u/RefuseInevitable9114

Afternoon all, i’ve been born and raised in the uk since 98, both parents were french citizens at the time living here. I’ve always claimed to be british, it’s my first language & hometown, studied here, worked here & have been married here myself. I have only just found out from applying to the army and i must say im quite shocked, i am classed as an immigrant with limited leave to remain or whatever they call it. Due to me having a criminal record i cannot pass the good character, if my parents knew i was entitled to citizenship after my first 10 years here i would’ve been a british citizen. How on earth does it make any sense that someone who’s been born and raised here, built their entire life here? Ok yes i have a record but i was 16-18 at the time and this is absolutely ridiculous. I am now forced to go down the route illegal immigrants go down just to naturalise… has anyone had this issue?

I dont know where to start, i was turned down by my recruiter today as i gave him an insight into my convictions i committed between the age of 16-18. Possession of a bladed article, possession with intent to supply class a, and the one which im most embarrassed about as its 10 years on and i still plead my innocence to a robbery i was convicted of. All of my convictions had me serve my time, since 2017 i have completed changed my life around, no arrests, no convictions, no fines, nothing at all. I understand that these types of convictions raise concerns, but people who have proved themself to have changed also deserve a second chance. I’ve been a professional MMA fighter since 2022, worked with many youth crime prevention charities to help misguided kids as i was change their direction in life. Is there anything i can do on my end to have the dream i’ve always wanted come true, or is it best like the americans say that i should ‘kick rocks’.

My wife of 7 years has been acting real weird towards me, from have several social media accounts that the has blocked me on because apparently she hates to see the women that follow me, but i dont follow back myself meanwhile she follows a tonne of men. The last 6 months we’ve probably had sex 3/4 times, just to chuck it out there we’re both in our late 20’s… tonight she came home from what was supposed to be an afternoon even which closed at 9 to showing up home at 12:30am, apparently there were no taxis and they all kept cancelling. Im not stupid and wasnt born yesterday so when i questioned her she said she has enough she wants this to end because she doesn’t want to explain anything to anyone as im not her father… i feel like divorce is the only answer at this point. No respect, no intimacy, no love shown, yet i take care of absolutely everything financially and try my best to be emotionally available but nothing is ever enough. What should i do?