The Great Escape

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I am pregnant with DC2 and we currently have our london house on the market. If we sell, we are planning to move out of London, closer to my family and I will give up work for a while and then find a new job/career (it will be difficult to work in my sector outside London).

We've thought long and hard about it and all the plusses still stand - more space/more help/better schools etc but part of me can't help feeling I might end up lonely, skint and resentful.

I'm not one who embraces change as a rule so would like some reassurance please!

I'd say moving when they are babies is a good time as you will get to meet lots of new people through them, and have the support of your family. BUT be prepared for it to take a long while to settle into a new home and being a SAHM if you have lived a busy and fulfilling life in London.

By the way, London is a great place to bring kids up

I love London and would be happy to stay if we could afford the lifestyle we want but we can't. Our garden is non-existent and now that I'm only working part time we can't afford to do any of the fabulous things there are to do here (which we used to).

If we won the lottery I would stay. I know it's my choice but there is a (small) part of me that feels that giving up a good career and leaving London is a failure. Although my husband assures me that some people even have jobs and everything north of Watford!

There are lots of fabulous FREE things to do here - 1 o'clock clubs, parks (with swings, etc), museums, walking around - eg on South Bank, loads of free workshops, etc as they get older.......

The only things that are cheaper up north are houses! Don't forget that once your DC are 10 or so, most gardens are too small!

But your DH is right - there is life north of Watford. Don't forget to pack your woolies!!! And FWIW, I am an ex-northerner with loads of friends in the north!

Thanks BTM but you're doing little to reassure me that moving a good idea! The board's already gone up!

Oh, I'm sorry!

I'd say the good points are that you will have more support from your family, and you will make lots of lovely new friends through your children, and you will be able to buy a bigger house.........

Where are you looking to move to? Maybe your DH will have a shorter commute too?