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Sorry for everything you're going through on this. Moving is never an easy option, especially when family is involved. And the job situation, ugh, 'nuff said. We moved to Ohio for my job several years ago, without hubby having a job to go to and virtually no moving expense. But we knew it was the right move as it brought us closer to my family and to a reasonably priced region of the country (my other opportunities were in the Northeast where the cost of housing is more than twice what it is here). But he has only had a job for 1 1/2 years in the last 5 1/2 years, so we still are watching the pennies. It's been frustrating and it hasn't been easy, but we still know that it was a better decision. Hopefully you will end up in a better position financially and emotionally than the alternatives when all is said and done, as we did.