Thursday, July 14, 2011

Louisiana, Florida, or Georgia?

My wife and have been living in Louisiana for the past 3 years and are thinking about moving. We came here from North Georgia, where we both spent most of our school years. We moved to Louisiana because after I graduated from Young Harris College with an AA I was offered scholarships from my parents Alma Mater Louisiana Tech, and I have a lot of relatives within 30 miles of Ruston. So now I am done with school, I have been out for coming up on a year and have had little luck with finding a job in Ruston with my history degree. Recently, my wife said she wanted us to move to Fort Myers, Florida, close to her oldest sister and grandmother, because she feels I would have better luck finding a job there and she could finally make a connection with her family, since her parents are difficult to be around and moved to Georgia when she was five because as her mother puts it, "I feel like the black sheep of the family." I could not live with myself if I told her no, she can't be closer to them and try to build a relationship, and also I was an air force brat growing up so I'm not attached to any one area. My fears come from the financial side. Im still making minimum wage and she is doing just slightly better than that at her FT job. Yes, I have no college debt or actually any thanks to my parents, and I am a Dave Ramsey enthusiast. My wife wasn't at first, but she is beginning to get on the same page with me (and me her, as she does get me to live a little :)) Moving out there alone would cost a fortune, and I am finally making some "networking" contacts in the community, and my interviews are starting to become more frequent, and I'm doing ALOT better in them, as by this time I know what to expect. I have also been recommended by my current friend and apartment manager to take his place as a side job, requiring little work since it is a very good complex, with only 5 duplexes and all of the tenants very responsible individuals (my recent and long time neighbor just finished his PhD in Engineering, don't remember the specific field.) I know I haven't had much luck and nothing is set in stone advancement wise, but I feel I may soon leave my underpaid projectionist job. And not only that, 3 months ago my wife said she would love to live here because we have made some great friends, Ruston is not too big, or too small, and Shreveport, Monroe, and Texas are all close places to visit and shop. I am 23 and my wife is 21. I feel like I don't know where or what I exactly want to do with my life, other than provide and continue to a be a competitive and indispensable worker wherever I go or end up. My suggestion to her is that we stay here a while longer and live a little, as she puts it, and enjoy each other before we start having kids (hopefully in the distant future). I have asked relatives on both sides, and all give biased opinions (come where we live!). Both of our parents still live in Georgia, along with my brother and her best friend. So, yahoo community, you do not know me, so I trust you to give me an honest opinion. What should we do?

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