At the start of the new year I am moving in with my partner and his parents because we are both ready for the next step, but not quite able to be independent just yet. I have no issue with his parents, they’ve become like my own over the last few years and I’m so grateful for them. It’s just he lives in the next town over from me and I’ve never been so far away from my parents and I cannot drive so I don’t have means to visit them when I like except asking his parents to take me, my parents coming to get me or catching the bus. I’m feeling nervous about the whole move to be honest but I know I’m ready to be with my partner full time. (Context, I am 25 and he is 26. The time for travel between towns is around 20-30 minutes depending on traffic but I’ve always lived with my parents or been a ten minutes walk from them).
I would like to note that for the last 3 years I have been living with my sister to gain some independence from relying on my parents but all this has done is make me rely on her. This move with my partner will mean no family that have been a constant in my life, I also won’t be able to just move back to my sisters if I struggle. I need to do this for myself.
Advice on moving from parents/siblings to live with partners would be EXTREMELY grateful.
