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Cross country move
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I have been sporadically posting about looking for a job in Denver, then moving to a remote Colorado resort area, then skype interviewing. Well I was offered the position in this remote town. Now I am so confused on what to do. I just want to vent some of my concerns and get anyone's experience if you've ever been in a similar situation.
Currently both DH and I have good full time jobs making about equal money. We have two kids under age 3. We live within an hours drive of both our families, in opposite directions. I really like my job and the people there, so does DH. But we have been daydreaming of moving to the mountains for a few years so started looking.
This job offer is in a small town. There are not a lot of job prospects for DH who still is paying student loans. The cost of housing is super high. The prospective job for me would be fun and interesting. But we would be going from being pretty comfortable financially to being pretty broke, at least until DH could find something.
Am I insane to consider this new position? What would WM do?
Currently both DH and I have good full time jobs making about equal money. We have two kids under age 3. We live within an hours drive of both our families, in opposite directions. I really like my job and the people there, so does DH. But we have been daydreaming of moving to the mountains for a few years so started looking.
This job offer is in a small town. There are not a lot of job prospects for DH who still is paying student loans. The cost of housing is super high. The prospective job for me would be fun and interesting. But we would be going from being pretty comfortable financially to being pretty broke, at least until DH could find something.
Am I insane to consider this new position? What would WM do?
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Re: Cross country move
We have been on and off looking for jobs in Denver area for a few years. But there are a ton of equally qualified engineers already in that area so we never have any interest. Moving to a remote HCOL area was not my first choice.
I would like to retire to a warm climate, not CO! Ha
I'm just not sure that giving up our cushy comfy life for more adventure sounds as appealing in my 30s as it did in my 20s.
@lilly&co let me know what you decide! I was on a temporary assignment in HI for four months. I would never live there. Beautiful to visit but islands freak me out after a while.
I'm not one for moving, both jobs and places of living so this would be really hard for me. If it's your dream job and dream location for living though then I would try to find a way to make it work.
My husband is currently job searching all over the country with me dreading him finding something outside of our immediate area. Much like with your husband, wherever he finds a job, there would most likely be no job prospects in my area of work and perhaps some in areas I could work but wouldn't be thrilled with. I would find it very difficult to give up my job and career in exchange for his while also uprooting our family and then moving away from our families who help us out quite a bit. When he was offerred a job out of state last year we discussed living apart at least for a time until we figured something out but the idea of being a single, working parent with four kids is just overwhelming.
I hope you guys can figure out what is best for your family!
Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12
Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck. Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.
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