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Would it be crazy to move in this situation?

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Ginny06 · 23/06/2022 15:12

Hi.

A bit of background, we (teen dd, dp and I) have been living here for 2 years. It's a quiet village, close to good amenities, but doesn't really have much within the village. It's fine, but that's it. Neighbours are quiet and pretty friendly, but much older than us. The house is nice, the garden is nice, but I'm just not happy here and I can't put my finger on why.

We said we wouldn't move again until dd had finished her education, but we're genuinely starting to wonder if maybe we could look into moving after her GCSEs next year. She does have friends, but doesn't really see them outside of school. She's not your 'typical' 15 year old girl, it's fair to say. I'm genuinely not sure if she'd miss them if she did her A levels somewhere else.

Part of me thinks it's a crazy idea, but then the other part of me thinks that we probably don't have dd living with us for that many more years, so we might as well be somewhere we all love now. We know we'll certainly move once she's out of education, so it would be nice if when she came back, it felt like her home and not mine and dps and moving sooner rather than later would give it time for it to feel that way iyswim.

Any thoughts, opinions and experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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HappyHappyHermit · 23/06/2022 15:20

Is she happy in school? I wouldn't move to a different school now if so, but if not then would maybe consider it.

Ginny06 · 23/06/2022 17:16

@HappyHappyHermit she's not unhappy, but I wouldn't say massively happy either. I genuinely do think she could be happier somewhere else, but it would be a risk.

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WishILivedInThrushGreen · 23/06/2022 17:55

It's quite common , round my area, to move to different sixth forms.

Your problem will be finding, buying and selling a home in the school holidays in order for your daughter to start sixth form.

I'd be inclined to wait a couple more years.

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Ginny06 · 23/06/2022 19:25

@WishILivedInThrushGreen yes and let's be honest, house moving is generally a bloody nightmare! It would certainly be a challenge.

If dd was really happy and settled here then I'd obviously just take it off the table for now, but I think she feels similar to me. We probably rushed to buy this house, because where we lived before was so awful! Definitely compromised on lots of things and were just glad to not be surrounded by arsehole neighbours.

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Ginny06 · 23/06/2022 21:41

Just giving this a bump 🙂

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