I regret moving my family, can we go back?
Relocating for a better school district often leads to buyer's remorse when families are faced with longer commutes and fixer-upper homes. Parents miss their old lives more than expected, especially when their children cry at night asking to go home. This rapid regret leaves them wondering if the move was actually worth it and if it would be wrong to return so soon.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Struggling through the adjustment period
- 2Weighing the financial and logistical difficulties of moving back
- 3paying for private school instead
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“We stretched to buy a house in the best school district and I'm having buyer's remorse”source ↗
“Sold our place, bought a fixer-upper three towns over, I drive 40 minutes to work each way now.”source ↗
“If you moved for schools, was it worth it? I am not so sure.”source ↗
“It's been two months since we moved, and honestly, I already want to go back.”source ↗
“My youngest has cried at night saying she wants to move back, and sometimes she will just randomly say that she wants to go home.”source ↗
“I miss our old life more than I ever expected to. Would it really be wrong to move back this soon?”source ↗
Where this came up
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