{"id":47662,"date":"2026-03-15T18:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/everyone-in-my-life-thought-moving-for-a-7-month-relationship-was-reckless-they-were-right-but-it-was-worth-it\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:51:10","slug":"everyone-in-my-life-thought-moving-for-a-7-month-relationship-was-reckless-they-were-right-but-it-was-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/everyone-in-my-life-thought-moving-for-a-7-month-relationship-was-reckless-they-were-right-but-it-was-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone in my life thought moving for a 7-month relationship was reckless. They were right, but it was worth it."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69b0410282b35e2c04dd6e5a?format=jpeg\" alt=\"The writer, wearing a black dress, and her husband, wearing a festive holiday vest, standing in their kitchen.\"\/><figcaption>captiontk<\/p>\n<p>Emily Holi<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>My friends and family thought I was making a mistake when I moved states for a new relationship.<\/li>\n<li>At first, I felt homesick, but my partner supported me in a way that validated my decision.<\/li>\n<li>Now, we&#039;re married with kids, and I&#039;m so glad I took a risk on love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I was 21, I fell in love for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Tim and I met online before it was cool. An avid fisherman, sports fanatic, and gifted salesman, he wasn&#039;t my usual type \u2014 but he was charming, funny, awkward, and sweet. I fell for him, hook, line, and sinker.<\/p>\n<p>There was only one problem. Tim lived in Minneapolis, and I lived in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>We made long-distance work for as long as we could. On the rare weekends I wasn&#039;t waitressing, I traveled to Minnesota for ice fishing and bar hopping. When Tim&#039;s schedule allowed, he visited me at my parents&#039; house for family dinners and nights out with friends.<\/p>\n<p>Our time together was fun and exciting, but after seven months of constant travel, we knew we had some decisions to make.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When Tim and I decided to take the next step, I moved to Minnesota <\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69b0413782b35e2c04dd6e64?format=jpeg\" alt=\"The writer and her husband sitting in the booth at a bar.\"\/><figcaption>captiontk<\/p>\n<p>Emily Holi<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a four-year collegiate stint in Michigan, I&#039;d sworn to myself that I&#039;d never leave Chicago again. Not only were my family and friends there, but it was comforting and familiar. It was home.<\/p>\n<p>Tim understood my love for Chicago from the moment we met. He was early in his dream career as a salesman, and I hadn&#039;t yet decided what I wanted to do professionally. Even so, he reassured me that I would never have to move \u2014 that, instead, he would find a way to relocate for me.<\/p>\n<p>The more reassuring he was, though, the more I began seriously considering moving to Minnesota. Logistically, it just made sense.<\/p>\n<p>My family and friends were just as charmed by Tim as I was, but they were skeptical, too. They cautioned me against moving, reminding me that Tim and I hadn&#039;t known each other that long.<\/p>\n<p>The more I thought about beginning a new chapter, though, the more right it felt. Whether or not Tim and I lasted, maybe an adventure was exactly what I needed to kick off the adult chapter of my life.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their warnings, I began searching for a job in Minneapolis. When I found a new job and a new roommate in the same week, it felt like fate.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>I struggled with homesickness at first, but Tim supported me<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My life in Minnesota wasn&#039;t what I had imagined. Living away from home was difficult, and I was miserably homesick for weeks. I was also adjusting to life in my first apartment, along with a new, very demanding job.<\/p>\n<p>I was thrilled to be closer to Tim, but the struggles I was experiencing overshadowed much of my joy. Despite these difficulties, Tim remained patient, sure of our relationship, even when my confidence wavered.<\/p>\n<p>On Halloween, my family&#039;s favorite holiday, Tim dressed up as a giant piece of pizza to cheer me up. When the first snow fell that season, Tim was waiting in my new apartment with a Christmas tree in tow.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Valentine&#039;s Day rolled around, bringing with it chocolate-covered strawberries and three dozen white roses (my favorite), most of my homesickness had faded.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>I realized that Tim was my future, wherever we lived<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69b0415e441e48aec3a1d13c?format=jpeg\" alt=\"The writer and her husband standing in a park, looking into each other&#039;s eyes.\"\/><figcaption>captiontk<\/p>\n<p>Emily Holi<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After six months, I finally began to find my footing. My roommate and I developed a strong bond, and I began to branch out into new social circles.<\/p>\n<p>I fell in love with Minnesota in the summertime. I even learned to fish! Turns out, Tim was an excellent teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Tim was my constant, in good times and bad. As the months continued to pass, I began to realize that maybe, this wasn&#039;t just the beginning of a new chapter \u2014 maybe it was the beginning of forever.<\/p>\n<p>One evening, eight months after I first arrived in Minnesota, Tim invited me out for a casual dinner. I accepted, thinking nothing of it, not even questioning the fact that he wanted us to explore an antique store 15 minutes before our reservation.<\/p>\n<p>I was sifting through a pile of old postcards when I realized that Tim was nowhere to be seen \u2014 until I rounded the corner and there he was, on bended knee, a tiny box in his outstretched hand.<\/p>\n<p>We were married that December in Chicago. We spent another year in Minnesota after that, before returning to my hometown for good, putting down roots a few miles from my childhood home.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen years and six children later, I&#039;m forever grateful that I ignored well-meaning warnings from my friends and family. I may have risked it all on love, but in the end, it was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>captiontk Emily Holi My friends and family thought I was making a mistake when I moved states for a new relationship. At first, I felt homesick, but my partner supported me in a way that validated my decision. Now, we&#039;re married with kids, and I&#039;m so glad I took a risk on love. 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