OK. I'm contemplating making some big changes in my life and thought I would run my idea by some people whose opinion I respect and that are removed from my whole situation.
I'm a white, single, 25 year old male living here in
DC. I moved back to Dodge in 2002 after a very rocky time in college so the parents moved me back here. Very quickly I decided that I would have to get a degree if I ever wanted to have anything nice. So I worked full time and put myself through college and got a degree through FHSU's online program in 2005. After that, I got a good job here that pays the bills and then some allowing me to live very nicely. The parents are happy that I got my life together, but I feel like I'm missing out on so much. I've dated some girls here, but they aren't the intellectual types that I find attractive. (For me, it's all about the mind.) Plus, in Dodge, I really haven't found any guy friends just to hang out with either. So, my life consists of church, my house and the parents and grandparents.
About three months ago, I left for a conference in Denver. I fell in love with the big city. Not because of the bar scene or all of the things to do, but just the younger feeling I got. I felt 25 again, not 45. So, ever since then, I got the itch to move. I came back and told the parents that I was thinking about moving and they were not really that receptive to the whole idea. I started talking to a friend from Texas who was interested in moving to the KC area. I told him that if he found a job there, I would start looking for a job and we could be roommates. He came out to
DC over the past week and we got along fine. So, on Friday he goes up to KC for an interview and lands the job. Now it crunch time for me.
Do I stay here and live in
DC where I know I can live comfortably for the rest of my life and retire when I'm 54? Or do I "throw it all away" (according to the dad) and take a risk and move up to KC and start living the way a 25 year old should? If I can get a job that pays 45-55K a year, I would still be able to afford my mortgage and keep my house here and live there as well. I think that that sounds like a good plan and I think I've thought it all out, but the parents think that I'm making a big mistake. So, I'll throw it out to y'all...