Wife Wants To UPROOT Our Family For Her New Job Even Though I'm Highly Paid | Reading Reddit
Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories
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🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In today's narration of Reddit stories podcast, OP's Wife has found a new job but would require the family to move away but OP thinks it's wrong to uproot their whole family for this.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Story 1
1:41 Story 1 Comments
4:12 Story 1 Update
9:05 Story 2
12:38 Story 2 Comments
15:49 Story 2 Update
18:20 Story 3
20:49 Story 3 Comments
22:18 Story 3 Comments / OP's Reply
24:25 Story 4
26:12 Story 4 Comments
29:03 Story 4 Update
29:40 Story 4 Comments / OP's Reply
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Waffle Gang, I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more Reddit stories. |
| 0:09.5 | And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider? |
| 0:12.3 | In the like, subscribe, maybe that notification bell too. And let's crack on with today's first story. |
| 0:19.1 | Much love, guys. Now today's first story comes from Korea v. Family and says, |
| 0:24.0 | am I the asshole here? But calling my wife selfish for even considering taking a job across the country |
| 0:29.7 | and trying to uproot our family. So my wife was recently offered a job across the country, |
| 0:36.5 | which requires relocation, but also |
| 0:38.8 | will have frequent travel obligations. My wife feels this would be a huge plus to her career, |
| 0:44.2 | but the issue is we have two children and my practices here. What she will earn is not even |
| 0:49.6 | half of what I currently make. She is currently not working, so I told her if she wants to take the job, |
| 0:55.4 | she would have to help with childcare expenses, which would likely include a nanny because I sometimes |
| 0:59.9 | work nutty hours, depending if I have a mandated hospital shift. She feels this is unfair because |
| 1:05.9 | she would have to cover her own living expenses and paying for childcare on top of what would |
| 1:10.5 | leave her with |
| 1:11.0 | very little. This job is not even providing a relocation bonus. She suggested we move, but everything |
| 1:17.7 | we know is here. Our children have their friends here, and transferring my medical license is not |
| 1:22.9 | all that simple. Her final suggestion is she takes the kids. I stay here and cover the cost of childcare |
| 1:29.0 | and expenses because she claims child care and cost of living is cheaper. Just not cheap enough |
| 1:34.1 | for a potential salary to sustain me being a stay-at-home parent. I want to support her, |
| 1:39.3 | but a suggestion seemed half-baked to me. Love Lola Hart says not the asshole and it's a bit concerning |
| 1:45.2 | for the state of your marriage that your wife suggested that you and she live in different |
| 1:49.4 | parts of the country. I could be way off base, but if she's going from not working to suddenly |
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