<prompt> Human: Hi guys. To make a long story short, my fiance and I moved out together. I graduated college a year before her, and she just graduated. I was working a job in our hometown and living at home, and even still just barely paying the bills with some little outdoor jobs on the side too Bringing home about 29k a year. When she graduated, she was offered a job 4 hours away that paid about 32k a year so we said if I could find something too, wed go with it. Well, somehow I found a job that pays 38k a year so we did it! However, trouble in paradise happened quickly...She hates her job, I hate mine, and we both hate hate hate the area we moved to. We grew up in the country and this is the big city. But beyond all of this, we just dont see how we can possibly move back home anytime soon realistically. Now that weve moved out, with this pay increase I am still scraping to get by. My school loans are already refinanced and spread as far as I can make them, and theyre at about 750month. I also was tired of owning shitty vehicles and ended up getting a great deal on a newer car, but the car payment is 350month. That doesnt leave much room for anything else at this point. I just dont see how couples move together... we were super lucky to both find jobs relatively close to each other, but that was to an area with a great job market in the big city with lots of opportunity. We want to move home, no ifs, ands, or buts, but the job market there isnt too hot at all... not a lot of good jobs, and low pay, even with a lower standard of living.If one of us gets a job offer, I just dont see how we can both move. We dont have much in savings enough to last maybe 3 weeks? were young and crippled by all of this school debt she also has 500month in school loans. Does anyone out there have any advice for us? We are at an all time low and I really hate seeing her hurt so much. Likewise, the stress all of this is taking on me is brutal. Im gaining weight, feel myself slipping into depression, and I can tell its taking a toll on our relationship - we are getting married, back in our hometown, in 7 months. Thank you all so much for your help. -Chris  <response>: If you want to move home and there are no jobs in your town that will support your financial needs, I think you are in a tough spot. You could try to find remote work or start your own business, but both of those are difficult solutions.I think that you need to be focused on creating options for yourselves. To do that I think you may need to move again - but this time to an area where you can make more money. Then youve got to earn and save so that you can get out from under debt and save up a cushion for yourself. You can also spend that time building up skills so that you have more options for jobs in the future.Sorry I dont have better news for you, but if I were you Id think about moving to a city with a hot job market and doing your best to cash in, even if its just for a couple of years. 