Mid 40s teacher.

Sounds perfect to me

I need some escapism. I haven’t heard of these but I’m def gonna check them all out. Thanks OP!

I love lots of things British. In addition to many newer shows one of my favorites is The Nanny (not the American show) about a nanny during the 1930s through WWII in Britain, I had to buy the DVD boxed set to watch it again a few years back and I also had to buy a special DVD player because US players wouldn't work. Totally worth it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_(TV_series)

Anonymous wrote:How's the weather in the Channel, Mrs. Bale?

You are all my people here.

Maisie Dobbs is such a great book series! Wish I knew more like this.

I am English and I haven't been back in the UK since 2017 so I do in fact LIVE via these shows. Its ok its just another form of escapism.

My recurring fantasy us to live in a village.

(DS points out that inevitably at least one villager would be an annoying coot in any village big enough to have a pub.)

My iPhone language is British English, and I don’t apologize for the British spellings in my texts.
Maybe we should start a club or something.

At one point I was watching Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and The Crown. I referred to my apartment as a flat, and appropriated other British-isms. I've never left the US.

Same. Mid 50s woman.

I’m also a mid/late 40s lawyer, and I am drawn to all things British. The first time I went to the UK, my BFF said she truly believed I must have had a lively past life in the English countryside given how I came alive during the trip. I feel like I could be very happy living in a coastal or pastoral British village. I really escape when watching British period pieces.

Maybe you had a lovely past life across the pond, op?

How's the weather in the Channel, Mrs. Bale?

Anonymous wrote:I am completely immersed in BBC shows like As Time Goes By and in books like Maisie Dobbs. I think I have a problem! I prefer those to my real life. Like I just love being in their world. What is wrong with me? —Mid-40s DC lawyer.

We could be great friends. As Time Goes By is one of my very favorite shows.

Sounds perfectly normal to me!

I am completely immersed in BBC shows like As Time Goes By and in books like Maisie Dobbs. I think I have a problem! I prefer those to my real life. Like I just love being in their world. What is wrong with me? —Mid-40s DC lawyer.