My partner and I are going around in circles. We achieved an ambition of moving out of London to a seaside place. It'd been on the cards for years. We've moved from an inner city location which has all the social issues you would expect but is in a fantastic location. We have two small kids one of whom has just started reception in the new area. We have planned and thought about this move to death. I was fed up of London living...the sheer volume of people noise mess and growing the kids up amongst it was feeling less than ideal. DPs job is also part of the problem...pays well, only possible to do in London, minimal remote working opps despite COVID, excruciatingly long hours. I'm on my own a lot so we decided to take the risk and throw the towel in and come to the seaside with the view that DP would get a new job...much lower salary as not London. Actually, he's yet to gave a difficult conversation with his boss as COVID and remote working has played into our hands quite nicely. The thing is, having done six months here neither of us feel enchanted with the new place, we miss the vibe, people opportunities and buzz of London. We are seriously thinking moving back to our inner city area, making my 4 year old change school again, going to a smaller property, basically trying to restore our old life on the proviso that DP finds a new city job where some remote working is possible one to two days per week (which would NOT be be enough to keep me by the sea with the kids with him back at weekends as we've already tried it and didn't like it). COVID has taught us that having him more present albeit working like a slave in the house is enough to maintain a quality of life as we can pop in and say hi and bye and he can stop to read a story or give a bath etc. It's terrifying but we need to decide wtf to do because we are not sleeping. I'm on maternity leave but my London employer has said I can WFH except one day every other week. I know london isnt for everyone so I guess my question is less about London or not rather would you go back on such a major life decision? Will the sensitive 4 year old cope? How can we come to a decision? Are we fools?! Anyone been in a similar boat? Thanks for reading