I posted a while ago angsting about being offered a great job in a fairly random former Soviet country whilst DH was against it. Upshot is, I turned the job down. I was very pissed off about it but he point blank refused to consider giving up/postponing his job to go there. We've been together 10 years, have 2 small kids and have moved 3 times for his job to different, very random countries. Each time I've found a good job for myself, but I'd say my cv looks just a bit erratic. We've been living in the Netherlands for nearly 3 years and both working here. I was told in March that my job would be cut, and started applying for other jobs, including a brilliant job I never thought I could get. then I was told I was in the final 3. Meanwhile, DH was offered a great job back in the UK with the same employer he's with now. He has accepted it, but there's a very real chance I could get this great job here. So here's the thing, is it mad to consider commuting if I was offered this job? I have to reiterate that it is a really, really good job with great prospects, even better than the one I had to turn down. My offer to DH so far is that for 9 months he commutes from London to here (45 min flight) at the weekends, then kids would go to London and I would commute for 6 months, then I would quit and come to London. But I would effectively be a single mum during the week. DS would be at school here from Sept anyway because they start at 4, and DD would stay in nursery, but I would def need someone to pick them up in the evenings. Also the job is a 1 hour train journey from where we now live, though I could possibly move to the city where it is. another issue of course...
He thinks kids would be affected, I think they would be OK. Plus, this would set us up financially for moving to the UK, getting a mortgage etc. It is really really well paid and interesting. I'm probably going to get the results tomorrow and don't know what to do! any advice appreciated!