My partner has an opportunity to move to another country for a temporary, but potentially life-changing, work assignment, but it means leaving our life here for a year and disrupting my own nascent career – do I follow them and put my career on hold, or ask them to decline?

Daniel Picard

Daniel Picard

Follow partner, support17 votes (35%)
Stay, maintain career9 votes (19%)
Long-distance relationship8 votes (17%)
Re-evaluate joint future14 votes (29%)

48 votes total • Created 1/18/2026

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