We're moving tomorrow from France to Florida. When we found out around 3 weeks ago post visa approval, we were overjoyed and telling everyone. I started buying the tickets, planning the move, even selecting a car.

I've always traveled and even lived in Colombia for 3 years so I didn't expect much pushback from my parents. Oh was I wrong! My mom is fine with it, and wants what's best for us, but my dad has turned into a buzzkill and doesn't miss an opportunity to tell us how big of a mistake it is, how he's "losing a son", how he'll never see his future grandchildren, how bad of a country the US are, and the list goes on.

Since we're leaving tomorrow, we've had more social events in the last two weeks to say goodbye to people and have hung out with my parents more than usual. There's even a goodbye party planned for tonight, planned by my mom. But I'm at the point where I barely want to go because I know that my dad will be sad, mad, and letting everyone know.

It's been our dream to go live in Florida for a couple of years now, and my wife is Colombian so we expect she will fit nicely in the culture over there. I know it's the right move for *us*, but as all expats know and as I'm learning myself now, the amount of guilt can take us by surprise. It's crushing me because I was SO excited for the move and now I'm lowkey worried that I won't even be happy there. Trust me, I want to move but it feels wrong that such a happy event for us can make someone I care about so sad.

Is there anything I can do to make my dad feel better about this? Do you think the guilt go down a bit once we're in Florida? We're probably going to be going back to France twice a year moving forward, so it's not like we're vanishing. Oh, and my dad has said multiple times "I'll never visit you over there, if you want to see us, come to France". Probably out of spite...