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And now I can give you some practical advice as I am also leaving a small, oppressive town for the big city. Selling my house, moving myself, my son, my cat and dog to a big city seemed an overwhelming task, but I am doing it. I didn't have the terrible engagement to end, but that to me seems the smallest of problems for you. The ugly stares from his family in Wal-Mart are easily ignored when you look forward to your new life away from there. Here's how to leave. Put your house up for sale. Once sold, have a big moving sale. Take stuff no one will buy to the dump or salvation army. I sold my car, actually, in order to have money to go. You can drive, but if you decide to fly, a dog costs about 100.00 one way and can't weigh more than 100 lbs in his carrier and has to have a health certificate. I won't have to look for a job once there as I work on line, and I know people where I am going, which may be different for you, but I've done it before, you know, moved where I didn't know people. It can be done. My circumstances are much different from yours. I'm much older, but I grew up in the same kind of lonely, oppressive place you describe. It's easy to let people's expectations get the better of you. Just remember it's a real small town, and life is sweet, but so very short. So get the hell outta there.
