Is it normal that i don't want to leave my family?

I've been married for 7 years, I have three children with my husband as well as having two step children. I grew up with a difficult family, my mother was a single mom who moved away from her family when she married my father, only to be abused and mistreated and ultimately ended up being a lonely, bitter, angry, alcoholic. She's had ups and downs but always took care of me and my four siblings even though my father refused to help her with us at all. She ended up getting with my step father when I was only 2 years old, he has always been the perfect guy, he helped her any time with anything she needed even though all she ever did was drink and push him away to the point that he couldn't live with us, he tried for two years and then couldn't take it and moved out, not moving back in with her until I was 17 years old and all my siblings were out of the house. My husband and I have issues, but we work through them, however he can't stand my family. My entire family (even including distant relatives) is filled with people who don't care about education and don't believe in good parenting or even therapy for issues they cause in their children, which means my family is also filled with alcoholics, pill poppers and druggies. My husband and I aspire to give our children the best life possible, he is quite a bit older than me and is very invested in his and our childrens education. I love my family, even though we've been through hell and back, we have a strong bond, I can't imagine life without them (although I live far enough that I only see them once a week for game night)anyway, my husband has been talking about moving out of state once he gets his biology degree and honestly, I don't want to leave, I hate this city, it's full of crooked cops and I've watched friends and family die over nothing here, but leaving behind my family just feels like it is not an option, I feel like I would leave my husband before leaving my family, even though I know my kids could have a better life if they weren't influenced by my family's lack of ambition and inability to cope with life without intoxication. It almost feels like I'm anchored here, like I don't have a choice... is this normal?

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69% Normal
Based on 36 votes (25 yes)
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  • Mersaphe

    Sorry maybe try using paragraphs.

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  • LovelyMay

    Wow, quite a bit of drama! Well, I wouldn't say that it's not normal...Because I love my family so much that'd I'd be sad to move away too I think. But I don't know..I guess it just depends on the person!

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