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DM moving out of childhood home

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Nicolbolas · 08/07/2019 10:40

My DM and her fiancé have decided to move out of the home that I grew up in. I know that it's none of my business where they live, but I am quite sad about it and I'm trying to process the situation. I moved abroad when I was 18 and that house with her in it were my last ties to the country.

On a more practical level I'm worried DM is making a mistake moving. She is 65, has mental health problems, and all her friends live around the area I grew up in. She has this romantic view of moving away from all of her problems into a nice home in the country, but I'm worried the reality of uprooting her life will be like a cold shower for her. Fiancé has always lived in the same town and is attached to it, but knowing DM she'll have put him up to moving. DM has no money of her own and this is fiancé's money. What if he resents her in the end for making him move?

I don't want to stop DM from moving, but I am quite concerned about the whole thing, and want to support her as best I can. As I can't discuss my feelings with her (for obvious reasons) has anybody on here gone through something similar? AIBU to be worried?

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