Sorry in advance this might be long......
DH and I currently live commuting distance to London. his commute has recently changed and is 1.5 hours there and back. We have no family near us so since having children I've slowly built up a very strong network of friends and one friend in particular who i've come to love very dearly and we both rely on each other a lot. The kids are great friends and go to the same school. DH isn't very happy in current working situation he doesn't see the kids that much etc and he doesn't want to stay in current job for ever. We've started talking about a possible move nearer to family (although still about a 3 hour drive away from some but a shorter under an hour to others). this would involve DH leaving his job and setting up some sort of consultancy (he thinks this is absolutely doable - although may involve a bit of a pay cut) but we would only have a smallish mortgage, would have more family time and live in a nicer place.
Whats holding me back is the friends I have built here and the lovely school DD goes to. How do kids cope with such a move? I would love to be nearer family - at the moment visits are totally restricted to school holidays as its just too far for term time. Weekend trips are out of the question, plus DHs current job means not many saturdays are free.
Part of me feels so excited by the idea and the other part of me is so emotionally attached to this place and worried about the logistics of school changes etc.....
Anyone want to help me out????