To move or not to move

[Minxy78]

Hi, just after some opinions really on moving to be with a new partner. I have the most wonderful man online, we've been together now for over a year. He has no children, I have two. He loves them and they love him. All great :-)
The problem is he lives 80 miles away. Currently we try to see each other at weekends as much as possible, but we've now got crunch time I think, and need to decide how to move our relationship forward, if at all.
I live in thrown where I grew up, the kids are very happy ad settled, and we all have a fabulous support network of family and friends. It's a lot to think about giving up. There are just as many valid reasons why my partner wouldn't want to move to my town either.
So, where do we go from here? I am now trying to really contemplate moving to be with him and he does appreciate all that would entail for me and the children.
Has anyone any advice of success stories of it being mum and kids moving to start afresh elsewhere?

Now DH and have been together coming up for thirty years, not perfect but happier together than apart. Our first nine years it was just not practical to live in the same place so it was all about weekends and holidays.

When we finally moved in together we thought we knew each other very well but intact there was a hugh amount of adjustment required. Took over a year to really settle down together.

Add children into the mix and I would encourage you to postpone merging households for s good long time. He could move closer to you but anything else not just yet.

Enjoy having your own place and someone to be close to.

If he has no children why can't he move to you?

It sounds too intense.
Maybe try having time apart and seeing if you really get on?
If anything he should be moving to you. Stability for children is not worth risking, especially with no real benefits for you and moving further away from an involved Dad.

I agree with PPs.
Do not give up your home and children's stability.
Encourage him to move near you.

I wouldn't move. It's too early, and uprooting your children's lives for someone you've known for 14 months is incredibly risky. Idk, feels unfair to the children.