I am from the North, to help DH progress in his career we moved 6 hours South. This was 6 years ago now.
I didn't mind so much while it was just the two of us, but now we have DD I lost a lot of my old friend group and find it hard being so far away from all my siblings (all bar one are still up North).
DD is 2 and I feel we can't leave it much longer before moving, if we're going to.
We had a house we were buying here, but the seller pulled out after 6 months of delaying, we're still unsure why. It cost a lot and was stressful. House prices went up so we're now in the process of buying again, but it's smaller and needs a lot of work.
I'm just not sure if it's cold feet about the possible house or if I can ever really be happily settled this far from home. It has caused many arguments (not shouty, just me being down) over the years. More so since we had a DD and I have had no support, except DH who often has to work long hours.
Recently DD has been poorly and a close relative back home has had a big operation. Both of these have been hard.
DH wouldn't have to take a pay cut moving, so we could get a much better and bigger house up there. Work isn't too sparse but it can be competitive. My area of work would be doable there too.
I'm not even sure why I am posting. I just feel really conflicted that I am wanting to cause the family stress, when I should just be more adult about it and get over it.