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In 2013 we were living in Ohio and barely making ends meet. I was making 11.75/hr. We had just had our third child and we were getting government benefits. I wanted more for my family so I started looking for other work and that search included moving us if necessary. As luck would have it I had a friend here in Dallas/Fort Worth who was the lighting director for a megachurch. He offered me a position and after several months we made the move to Texas. Things seemed to be looking up. I was making almost double what I was and we actually purchased our first home. I had a job I loved, my family had a home that had much more room for us, and we were closer to my mom who lives in the Dallas area as well. I worked for the church until May 2015 when I was fired. I was unemployed for two months until I landed a job at an Audio-Visual company as a warehouse worker. I did that job for 6 months and then I was moved from the warehouse into the front office in a sort of jack-of-all-trades customer support role. Nothing is how I pictured it would be when we first moved here. I don't have the job I love anymore. I don't see my mom as much as I thought I would (or should). I feel like I am wasting my talent at my current job and as much as Texas is growing on me it is not where I want to be. My wife and I met each other in Nashville. We both love it and the only reason we ever moved is because she wanted to be closer to her family when she got pregnant with our first child. A few months ago my wife mentioned that she didn't want our family to settle in Texas. We both want to eventually return to Nashville. Last night I told my wife that I had been actively searching for work in Nashville because I thought we were both on the same page. Much to my surprise, she feels like we still have some unfinished business here in Texas. When we first moved here she came with but she was definitely not confident it was the right move to make. I am not happy here but I definitely don't want to move our family again if she isn't 100% on board. I'm feeling a little bit stuck.