I was just given an opportunity to double my salary (we’re talking $110k to $220k) but it requires me to move at least a 2 hour plane ride away from my parents. For context I’m in my mid 30s and my parents are in their mid 70s, but constantly sick and in and out of the hospital. I am their power of attorney. They both live at home but couldn’t manage the house alone if one is in the hospital, so I end up “moving” there temporarily when one is hospitalized.
My job offered to double my salary if I move to a hub of theirs, but all of my options are at least 5 states away from my entire life (where I grew up and have lived for my whole life, my family, my friends, and my partner’s family and friends).
It’s a life changing amount of money. But when I called my parents about it, their first response was “well clearly you *aren’t* taking it.”
Any advice?
(Edited to add: my mom has no living siblings or family left, and never had any nieces or nephews in her life. My dad has two older sisters in their late 70s and 4 nieces and nephews in their 50s but they live over an hour away from my parents’ house.)