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Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:34 am
Posted by DD_Rolltide
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Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:34 am
Let's go ahead and get all the "too early to be this high" posts out of the way. So, yeah get it out of your system.

I want to inquire some of the greatest minds on earth, those of the OT, a question that I'm currently wrestling with. I seek only the wisest advice of the sages here on the OT, so that means no input from SFP please.

If you had the money and the freedom to start again and leave your life, everything behind, would you start again?

I've had a dream from my youngest years to live on the Gulf, a little condo with a simple gas grill out on the porch, grilling fresh fish and charbroiling oysters on the nightly, all while drinking a few ice cold beers from the cooler. However, my spouse is reluctant to move down south due to a number of issues that I will not get into (that I ended up getting into). Say, you've endured the time spent for 10 years in an area that is not home, and you're sick and tired of living in this place..... what would the great minds of the OT do?
This post was edited on 1/15/25 at 10:43 am
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
53867 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:35 am to
wb08
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125964 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:36 am to
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However, my spouse is reluctant to move down south due to a number of issues that I will not get into


Nope

Get into it baw
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
38761 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:36 am to
Are you asking us if its ok to divorce your wife because she doesn't want to live in the panhandle?
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:37 am to
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If you had the money and the freedom to start again and leave your life, everything behind, where would you start again?



Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85126 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:38 am to
You should definitely divorce your wife to go live a dream that most likely won't be remotely close to what you envision.

Posted by DD_Rolltide
Member since Oct 2024
565 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:39 am to
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Get into it baw



Okay, let's say that her family lives in the northeast and you are in that shithole of a frickign place, theoretically, because of her family. Let's also say that the humidity is "insufferable" to her. You are the breadwinner, and have the means to do whatever, but don't want to be a total a-hole and say it's my time now.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
32151 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:39 am to
You’ve asked two specific and unrelated questions
Posted by BoogaBear
Member since Jul 2013
6520 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:40 am to
You want to leave your family so you can grill fish in a shack on the Gulf coast?

Well good luck with that
Posted by DD_Rolltide
Member since Oct 2024
565 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:41 am to
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Are you asking us if its ok to divorce your wife because she doesn't want to live in the panhandle?



Yes but maybe without the divorce part
Posted by Bazzatcha
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:41 am to






Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:41 am to
quote:

I've had a dream from my youngest years to live on the Gulf, a little condo with a simple gas grill out on the porch, grilling fresh fish and charbroiling oysters on the nightly, all while drinking a few ice cold beers from the cooler. However, my spouse is reluctant to move down south due to a number of issues that I will not get into. Say, you've endured the time spent for 10 years in an area that is not home, and you're sick and tired of living in this place..... what would the great minds of the OT do?


You know that thread from the other day about people who go on international vacations who think their vacation life is how people actually live in that area?

This is the American equivalent.
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
45774 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:42 am to
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Okay, let's say that her family lives in the northeast


Theres almost no amount of money you could pay be to live in the Northeast of the US
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125964 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:42 am to
quote:

Okay, let's say that her family lives in the northeast and you are in that shithole of a frickign place, theoretically, because of her family. Let's also say that the humidity is "insufferable" to her. You are the breadwinner, and have the means to do whatever, but don't want to be a total a-hole and say it's my time now.


Now we are getting somewhere
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
92623 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:43 am to
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If you had the money and the freedom to start again and leave your life, everything behind, where would you start again?


You're implying that I would be leaving my family behind.

There is nothing on this Earth more important than my family.

If there was a gun to my head and I had to press one of two buttons - Kill my family or kill the world except my family, I would miss you all very much.

#Notahero
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125964 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:43 am to
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Theres almost no amount of money you could pay be to live in the Northeast of the US


Eh, New Hampshire and Maine seem like they would be nice from April to October

Then move to your winter home in West Palm
Posted by DD_Rolltide
Member since Oct 2024
565 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:44 am to
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You're implying that I would be leaving my family behind.



Let's just say for the sake of discussion the kids were grown and on their own doing well. Just for the sake of discussion.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
58670 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:45 am to
I have recently retired and thought about doing exactly that. Trouble is, a hurricane is going to wipe you out every 15 - 20 years and I don’t want to be starting over when I am 80 years old. I think a better option is to buy a condo (or some other place to stay) down there and see if it is all that you think it will be first.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
34490 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:45 am to
You mean leave your wife/kids to do this?
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85126 posts
Posted on 1/15/25 at 10:45 am to
Buy a vacation home.

Spend time down there together.

Either she comes around or you realize its not as you imagined.

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