be thankful for my parents having done that for us.

Have been back to China twice since, Thailand a few more times, etc.

My parents are totally opposite, I have only visited two states of my country (excluding the state where I live i.e. the awesomest gujarat). So now I totally lack any enthusiasm for traveling.

But I hadn't realized it till you pointed your enthusiasm out. Umm... don't know whether to thank you or hate you from my guts.

You are awesome.

Truly and emphatically awesome. What a great way to make the most of a bad situation. I think it'll be great for your kids – they'll learn so much in the process.

I really wish you the best of luck.

The same thing, basically, happened to a guy I know from the UK. He had lived here for years and was working on an application for permanent residency, but now he's no longer in the USA because of issues with his employer and visa.

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