Me [30 M] with my [24 F] She moved at the start of the year for work LDR, struggling need advice.

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So I've been with my girlfriend for about 2 and a half years now. At the start of the year she moved for work (medical internship). We had known this was a real possibility for the last year.

She moved to a rural town whilst I stayed in the major city we met and where I grew up. It's been pretty hard the last 6 months. I've been in another LDR in the past when I was younger and ended up moving countries for that person. It ended quite badly.

She knows about this relationship and has held it against me in the past forgetting that that was a different time in my life. I was a lot younger, my career hadn't really started and I was naive.

Now I'm really on my career path working for one of the most respected companies in my field and I'm on the path to a very senior position in the next few years.

My professional network is in this city also my friends and family. Just had another fight tonight but it's more passive aggressive than anything else but the message is clear "I could move if I wanted to, but I don't want to"

Which I have told her and I mean it I would move if it meant I could continue my career but reality is the type of job I'm in and where I'm heading there is simply nothing like that in the town she's in.

There is still another year and a half of her internship then she will move back. I really don't want to give up my career, I love her dearly though. Other than these tiffs she is an amazing girlfriend, I miss her dearly. I visit as much as I can every 2-3 weeks I fly up to see her I've been close to a dozen times this year and she has only come back twice so far.

She got very upset both times she had to go back because all of her friends and family are here too. I guess that is part of the reason she is lashing out sometimes. She tells me she is quite sad and feels dull living where she is.

All she does is work, comes home, has dinner and passes out because she is exhausted. She does stuff on the weekends but is having a hard time making new friends.

I feel awful that I'm not with her but do I give up my dream career with a job I love? To move somewhere where my future would be very uncertain and we would be moving back in a year and half anyway?

I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, venting mostly but not sure what to do to help her and myself through this difficult period. I can honestly see myself marrying her in the future and I've never felt that way about any of my previous relationships.

Would love to hear from people who are in and have had similar situations.

Thanks in advance.

TL;DR GF moved for work at start of year, wants me to move with her. She will be moving back in 1 year and half. I have a job I love and a successful career. I will not be able to get the same kind of job where she is now. Not sure what to do.

Posted Jul 31, 2017, 3:19 PM UTC · edited

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