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[quote=Anonymous]My dh is somewhat similar.  I have always made more money than he does.  However, in your situation, you have a lot of things to consider. For many years, I wanted to leave this area as well.  My skills are employable pretty much anywhere; however, my dh's skills are local to DC - political, lobbyist, Congress that sort of thing.  In fact, he was laid off work 6 years ago and did have to SAH for 6 years while he looked for work.  Sometimes he looked less than others, but he finally landed a job a short time ago.  It pays less than $50, but it has done so much for his self esteem and happiness.  He was not happy being a SAHD - lonely, depressed, isolated, low self esteem, you name it.  Talked about suicide sometimes more than others.

I just want to put that perspective out there.  I think our financial situation would be better if we had moved out of DC, but my dh's mental state would be much worse.

If your dh has a good reliable job, and there is very little prospect for meaningful employment for him where you are moving, then you do have to consider his side of the story.

I am very much against splitting a family up.  You may never get back together and maybe potentially throwing your dh away.[/quote]

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