I don't want to go into the exact reasons involved here. Suffice to say that it was essentially out of nowhere and that all the reasons involved were both longstanding (the entirety of the relationship) and previously entirely unrevealed to me. About a month ago we were looking at houses together with no mention that anything was imminently coming.
No, in fact I took a substantial prestige downgrade and a $50k/yr decrease in salary. There really isn't a bright side here. I screwed up my career for a woman who turned out to be harboring significant issues for the entire time I had known her and didn't bother to tell me until I had already quit my job and the timing made it so that there was essentially no going back.
I don't want to go into the exact reasons involved here. Suffice to say that it was essentially out of nowhere and that all the reasons involved were both longstanding (the entirety of the relationship) and previously entirely unrevealed to me. About a month ago we were looking at houses together with no mention that anything was imminently coming.
No, in fact I took a substantial prestige downgrade and a $50k/yr decrease in salary. There really isn't a bright side here. I screwed up my career for a woman who turned out to be harboring significant issues for the entire time I had known her and didn't bother to tell me until I had already quit my job and the timing made it so that there was essentially no going back.
Damn, that's just cold blooded. Sorry to hear about it all. Let me know when you're interested and I'll give you my sister's number.
...I took a substantial prestige downgrade and a $50k/yr decrease in salary. There really isn't a bright side here.
Hell, you'll probably save $50K a year just by not living in the Bay Area.