Guilt about family left behind?

ShellyJelly wrote:
Thank you to those of who shared their own experiences, and opinions about the question I asked, that is what I was hoping to for.
I would like to say I am sorry for those of you who have lost family, some are so recent, I hope I didn't bring you additional pain.

This started because I recently got a new job (was laid off for 1 year- loved it) and I had an 401k to rollover. I began researching ways to invest and ways to save. This brought me to thinking about living on less, to save more, to retire early. Frugal living research eventually brought me to blogs and vlogs about people living in different types of campers frugally. When I sat down with the numbers I thought- wow we could really do this.
I shared my thoughts with my husband about 5 days ago, he said I was crazy. I explained how I thought we could do it and then let it go. The next day, he was worried about leaving the family. That is how I ended up here, asking you. I don't know anyone who has had this experience.
This is just the beginning stage, if we were to do this it would certainly take more than a year of planning and preparing. We have repairs on the house and 15 years of stuff to deal with. I do all the planning so I appreciate all the points that were brought up, I came here to learn.
We got our camper because we needed time adventuring together and we thought it was a good choice to get away more often. Nine months ago I started this job, we work opposite shifts, have different days off & I have one week of vacation this year. :( Now that I know that we could possibly pull this off I am not sure I want to plan on living this current lifestyle until retirement, it costs too much.
Sorry for taking so long to respond, I worked til midnight (eastern time) plus it takes me forever to write this much. I do a lot of re-writing because I know I'm really bad at it, sorry about that I know it drives some people crazy!

Sounds to me like you should slow down. That's a HUGE change in lifestyle you're proposing and you've given your husband 5 days to commit... (I know you've been thinking about it for a while, but you've given him 5 days).

Why not talk to your husband about your dissatisfaction with the current situation and ask him for help? The reality is, after having spent time not working, YOU discovered you really liked it - but your husband hasn't had the same experience as you. Yet you are asking him to jump on board with a plan that is drastically different from your life - in 5 days' time.

Also, retiring and choosing to full-time is a LOT different than changing your lifestyle by choosing to live "frugally" in a camper.