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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I met in college in DC. We continued to live in DC for a few years after college and began our careers there.

We're both from the Central Florida area and neither of us particularly wanted to return to Florida other than for the reason that we missed our families. We ended up moving to Orlando, which is about 30-45 minutes away from both of our sets of parents, when I got pregnant. We're happy to be able to see our families often and we're grateful for all of the support our parents have provided. We're both pretty close with our parents and see them about once a week.

The thing is: we hate Florida. The only silver lining is the proximity to family. The weather is terrible, the people are mostly pretty dumb and uneducated, there is little to do, and career opportunities are pretty scarce. We'd both rather live in the DC area and feel it would be a better environment for our children, too. However, we'd feel terrible abandoning our parents (particularly as they're getting older) and we'd like our children to see their grandparents on a regular basis and have that sort of close relationship with them.

At the end of the day, we probably won't move. We'll just stay miserable in Orlando. Anyone else been in a similar situation?

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