Move back to home country for this reason?

[pinkswan1]

When I was at University in England several years ago, I met my now husband, and after completing my degree in my home country returned to the UK. We had kind of wanted/ planned to move to my home country eventually but having now a family here in the UK, and being very happy and settled, it feels very unlikely to happen now. The only thing that really bothers me is that my parents are in my home country (1.5 hours flight away) and I miss them very much. For this reason we tried to move several times but it never worked out- we would have had massive commutes, less money, and still not lived in my home town. I miss them terribly however, and so we go there, on average, every two months which by now really means thousands of pounds per year in travel costs. They only come over about once a year and despite me inviting them over they are quite reluctant to do so. My question is- is missing family reason enough to up sticks and leave behind our lovely lives we have over here? Our lives would be very good over there as well, (on paper probably even better) but we love where we are now. Is it a case of "absence makes the heart grow fonder"?

I think that if your husband isn't fluent (and therefore won't be able to engage fully in life in your home country), I think he might not be as happy as he claims in living there.
I think you'd have to keep looking constantly for the right opportunity to come up to enable this move to work financially but then you're at the risk of if he loses his job you know its very hard to replace and then your lifestyle will decrease due to only one income.
It's all around quite risky in my opinion but I am quite risk averse.
I definitely understand missing your family though, that's why my husband moved to be in the UK with me, because he's lived away from home since 16 so he's not super close with his family whereas I couldn't imagine not living near my parents and now that we have a child, we see them several times a month.
We could technically have a much more luxurious lifestyle in his home country though.
It's not an easy situation though, I don't know what we'd do if my husband was closer to his family and wanted to be there.

Yes, you are 100% right in this. It's all a bit risky and me myself am very risk averse too.

.. I think I am just feeling bad that my parents have to miss us this much.

But this is projecting (going back to Let them) - lets be clear you're missing them, they have the option to visit, you have extended the invite, remember - let them be responsible for their actions of how they act/react to the situation, whether they visit etc.

You need to stick to being concerned about what YOU do and how you feel and how you react to their actions.

Don't feel bad about your perception of how they feel. It's not your responsibility to manage their emotions. It's their responsibility.