Spouse unwilling to relocate for a job promotion.?

This is really a difficult situation. On the one hand, you don't want to be bored at work, and if there is no potential for advancement, how happy will you really be? On the other hand, asking your family to uproot and move with you is asking a lot. How old are the children? If they are in school, taking them out and moving them to a whole new school is a hard thing to ask. Your wife is home all day, which is hard, but with your families close by, she at least has a support system and some help (I assume). Would you be moving to a big city? If so, you may make more money, but the cost of living will be higher, so you'll end up bringing home about the same, so is that worth uprooting your family so you aren't bored? I don't think you're being unreasonable, but if she doesn't even want to talk about it, what else can you do?

Well there are two things here, first your wife should really do what ever is best for her family, period. If that means moving than time to pack. However, you did make her move from one end of the country to the other, so now she has support from her family that she didn't have before and she likes it. So what you have to do is look for something somewhat close to family. Marriage is about compromise, so you start looking close and than show her what your options are. But be warned that she still might not be up for a big move. Good Luck.

3 years with 2 kids, she is probably just settling in and is liking being closer to family. plus having a lower cost of living is still a good idea also. maybe she feels insecure about your getting bored easy and is afraid that you will want to move again in few years after your next move and thus moving the kids around way too much. you need to give some thought about what you decide and how it affects your children's future in the long run.

if he recommends you then maybe find the closest company to you and work towards that and chalk up the extra drive if possible. other than that just talk with her but do more listening about what she thinks and not just on convincing her to listen to you. but good luck

You are completely reasonable. However, those types of moves are a family thing. You and your wife should sit down and make a list of all the benefits and burdens of moving again. You might see that, in the long run, it isn't a good idea. She could also see that the move might be good from a financial point of view.

There is more involved than just a few extra dollars a week.

I think it is unreasonable to ask someone to do that.......why can't you look for another company to work for instead.....she's supposed to move somewhere without the support she has now being close to her family and friends? unless the opportunity would bring at least 100 grand more to the family i don't think it would be worth it....if the money was close to that then the sacrifice could be justified because you could save for college....otherwise your being bored isn't a good enough reason.....just my opinion