A Good Move
- By Miss Emily
- Published 01/4/2011
- General
Dear Miss Emily,
My husband and I moved to Wisconsin after living in Michigan all of our lives, 2 1/2 years ago. We moved with my parents when my dad got a better job over there, as I am very close to my family. After almost 3 years here, we still do not feel like this is "home". We are struggling a lot more here than we were back home. Neither of us have any friends and generally do not care for the state or the people in it. We have less than 2 months to move out of our apartment and find a new place to move our family (myself, my husband, a 4 year old and a baby on the way). All of my husband's family, including a son, lives in Michigan (however his mother is deceased), but my closest family now lives in Wisconsin. But I do have a lot of friends and extended family in Michigan. Should I take a chance and move back home, or should I try to make the best of what I have and stay in Wisconsin?
---------------Miss Emily's advice----------
I think the scale tips to moving back to Michigan. The economy is still pretty lousy, and a lot has changed in the last 3 years, but you make a good case for trying to find your hearts back home. Make sure you plan carefully, in order to make it as effortless as possible. I'm sure your parents would be extremely sad over this move, but you're a big girl, now, and your family with your husband and children come first. Do not have a moments guilt. That would make you feel as if you're doing something wrong, and you're not. If, by chance, it were to not work out, there's nothing that says you can't try something else. Working as a team is one of the most important aspects of any decision you and your husband make. That seems to be the case, here, and I'd seize the moment. Good luck to you.
My husband and I moved to Wisconsin after living in Michigan all of our lives, 2 1/2 years ago. We moved with my parents when my dad got a better job over there, as I am very close to my family. After almost 3 years here, we still do not feel like this is "home". We are struggling a lot more here than we were back home. Neither of us have any friends and generally do not care for the state or the people in it. We have less than 2 months to move out of our apartment and find a new place to move our family (myself, my husband, a 4 year old and a baby on the way). All of my husband's family, including a son, lives in Michigan (however his mother is deceased), but my closest family now lives in Wisconsin. But I do have a lot of friends and extended family in Michigan. Should I take a chance and move back home, or should I try to make the best of what I have and stay in Wisconsin?
---------------Miss Emily's advice----------
I think the scale tips to moving back to Michigan. The economy is still pretty lousy, and a lot has changed in the last 3 years, but you make a good case for trying to find your hearts back home. Make sure you plan carefully, in order to make it as effortless as possible. I'm sure your parents would be extremely sad over this move, but you're a big girl, now, and your family with your husband and children come first. Do not have a moments guilt. That would make you feel as if you're doing something wrong, and you're not. If, by chance, it were to not work out, there's nothing that says you can't try something else. Working as a team is one of the most important aspects of any decision you and your husband make. That seems to be the case, here, and I'd seize the moment. Good luck to you.
