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[quote=Anonymous]What did they say and how did their faces look when you apologized?

Everyone in a family reacts differently to a move.

I moved before 7th grade.  My dad got a new job which he ended up hating.  My mom loved the new house and neighborhood.  I hated the new neighborhood and school.  My little sister was neutral and clueless, along for the ride.  This was MoCo, W-school land, btw.

We had to move the next school year because my dad got depressed due to the terrible job fit.  He found another job that moved us to another state.  Everybody was happy there.

Much later I became aware that my dad had been on depression medication that year and was a lot more unhappy than I had noticed at the time.  What I thought was a logical response to a bad job was more of a Hail Mary play by my parents.  Luckily the economy was strong so it didn't damage our family finances.

My point being - you need to know what your kids experienced to understand how to feel about this.  It's quite possible they accepted that the move was stressful and made you grumpy.  Make amends but don't torture yourself unnecessarily.

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