Unless the boyfriend had a big new job lined up that fell through, and decided the expense of moving wasn't worth it to go and start looking for work in a new town.

Wow! It's like no one here watches the news, keeps up with current events?? You guys do all realise she is in Japan right? It is very likely that she is feeling really uncomfortable and unsafe where she is living right now and want's to move following the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown that has just screwed her country over. For all you know she lives in Fukushima-ken and wants to move to somewhere safer like Wakayama-ken. If I was in that situation I would probably be pretty hasty to pack my lot in when my boyfriend agreed to move too. Jeez, some compassion please!

#79, that is most likely not the situation or else that would have definitely been metioned in the FML. Also, she deserved it big time. Calm down killer, and quit writing what you hear in the news to make yourself look more informed.

There's a character limit, plus the OP's first language probably isn't English - not that easy to succinctly write all details of your FML in under 300 characters in another language. So the fact they put 'Japan' as their country should be considered. Plus I'm not trying to 'look more informed', I'm mentioning something that I would hope everyone would know about... I would hope I'm looking 'equally informed' as everyone knows this stuff. But I admit, I'm probably a little sensitive because I have friends in Japan who have had some really scary times trying to get out of dangerous areas.

it's not that she wanted to move and quit her job it's that she didn't make sure she could move before quitting I feel bad for her but it is her's and her boyfriend's fault

*rolls eyes*

Keep rolling them, I know I'm right, hence why the OP even posted an FML.

yes you are darling, relax.

Apart from the 'it's a good idea to have money in the bank', almost nothing of what you said correlates to the FML. Then again, I'm sure all of us would like to have a ton of cash stacked away for emergencies, but sometimes life doesn't work out like that. Given that OP's location is Japan, do you think there's a chance the move has been called off because the place they were planning to move to has been wiped off the face of the Earth, or that maybe her boyfriend's job could have fallen through because everyone else involved is dead? Even without a major catastrophe, there's a ton of reasons why plans fall through at the last minute - you can never time a move like that precisely. I completely fail to see how her boyfriend calling off the move means that she deserves it.

While I understand your point Zebidee I still have to say that she deserves it. I say that because she should have been absolutely sure the move was still occurring before quitting her job and sending around a mass e-mail. You make a good point that the move could have been called off due to the recent tragedies in Japan but it is partly because of those tragedies that she should have been double and triple checking the plans. The OP should be well aware of how unstable things are and should act accordingly.

Yes, you make a point Zebidee, but as the above commenter already noted, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan should have given the OP an even bigger reason to be careful not to just jump into the move, which is why I'm saying she was careless. If I was planning to move and the U.S. was hit with a massive earthquake or hurricane, I would think long and hard before I turn down my source of income and boast about me moving. And from the sound of it, OP was not financially secure making it even worse. She's freaking about being able to pay one month's worth of bills. I get that not everybody has a ton of money saved, but these are all reasons for why I say OP kinda deserves it.

well said