So I've been with my boyfriend nearly two years, and a lot of the first year was long distance. We were at uni across the country, then when I had to take time off from uni we were still far apart only really seeing each other regularly for parts of the summer. However in March I saved up enough from my job to give myself an extended break before I return to uni in September, and moved in with him. There was a spare room in the house that my landlord let me have on a 3 month contract (because money is money I guess) which in theory I can extend on a monthly basis for July and August.
When I first moved in, it was on the understanding that like, this is it we don't have to do the long distance anymore. He told me when I went back to uni he'd move to my uni city even just for the year and then afterwards we can plan more long term. However, it's gotten to the time of year where he's looking for graduate jobs, and he seems to have applied in every city other than my uni city.
It's a big city, and has plenty of jobs in the field he's looking for available because he's shown me on job sites in the past. However, whenever he tells me about a job he's doing an application for, it's always far away, as in literally anywhere other than where I'm going to be living. When I ask when/if he's going to apply for any in my city he says things like "don't worry I will soon!" and has been for weeks.
I feel like he's lying, and isn't planning on applying to ones in my city. It's causing me a great deal of stress because I need to find a place for my next academic year sooner rather than later, and I need to know if I'm looking for a place for one or for two.
I understand why he might not want to move there, it's far away from his family and frankly, not the nicest city in the world? It's cold all winter, a grey dreary northern place for much of the year, and while big, it's not the biggst most diverse place out there; meanwhile the nearest city to our hometown is much more thriving and has more to do that he's interested in. I would understand more though if he was just applying for jobs in the nearest city to our hometown, but he seems to be applying anywhere and everywhere except where I'll be living, and it's a massive red flag to me.
I've tried to be direct about asking, but he brushes me off. The nitty gritty is I can't do another year of long distance. I love him dearly, but it makes me miserable tbh and I'm surprised I lasted this long last time. If it's not going anywhere, I need to know, so I can leave this house sooner rather than later rather than drag it out all through the summer and only pay the rent up to June.
tl;dr - Boyfriend and I are at a crossroads, he's applying for jobs I'm returning to university, he's applying everywhere except my uni city it seems and I don't want to do long distance again
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