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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t read every response but I do t think you are a villain, OP; you’ve been very honest from the start. Moving to a tiny town would be a huge change, and not necessary; you can have the best of both worlds by buying a summer home in your wife’s hometown. I imagine it’s very affordable.

She’s a SAHM and can spend the whole summer there with the kids. You can be there on weekends, or even weeks at a time if that’s doable. You can stay there on school holidays, or at least your wife can go with the kids. Any weekend the kids don’t have activities you all (or just she and the kids) can hop in the car and drive there. Three hours away isn’t a terrible drive.

There’s your compromise; it’s reasonable, affordable, and practical. Done.[/quote]

I would be careful about agreeing to having the wife/kids spend the summers in her former hometown while you stay behind in the city.  It just sounds like a recipe for driving a wedge between you and your wife.  Remember - she grew up in that town and went to school with many of the people that live there.  Her family and childhood friends are all there.  When she goes back to the town, it's like going home again.  If she and the kids can live there the whole summer, why not go home every holiday and day off from school, too.  In fact, why not just stay there year round - you can always fly in for visits, right?

Op, you have a nice family and it's important that you and your wife stick together.  You have said from day one that you don't want to move to her small hometown. Don't do it.  Find a compromise.[/quote]

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