Mother Wants To Move Away From Daughter To Live Her Best Life

Reddit user u/bonafideretiredgal shared that her daughter lived with her husband in a different city. When she announced her pregnancy, OP and her husband, both retired, decided to buy a house in the same city their daughter lived in and the daughter and her husband were okay with this decision. OP shared she wanted to move near her daughter to help her adjust to mother and to take care care of her child after birth because her daughter said she might not be able to get daycare for the child until it turned 18 months old.

However, everything went smoothly for OP’s daughter who returned back to work, healthy, after her maternity leave and also found full-time daycare for her child. OP then felt there wasn’t much she and her husband could do for their daughter so she expressed her need to move to the city to live a better life after working extremely hard for 44 years and taking care of her family.

OP’s husband agreed with the move but because the mother kept thinking this would make her daughter feel she had been rejected, she posted the story on the subreddit “Am I The A$$hole?” to know if the decision would make her an AH or not.

Source: u/bonafideretiredgal

1. Let’s find out.

2. OP has a married daughter who is a mother living with her husband in another city.

3. Retured for two years before OP’s daughter became a mother, she and her husband decided to buy a house in the same city their daughter and her husband lived in. The two were okay with the move.

4. The couple purchased the house and moved near their daughter however COVID hit and no one really allowed to meet each other as much.

5. The main purpose for OP to purchase a house near her daughter was to help her adjust to motherhood while she was on maternity leave.

6. She also got the house because her daughter expressed issues regarding not being able to get daycare for her child until he reached the age of 18 months.

7. After everything happened in the right direction, OP’s daughter returned to work and also managed to get full-time daycare for her little one.

8. OP’s daughter and her husband like to spend the weekend together which was respected by her. She realized that her daughter now didn’t need much help from her parents.

9. Very understandable.

10. OP shared she spent 44 years working and looking after her parents.

Wow, she deserves a major break now to look after herself.

11. The visits are settled then. It is not like no one will attend to the daughter.

12. OP wanted to move to a city that would be a 3 hours drive away from her daughter. She desired a better lifestyle for herself.

This is absolutely the move to go forward, ma’am. Working for 44 years is no joke. If you feel the need to live a better life and can afford to do so, then there is no power that can stop you. Go ahead and make the move. Live your favorite life after working so hard all your life. I feel so happy that this mother has actually expressed herself out loud because most of the parents k*ll their desires and wishes to make sure their kids don’t feel like they are being rejected.

I am with this mom. Make it happen! Let’s see what happens next. Scroll down below to continue reading!

Source: u/bonafideretiredgal