The coast-to-coast relationship
“I’m a high school math teacher in Jersey with tenure. My wife, Ellen, teaches special education kindergarten. We initially taught in the same school system… until Ellen got a call from a colleague out in California. She asked Ellen to move out to the West Coast and partner with her in her brand new early education school for disabled kids. Ellen wanted to go — I didn’t. The opportunity was huge for her career, and the money was just as substantial for our family. She moved — with our seven-year-old daughter. Our love is real, sustainable and we see each other twice a month on weekends and everyday via a handy webcam — I help my daughter with her math every single night. Sometimes I think I might bite the bullet, quit my job and move out there. I’ve realized they won’t be moving back, since our daughter, now 14, is settled in her new life and my wife’s business is well-established and profitable. To be honest, I’ve never been hotter for my wife — I literally count the days until I am going to see her again. So while I probably will move there sooner or later, our thinking is: Why fix what isn’t broken? We are 150 percent committed to our marriage and child. We have no, er, ‘agreements’ — we’re faithful. We’re a happily married couple that lives a continent apart!”
- Roger Wade*, 41, Mountainside, NJ (Yahoo)
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