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Postby Elis » November 19th, 2006

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I have moved from country to country literally my whole life and dont know any different, so for me its always hard to understand why people dont want to just move out and join me. But I can see why it would be hard.


I think there's an important part here that you might be underestimating: unless the other person has a job which travels to the same places at the same time as you (others have pointed out how unlikely that is), the other person would have to give up their entire self-sufficiency to be with you. They would be financially dependent to a tee and depending on where you are ot even able to focus on an education instead. So what if you break up in two years time? Your career is fine, but the other person has taken a break for a couple of years, is totally out of touch with contacts and possibly behind the times. That's a big risk to take. There aren't many men out there willing to enter this kind of relationship, and more and more women have also (thankfully) become aware that total dependency is not healthy or wise.
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