Trapped Sensation

Hubby and I had the "talk" again this weekend. It has been four years since hubby moved to Muncie in what we thought was a temporary situation, which has become a permanent situation. Hubby flounders at what he can do to improve our situation, but has a sinking feeling of being trapped, which permeates into how he handles all of our critical decisions.

We moved up north for my career. It was a decision we made together and one we both don't regret, except for the fact that we have to live apart. Hubby likes his job and feels secure in it, which many others in today's economy can't say the same, so it is hard for him to imagine leaving his position. He doesn't live and breathe his job the way I do. It's a way for him to feel secure, have funds, and he likes what he does, but if something similar came along, he would be okay with trading it out, whereas my job is not transferable. Hubby has applied for jobs more local, but has had no luck. I have offered to move down there and do the commute, but hubby has an irrational fear of me doing that drive day in and day out, which is the reason he lives down there during the week. So the overall living situation is beginning to weigh on him.

I was curious if anyone knew of work that can be done at-home. I don't mean the type of work they advertise for on tv, but rather things like database work or other types of jobs that a reference librarian is familiar with. I'm hoping to provide him options so he doesn't have this trapped sensation.