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Whoops, I forgot to select this to be in the Long Distance Relationship section!
My SO and I were long distance for over 2 years (I lived in Montreal, he lived just north of Toronto). I eventually moved 6 hours away from my hometown to Ontario. He owns a successful business here, so he can't really up and move somewhere else.
My family is in IN and his family is in GA. We were long distance for a while when my job took me to CA (he was still in GA) but when my job then moved me to TX, he moved to TX too.
So I guess we both re-located but DH was more following my job (he's a consultant and can live anywhere so his job doesn't really have a location to re-locate to).
My husband moved to be with me after college. We now moved a couple towns away, but we are still in my home state. We thought about moving to his, but I come from an area with more job opportunities.
I moved in with my Fiance.
I don't know why, but for whatever reason, I'm always the one travelling around cuz the boys I've met already have nice places, and I just lived in a tiny appartment.
He came here. We're talking about going back west after the wedding, for his work, but nothing is decided yet.
Initially I moved to live with him, but we only had our apartment for 2weeks before we both packed up our bags and moved north together for a career & a bit of adventure.
he is moving farther away from me =( to Camp Pendleton lol (only 3 months though)
I moved away from family to be with him. But it was more of a financial reason than anything.
Long term future wise, who knows. *shrugs*
I voted him, because he moved to MI to be with me but after 6 months we both relocated to NYC for his career.. So in a way, both of us..
After college we went to different states for work. I ended up moving to be with him. We bought a house so we will stay here for another 5 years or so. But our parents live about 20 minutes away from each other back in Mass so we will move back there soon enough. We want our future kids to grow up around family.
DH relocated because I couldn't (due to school). We're planning on moving somewhere different together in a few years, though.
2 hour move to him. Then we will move to Florida in 3 years because of him and his work.
I am moving to him. I don't live with or near my family though. It just makes sense for me to move because he is still in school... I don't want him to transfer and lose a bunch of credits.
We both packed up and moved to another state- granted, it was for Mr. Symphony's grad school.
Well... I sort of did but not really. We met and started dating in high school so we're both originally from the same area. Then I moved 2 hours away for college and we did the long distance thing while I was in school. When I graduated undergrad, I moved back home for law school. I could have chosen a law school anywhere, but I wanted to come back home to be closer to him. Four years of long distances was plenty... no way I wanted to do 3 more and he already had a job here.
Very interesting to see and read. :D Thanks for participating!
I would love to move out of state all together. Unfortunately, that's not a possibility. He is going for plumbing school. You have to take a different test for each state in order to get your license. So, even if we were to move now while he's in school, he'd have to start all over again.
We both moved from our hometowns to go to college together--he's about 3 hours from home and I'm about 30 minutes. He has a ton of family here though. After my sophomore year and his freshman year we both moved out of the dorms and into an apartment together. So neither one of us will have to move after the wedding (although we are moving to a different apartment a couple months before the wedding), and both of us have family nearby :)
Mine moved here to be with me.. We are both from where I live, we broke up for a few years in our mid 20's and he just up & decided if I wasn't going to be with him he was moving! He lived there about 2 1/2 years, 1 of which we were dating. I have a son & have been at my job for 8 1/2 years so I just really didn't see me moving as an option, plus we were having a lot of drama out of his crazy ex from there.. He gave up a really good job to move here to be with me and is making exactly half of what he did where he was living which I know is hard on him but we both know its all worth it.
DH relocated. It made perfect sense though. He got out of the Army and neither one of us wanted to live where his last post was. The plan was always for him to move where I was beings I had been established in my career for 7 years (at the point he got out of the Army). Thankfully, it was never an issue of who would relocate.
It made more sense for me to move. I had already moved away from my family (from Michigan to Tennessee before meeting him. It would have been silly for him to move away from HIS family to somewhere where neither of us had ANY family. So I chose to move to be with him, which also made me within 400 miles of my family.
@DesireeAnne: Ah shame about your dog, but he/she'll be with you soon.
I moved as I wanted to experience somewhere different to my hometown, but now I miss and appreciate where i'm from and really miss being near my Mum and being able to just pop in for coffee.
@Prewitt: It's okay. Thankfully it's only an hour away and I am able to make trips to visit her.
Other than that, an hour away from my family doesn't bother me. It really upset me that my mother and brothers told me they wouldn't come and visit me once I had my own place. My family is Italian and we do the typical Sunday dinner. I told them I can't wait to have people over and be able to cook in my own space. I was told that no one was going to come and visit because I'm the one that moved. I only would do it maybe once or twice a month. I wouldn't expect them all of the time. I am planning to make weekend trips when possible to see them.
As I mentioned above, I argued that J is still in school, has(d) a job, and there was no point in us moving because he would always have to travel. We'd only be back to square one.
He moved to be with me when he got a job here. It's not exactly the job he dreamed of, but he had a hard time finding something so he's sticking with it for now. In a year or two he's going to look again and see if he can get his dream job since he will have more experience. We will probably have to move away at that time.
I've relocated in the short-term but we're moving to my home more permanently
@DesireeAnne: Ah that's sad that your family think and said that. You're starting your new life with him. I'm only an hour and a bit away which I know is nothing compared to some people but I do miss my Mum. So you're Italian - I love Italian food - I daren't go to Italy as I know i'd come back a stone heavier lol
Interesting poll/thread! I moved here to be with him. My job I had at the time wasn't worth keeping, and his was, so that's why it went that way. Plus, I'll be honest, it was a pretty easy decision -- I'd rather live in Hawai'i. haha.
He moved to be closer to me (but still long distance) about a year ago. I just moved in with him this week!
It made more sense for me to move because I'm working on my dissertation and he's in a field that it's difficult to get another job in.
@Prewitt: It is what it is in the end. It's their loss. Ya know? Hahah. Yes, I think the carbs are finally doing me in.
@littlemissmango: Lucky you! I wish J lived in Hawaii! :P
He moved, changing the relationship from LDR to just...R. lol.
We were in an LDR for the first year of our relationship; then he moved in with me where I am going to school. It sparked him to go back to school, too, so we've stayed here for a while. The next move (after I finish grad school and he graduates) will be somewhere of both our choosing, equally, so it won't feel like he had to "relocate" for very long.
I moved... to a different country. But, fortunately, its only 1.5 hours from where I lived before- so Im still relatively close to my family + a border crossing.
the mister will be the one who moves once we get jobs. can't wait to drop the ld from our r!
FH plans to move here once he finds a job in the area. Taking a little bit longer than we had hoped, but...
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Hey bees. A random question popped into my head so here you are:
Who was the one in the relationship to re-locate in order to be with one another?
It seems to me that it's usually the women in a long distance relationship that move from their family to be with their man.
I moved an hour away to be with J. Unfortunately, we are living with his parents at the moment. Our plans to get our own place had to be put on hold because J was laid off. Figures, right? It doesn't bother me much that I moved. I definitely needed the break from my family (especially my mother) and I think it'll help bring me and my family closer together. The only con about it is that I had to leave my dog behind until I move into my own place. This absolutely breaks my heart because she's my baby. :( but I do go "home" on weekends so I can spend time with her.
What about you?