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Originally Posted by champion6
I’m looking for responses from the FROGS out there – full-time TV residents.
You learned of TV, began exploring the possibilities and spent countless hours reading TOTV. You sold your house up north and bought your dream house in TV (possibly in reverse order). You moved lock, stock and barrel and now you’re here.
Then the reality set in – you are really in TV!
Which is greater – the anticipation or the reality? How do you feel now compared to the time when you were longing to be in TV?
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When I moved here there was no TOTV as far as I know. We happened upon this place "by accident" in 1997 when we were on a swing through the state, looking for possible retirement communities. We knew then that we would consider The Villages when we retired in "5-6 years". The next spring we came back to the area and looked at 7 or 8 other communities between Ocala and Leesburg. Of course nothing compared and we told ourselves that in "5-6 years when we retire we will move to The Villages". We never could have predicted at that time that we would have a contract on our home two months later, and move 4 months after that! So, we didn't have much time to anticipate the move. The next thing I knew I was in a Penske truck, hauling a flatbed trailer with our car on it, headed down the Maine Turnpike! I looked over at my husband and asked, "How in heck did THIS happen?" We knew no one here and knew less about the area. What we HAD seen in our two visits to The Villages was the prospect of a future unlike anything we could imagine. It has been almost 13 years of fun and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't pinch myself to see if all of this is real. So, yes, the reality of living here is more than we could ever have anticipated. It's just about the same as trying to describe this place to someone who wants to know more about it. You can't. You have to come here and see it to believe it. And, the "reality" of it all is something else!