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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I would like to move for this job, which will double my already good income level.  My kids will not want to move and my husband also isn’t in favor of moving for the following reasons:

- uncertainty about how the kids would adjust. In answer to everyone’s questions, my kids do not have mental or health issues that would prevent us from moving.  My kids are all pretty independent and, while each has 2-3 good friends, they aren’t social butterflies that constantly want to socialize.  These are kids who will opt stay home and read, watch movies, hang out with parents in lieu of socializing with peers.  They will often say things like “getting together with a friend 1-2 times per week is enough and I don’t want more than that.”  That said, they’re well liked and no problems socially at school.

- one complicating factor is that my husband and I are both from the DC area and my kids are very close with their grandparents and cousins. It would be hard in the future to not have these extended familial relationships, though honestly sometimes for me it is a little too much to constantly have extended family obligations (which we do).  However, my kids and husband seem to enjoy it a lot, and we would be giving up the proximity to extended family if we move.

- I know the job and the boss I would have very well.  I would be getting this promotion by taking over my current boss’s time and my boss would also move up the ladder, but I would still report to the same boss.  So very little chance that I would hate the new job.  There is an outside possibility that some “bald swan” event could occur (my boss falling I’ll and dying, or my company being bought), that could result in changes to my work situation, but there is no indication that this is a likelihood.

- my husband has hesitations about moving.  He’s lived in the DC area his whole life and loves his friends and family here and the sports teams (not kidding, that’s one of his reasons for not wanting to move).  So there is negative pressure there too.  So I would be pushing everyone to make this move, which would be an uphill battle.  [/quote]

I am a poster from page 1 and seem to be the only one concerned out of all of the replies about the weather.  You have a fantastic job opportunities but a lot of reasons to stay.  How do you and the family feel about the extreme winter? I’m from the north and moved to get away from it.  [/quote]

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