Greetings
I\\\'ve been lurking on these forums for quite some time and thought I\\\'d break in by posing a question.
Perhaps some of you share my situation and I thought you might provide some advice/commentary/nonsense.
I\\\'ve long been an advocate of simple living and have slowly been attempting to disengage myself from the city. My wife however does not seem disturbed by the noise and brutality of the concrete jungle. We have had many lengthy discussions about our dreams and she has even feigned interest when talk rolls around to making a shift away from the city.
Just to fill you all in, we have a small acreage outside the city (really rather isolate though, about 400 miles away). Good soil, great view. We\\\'ve slowly been stewarding the land, have built a small cottage and done some good perennial planting wherever we could. Up to now it has been a vacation spot that we visit a couple times a year.
Lately I\\\'ve got the bug and have been talking about making the move to a more full-time sort of shift. But, it doesn\\\'t seem to be in the cards for her. She isn\\\'t done with the city, her career or friends. Now I\\\'m a pretty easy going guy and have actually been waiting for some time to see if she\\\'ll come around on her own but to no avail. The thing is as much as I want to get out and start working my land I really don\\\'t want to live that life alone.
So my question is what do I put in her tea to make her love the prospects of full-time homesteading as much as I do?
All joking and dark magic aside has anyone had any experiences with this sort of thing.
I\\\'m certainly not, as my name might imply, concerned about the state of our union so to speak. But one can imagine the pickle I\\\'m in. City = wife, country = life.
Any response is a good response. Hoping for a couple good anecdotes.
cheers all
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