To want to move a couple ofhundred miles away from family, friends, schools, life etc?

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To do a job that I really want?
In an area i really like?

But away from everythng listed above?

I don't think you're unreasonable.

No YANBU. DH and I moved 250 miles to London a few years back so that he could try working for himself and I got a brilliant job offer too so off we went. We had a good time for a few years and then the pull of friends and family saw us return to our hometown for personal reasons (starting our own family and wanting to buy a decent size house). But I'm glad we went. Go go go - who knows how happy the whole family might be?

think it's too late. DH grew up here. The DDs are too old and stroppy. aging parents down the road.

would hve been a good idea perhaps 10 years ago or in another 10 years time.

We moved 10,000 miles for my DH's job so a couple of hundred miles doesn't seem too bad to me LOL

Lots of people do it all the time, and make successful lives for themsleves - although it is stressful.

For you, it is a case of whether the potential gains will outweigh the stress.

Unless DDs are secondary age/have special needs of some sort then I wouldn't have thought they should be the primary factor. I moved regularly as a kid up to age 12 and it taught me numerous life skills - lets face it, as an adult if you want to get on you have to face changing jobs/work places etc.

We're probably going to next year when training is finished etc...we want a better lifestyle for less money!

I'm thinking of doing this in the next couple of years.

I think it get boring to stay in one place for too long. I think people start to get too insular a view of the world.

Depends on what sort of person you are. I moved away from my hometown and all my friends for 3 years for DHs work. I hated it and was depressed lots. But then I struggle to make friends and rhe ones I have back here are very important to me. I would also struggle now to move my kids away from their friends. Unless you are going to get a better quality of life I wouldn't do it personally.

If it's a job you really want to do and you love the area it's in, I don't see what is stopping you. The children will adjust (how old are they? Have you asked them how they'd feel about moving?) Ageing parents can be a concern, but a couple of hundred miles is only a few hours in the car really. DH and I both grew up in the town we now live in but it was still exciting for both of us to skip down to London for a few years.

Could you approach it as, 'we'd like to try this for 6 months and if you're really unhappy we'll come back'? Rent out your house, rent in the new place and test the water.

It would be very to not try if it's something that you really want to do.

unfortunately the DDs are both secondary age. DD2 is a bit aspegersish (waiting on diagnosis) and DH's job isn't movable so it is a bit of a pipe dream.