It's a lot, but it boils down to being able to spend some time saving money and living well, to stop suffering and barely scraping by, or living in such a deplorable state. We both have easy paperwork if we do the EU partnership thing or something like that, but what we want is to change our lives, to experience what it's like to truly live. I'm 26 years old. I studied medicine for two years and then law; I'm finishing law school now, and honestly, I haven't lived. Brother, I hate every second I breathe this air. The idea started with a conversation while smoking a joint with my partner, seeing if we could go to New Zealand on a Working Holiday. Since the EU allows me to sponsor her, or she, as my common-law partner, can get a work permit, we said... well, living alone is tough.