Posted on 05/22/2013 12:02:02 PM PDT by Kaslin
This guy is ready to move because of a new job across the city? I commute 60 effing miles one way and I refuse to move.
This guy is ready to move because of a new job across the city? I commute 60 effing miles one way and I refuse to move.
Must be a really big city if moving to the other side would be too far away from the grandparents.
Maybe the “city” he’s talking about is LA or Chicago, and “the other side” takes 3 hours to get to.
Houston.
Like you, I often drive 60 miles one way to work. I'm in construction. any job less than an hours drive is in my back yard, to me.
I live NW of Chicago. For the last 3+ years I’ve worked SE of Chicago in NW Indiana. I’m extremely familiar with LOONNGG commutes.
He’s across the city! For an extra 25Gs that shouldn’t be a problem. I’m sure his parents would make the “trek” to see their grandchild.
Houston, is what it said.
That is what I am thinking too. Now if he were across the country that would be a different story
Maybe his parents still live in the horse and buggy days? /s>
Ya, hahah, this guy is a big time wuss! “Commute you loser!” An hour commute is nothing.
My commute is 95 miles a day. I’m not moving one step closer to Cleveland.
I’m a grandma that lives near Houston. If you can commute against the traffic 60 miles is really no big deal. With the traffic it can turn into 2 to 3 hours one way.
Seems to me like the grandmother and DIL may not have the best of relationships. Happens all the time, is not the end of the world and can be worked around.
I don’t understand why someone would turn down a job that pays $25,000 a year more. So take the job and the extra money and move. Let Grandma pick up the child on Friday and keep at her house until Sunday evening if the grandchild’s activity schedule permits. Gives her uninterrupted time with her grandchild and gives the parents some adult together time.
Time with grandparents is very, very important to a child. My oldest grandchild lived a 3 hour plane ride away and I went to see him once a month when he was growing up. The youngest lives 10 minutes away and comes to my house every chance he gets. My DIL not so much but that’s fine. Boundaries in every relationship need to be established - especially and even with family members. Most grandmas I know will comply with the rules, their grandchildren are too important to them.
What? You think I read the articles before posting? ;) Actually, I did read it but managed to miss that detail.
I always love reading the financial advice columns. All these people wondering what to do with all their money—! I can’t imagine what it would be like to be getting job offers at all, much less ones that pay $25K more than one is already getting, or being in a position to put $17K into the house and have it all paid off. Some folks have clearly organized their lives and careers very intelligently.
Dave Ramsey ping
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