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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your partner can handle being alone with your child and is also on board with the permanent move, go.  [/quote]

Agree with this.  I posted to the other recent thread.  My dad was working in other cities for 3-4 years of my sister's childhood.  I went to college after the first year.  We didn't move the first year because I was a high school senior.  But we shopped for houses.  Then that employer unexpectedly lost a contract so my dad found a different job.  Then my mom didn't want to move away from her family (we had deliberately moved to them when I was in middle school).

It was workable.  It didn't change the relationships between any of the people.  It did create some stress between my parents but my dad came home enough that we managed (weekends, holidays, medical appts).

Did you ever have periods of physical separation from your spouse while dating?  I did.  We had two school years where we were hours apart and could only see each other in person on a rare occasion.  Things still worked out.

Also discuss that both of you will likely feel like the person who is doing more work to support this new arrangement.  The Washington-based spouse because of managing the house and kid.   And the traveling spouse because of logistics, travel plan interruptions, etc.  Just discuss ahead of time how to argue fairly or address unmet needs related to the move.

Honestly it sounds like a great opportunity for a "repositioning cruise" to create your Boston retirement.  I would do it, based on my family's experience.
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