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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No different than a parent who travels regularly for work and isn’t home at night [/quote]

Every week?

Besides, while that can be necessary, I can’t imagine anyone with a family would choose it unless they had to. And the Op has other options that likely aren’t terrible, just not her idea of perfect. [/quote]

This is OP.  You are right, we don’t have to do this.  However we do not want to retire in our current location, so this would be a short term situation to get us where we would ultimately want to be long term for retirement. I do not like where we are at currently for reasons I don’t want to go into here, and I am the impetus for this potential move if that helps. [/quote]

I’m still confused about the 2 year only thing. Is he going to retire in 2 years? I think you are making a lot of assumptions. I wouldn’t do it, personally. But I know people who are married to consultants who are gone 4 days a week and even then move their families around so it’s fine. Are you a SAHM? Are you really happy to be a single parent most of the time? I guess I’m really surprised to hear you are the driving force here. It sounds like you are not happy and are grasping at straws to change something. I don’t understand why you can’t move in 2 years? Also does your husband even want to do this? My DH works a lot but he would not be ok with seeing our kids so little and would really resent it if I tried to push him into this. It’s just all very strange [/quote]

This is OP.  I don’t think the “why” behind the two years before my spouse can be with me and the kids is germane to what I am asking.  What I am asking is if anyone has lived in this type of scenario before.  I’ve gotten some great responses so thanks to those that offered up their experiences, very helpful.  [/quote]

People are asking because you’re choosing this unnecessarily and they’re wondering if it’s likely to turn into an extended living apart scenario or if it’s absolutely finite. Advice will change if it’s definitely 2 years, probably 2 but possibly as long as 5, or could go on forever if we like it but we’re arbitrarily  planning on 2. Of course, it’s personal and you don’t have to share more than you want, but it’s not irrelevant.

After your update, I’d definitely advise against it. I’m shocked that your husband would be on board. It sounds like you want a single mom lifestyle during school time, fun dad weekend time, and him to foot the bill by working and maintaining two households, but none of the divorce drama. I love when DH travels for work and I get a chance to miss him, but that doesn’t sound like a good choice for the family to live apart if it’s not necessary. [/quote]

This is OP.  It will be finite for 2 years.  I actually work remote and make more than my spouse, and travel 1x a month.  Because we have a decent salary I would have a nanny help out with the kids.  We just don’t make enough to both live in the city where husband works and send the kids to expensive privates.

I can provide more context if this helps.  Husband is on board, and has this opportunity to transfer to CA.   If he turns it down, given the age of our kids, and husband’s limited opportunities for transfers, we probably won’t have the opportunity to move to this destination again until kids are done with high school.  I can live anywhere given I am remote but it is much harder for my husband to get a transfer.  This is a place that we both ultimately want to end up, husband can retire before me, and as we view it, this would be a short term situation to achieve a long term goal of ending up in our dream location.  With all that being said, the kids are happy where we are currently, we have friends and a community here, but just aren’t really excited about idea of spending the next decade + here waiting to move states until our youngest is done with high school here. [/quote]

It’s still really confusing how you know it’ll be 2 years. Will his position change?

The kids are in elementary school. I’d put them in a school you can afford in the city where he’ll transfer to (or nearby where he can commute), then move to Marin when he’s able to move with you in 2 years. Then you can put them in the school you want in Marin. Is he going to be in Mountain View? I’m trying to figure out which school district you have to move 50 miles away from to find decent public schools.

Also, Marin is great, but the whole area is different. We moved to a specific city near DH’s work so we could get our kids into an elementary school with a great schools score of 9, great reviews everywhere we looked, excellent test scores, active PTA, the whole shebang. It’s a smart, wealthy area. The kids excelled in spite of the schools, not because of them. It’s just different here. [/quote]

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