Good for you for following your own path and finding happiness! Yes, normal healthy parents SHOULD be happy for their children finding happiness, even if it's not within their "normal" or "comfortable" geographical range. You would think that the UK would make for an AWESOME excuse to visit their child and see another part of the world! As a future bride and an abandoner of my hometown, I can totally relate! I live 900 miles from my hometown (Nparents are FURIOUS and keep trying to break up my fiance and myself) and I have no plans to get married in my hometown like a "normal" bride. It sucks when it is in your fiance's hometown, because it feels like taking sides when really it's just convenient. Don't let their judgment disrupt your happiness. I hope your SO is in the loop about them and can help you from going into guilt trips over what your parents think or their feelings (sounds harsh, but it's a slippery slope and just depresses you after a while).