I am new to the forums and have lurked for a few days to read other people's stories. Thanks for sharing.
I wanted to pose a question to the group. My husband and I have lived in Chicago for nine years, and in the last couple of years he has thrown around the idea of this dream job in Washington D.C. He was offered the job this week and has a start date of early October. His boss said that although telecommuting from Chicago is not an option now, it very likely will be sometime in the near future, (although she didn't want to say a time frame).
The plan is that I don't go right away because we need to see if he likes the job, likes D.C., etc. before I up and leave my job to go with him. He or I will visit every 3 weeks. A year and a half ago or earlier, I would have gone with him no questions asked, because I wasn't attached to my job / career. But now I work in complex gift planning at a nonprofit and really love it, and it is hard to get into and find jobs. I feel incredibly lucky to be here, although sometimes the work is slow and I do feel underpaid.
So I feel stuck - I don't want to do long distance again, definitely not for two years (which we have decided is the maximum amount of time we are could possibly do long distance), but if I can just wait a while, he can come back to Chicago with an awesome paying job and I can keep my job. (I am also being promoted soon.) What would you guys do in this situation?
I wanted to pose a question to the group. My husband and I have lived in Chicago for nine years, and in the last couple of years he has thrown around the idea of this dream job in Washington D.C. He was offered the job this week and has a start date of early October. His boss said that although telecommuting from Chicago is not an option now, it very likely will be sometime in the near future, (although she didn't want to say a time frame).
The plan is that I don't go right away because we need to see if he likes the job, likes D.C., etc. before I up and leave my job to go with him. He or I will visit every 3 weeks. A year and a half ago or earlier, I would have gone with him no questions asked, because I wasn't attached to my job / career. But now I work in complex gift planning at a nonprofit and really love it, and it is hard to get into and find jobs. I feel incredibly lucky to be here, although sometimes the work is slow and I do feel underpaid.
So I feel stuck - I don't want to do long distance again, definitely not for two years (which we have decided is the maximum amount of time we are could possibly do long distance), but if I can just wait a while, he can come back to Chicago with an awesome paying job and I can keep my job. (I am also being promoted soon.) What would you guys do in this situation?
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