So ... just been thinking
I've been thinking for a little while now - okay, maybe in the last week or two, about moving back to my hometown. It's not that I don't like where I'm living. It's just that I have a really close friend there and I know she says the place is kind of a pit, and yes, it's rather stagnant, life wise, but it's not like I have a really busy social life here.
Work wouldn't be a problem. I could actually transfer there, or work from home.
My mum was telling me today that my stepdad has been sort of thinking about moving there to be closer to the grandchildren. It's too expensive for them to travel back and forth when they want to see the kids and it's not like my brother and sister-in-law will ever let the kids come up and stay here by themselves, even though the oldest one will be 11 in a couple of months and the youngest one is 7.
Anyway, she gets the feeling he's about ready to retire. He is 73 this year and Mum is 69. He still works as a bus driver, but it's getting too tiring for him, so I don't blame him for thinking it might be a good thing.
Here is what I was thinking: if they can get a big enough place, like five bedroom, for around the same cost as what they would get for their place up here (prices are cheaper there), I don't see any reason why I couldn't move down with them, as long as I didn't have to give up on a few things. Otherwise, I would try to get a two bedroom place down there, for hopefully the same or less rent.
I don't want to lose my independence, and I do think that if I move in with them that might happen. So I'm kind of in two minds about it. I mean, if they had like a cottage or a flat on the property, that would help. I don't know. It would depend on the kind of house they get I suppose.
I admit I do miss my hometown sometimes. My aunt's there, my friend's there and although we don't get along that well, my brother and his kids are there. It's something to think about, I guess.
Work wouldn't be a problem. I could actually transfer there, or work from home.
My mum was telling me today that my stepdad has been sort of thinking about moving there to be closer to the grandchildren. It's too expensive for them to travel back and forth when they want to see the kids and it's not like my brother and sister-in-law will ever let the kids come up and stay here by themselves, even though the oldest one will be 11 in a couple of months and the youngest one is 7.
Anyway, she gets the feeling he's about ready to retire. He is 73 this year and Mum is 69. He still works as a bus driver, but it's getting too tiring for him, so I don't blame him for thinking it might be a good thing.
Here is what I was thinking: if they can get a big enough place, like five bedroom, for around the same cost as what they would get for their place up here (prices are cheaper there), I don't see any reason why I couldn't move down with them, as long as I didn't have to give up on a few things. Otherwise, I would try to get a two bedroom place down there, for hopefully the same or less rent.
I don't want to lose my independence, and I do think that if I move in with them that might happen. So I'm kind of in two minds about it. I mean, if they had like a cottage or a flat on the property, that would help. I don't know. It would depend on the kind of house they get I suppose.
I admit I do miss my hometown sometimes. My aunt's there, my friend's there and although we don't get along that well, my brother and his kids are there. It's something to think about, I guess.