I'm divorced, on the verge of retiring and live in London. One of my children still lives with me and is at university. The others live nearby, one married and the other with a partner. We are all close but busy - apart from the child at home I only really see the others once every 2 - 3 weeks.
When I retire I would like to move out of London, to live with my partner in the Home Counties - not very far away but admittedly a couple of hours by car. However, the children are dead against me moving and seem to see it as a rejection of them, or choosing my partner rather than them. They do like my partner very much. I think they just like the idea that I am close by if they need me. As I would be moving in with my partner I would keep my London property so the child at home could still live there, and of course I would be coming back to visit regularly.
I don't want to hurt the children, especially as the divorce and the loss of the family home was very hard for them, but I think my plan is perfectly reasonable. Am I wrong?
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user1471437832 · 25/05/2017 23:06
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