So for the past 2 years, I have been living in the glorious city of Toronto. The city I both love and hate. I lost my job, and my new one wasn't paying me well enough and had to move back home to the farm in Nova Scotia. The population in this small rural farming community is just over 500 people. I thought I wanted to come back. I missed my family and my hunger pains were getting unbearable. I have been back home for about 4 days now and I am going insane. My family is so cynical and backwater (but intelligent).
I am starting to feel that this was the wrong move for me, even if I had dropped 20 lbs from not eating and was being an urban drifter from one friend's house to another.
Has anyone else had to move back home? Will someone out there tell me I did the right thing and that it has happened to them and it turned out for the best.

i grew up in rural nova scotia... and am considering moving back for a while for similar reasons, actually

i'm not very excited about the idea

sometimes for our own good we need to do things we don't particularly want to

you just miss toronto... and no wonder!

but from the sounds of things i'd say you did the right thing

just don't let this be forever!

out of curiousity, where in nova scotia?

i grew up in the annapolis valley

I moved back home and it was the best decision I ever made in my life.

i moved back home and it was fine for a while, now it's hell.

but farms in nova scotia sound so beautiful. i have visions of lovley family dinners and wool knit sweaters and fireplaces, and james joyce novels. i'm sure that's completley inaccurate.

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