I live in NI, and my family live in Manchester direction.
I moved in my mid 20s and I loved having the sea between them and me, now in my mid 30s I am not so fussed on partying, I would rather hang our with my nieces and nephews and spend time with mum and siblings chatting all sorts of rubbish.
My OH is from NI, we discussed moving over, however we both love living here, and I feel very much at home here, also we don't have children, and don't plan to. It feels like my heart is torn between family and my home, if only I could bring them all here life would be perfect!
Life gets very busy and I don't realise the time since my last visit, until I start getting upset for no reason and realise its because I need a dose of family.
To remedy this I applied for a remote job in Manchester (which I got, but haven't said yes or no) which would require some office time every few weeks. The job is call centre vibe; targets, customer support ect. I am not really excited about the job, but really excited about being able to visit family every few weeks. i wouldn't need to use Annual leave for visits as I could work in the office and have evenings and weekends with family and use annual leave for travelling with OH.
Its one of those lifestyle transitions that could be really good or really bad. I know people move to get better jobs and progress their career but never heard of downgrading job to spend more time with family.
I am not happy in my current job and will be leaving in a couple of months any way. So exploring different options.