“Community Tour”
Hey gang. Husband is searching for his first big boy attending job and he is going to his first in-person interview this week. This position is not local to us, if he took this job it would be a pretty major relocation.
As the spouse I get to come to this interview trip too, which I understand is pretty common as they need the spouse to buy in to clinch their new physician hire. I’m not looking forward to the schmoozing that will likely happen but I get it. While we are there, our itinerary includes a “community tour”. I assumed this would be quite literally that - “here’s our town, here’s relevant places, here’s where your husband will work” type stuff. I have since learned from my husband that this tour is apparently going to be led by a realtor.
My gut says this is just code for a multi-hour captive real estate pitch with no escape. I do not relish this. I just want a chance to visit the area and decide if I like it without people kissing our asses or pressuring us. But I’m wondering if I’m being negative or making assumptions? Did anyone else experience something like this while tagging along to a spouse interview trip? What should I actually expect?