Breton, I too feel my world getting smaller. When we married, I moved into my wife's house (which made great economical sense) but it is about 30 miles from where I used to live...which was where my job, my family, most of my friends and a lot of the things I used to enjoy are. I still get to go there for work (the drives sucks though), so visiting isn't impossible...but I do miss spending time with the people who used to be so important in my life. I'm not cut off completely, but I'd estimate that I get to spend about 1/10 as much time as I used to. It adds a bit to my being sad/depressed.
I also totally underestimated what the financial responsibilities of sharing homeownership would be. I thought we'd be in pretty good shape with our costs versus income, but it has been hard to make ends meet with us both working full time. I worry about how we'll swing it when she needs to take time from her job for the pregnancy and the baby...and IF she goes back to work after the baby, childcare is expensive too. Just one more thing that makes it hard to be happy.
