Are we making a dumb choice?
My husband and I (I’m 36, he’s 34) have 2 kids (7 y/o daughter, 5 y/o son) and live in the Midwest, we’re both born and raised. After Roe was overturned we fairly aggressively started looking into moving to Canada. We cooled the talk and then on election night I signed up to take the English IELTS language test to begin application for Canadian express entry. My husband has since applied for jobs in Canada and has now been offered a job in Toronto. They take care of the work visas, move our stuff, provide 1 month housing until we can find housing. We have a good life here- we’re pretty well off financially and he will take a substantial pay cut to take this job. My daughter has a real sense of community at her school. But we are TERRIFIED of what is happening, what could continue to happen, and raising our kids in such a vehemently racist and sexist country. When we’ve told people around us (we haven’t told many yet) about our intended move I feel dumb. Does this feeling mean we shouldn’t be going?
Edit: I am so overwhelmed and appreciative of everyone’s comments. My husband is on Reddit much more than I am and posting this and getting so many responses is so nice. I’d love to keep in touch with anyone else who has mentioned already having done this and is in Toronto now. I’ll try to find your comments and reply.