Long-Distance Love Means Cross-Border Chick-fil-A Tug-of-War

KEY POINTS

•Catherine Collins flies monthly from Chicago to Winnipeg for her long-distance relationship with Canadian Andrew.
•They run a remote online business but refuse to move due to kids from previous marriages.
•They dream of sharing life between the US and Canada to combine healthcare, culture, and cuisine benefits.

Catherine Collins flies from Chicago to Winnipeg every month for her relationship with Andrew, her Canadian beau she met a decade ago at a financial bloggers' conference. Despite 2+ years as a remote-working e-couple running an online business while raising kids from prior marriages, neither will relocate—apparently tethered to distinctly national apps and cuisines. Venmo and Cash App are cameo villains, replaced by Wise bank twists. Andrew heroically forgoes Toronto’s Chick-fil-A for Winnipeg, dreaming Downton Poutine over A&W's American menus. Canadian healthcare's guaranteed safety and American quick medical access fuel philosophical debates amid snow-dog sledding, streaming service embargoes, and dreams of bi-national seasonal living.

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Couple spends ludicrous hours on flights to maintain love, freezes in Canadian winter, then flees to US for Chick-fil-A therapy. No Venmo, no Hulu, but plenty of poutine-induced marital bliss.

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Nothing says romance like monthly $300 plane rides to transfer virtual money via Wise and binge-watch geo-blocked Hulu.

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Her Canadian boyfriend skips Toronto Chick-fil-A to suffer Winnipeg winters while she chases entrepreneurial hustle and poutine nirvana.

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