I did this 16 years ago (when I was relatively young and had little to lose). I quit a job in the middle of my lunch break and drove three days across the country to see if a relationship would work out. It did. I’m still here and we’re still together with our family of fur beasts and a house and good jobs, etc.
There was a lot of privilege involved. I knew I could phone home for money if something went wrong. I abandoned a crappy retail job, not a career I had invested years and tuition in. It did take courage, but the stakes weren’t higher than hoping I didn’t get stuck in Oregon for a few weeks before landing on my feet if it didn’t work out. But it was definitely the right life-changing decision to make.
