My input: I think a year is too soon to expect him to relocate. I'm not saying it's too soon to move in, because honestly it sounds like a good idea. I'm just saying it's too soon to

 him to.

that is about too much to ask.  you can't dictate what he does with his financials.  and how do you know if he'll get enough fin aid? 

In my experience, if a man really wants something, they often bring it up before you have even thought of it.  It sounds like he doesn't know what he wants in life and needs some time to figure it out.  Back off and give him some space to breathe.  Also, two hours is ridiculously close.  I think you have it easy.  My boyfriend is in another country ... over 2,000 miles away. 

2 hours is more like an inconvenience than a long distance relationship imo.  I can imagine, though, how frustrating it might be to drive it all the time.

Anyways, he is probably right to hesitate.  It's only been a year and that's a pretty big step.  What happens if you guys break up and he has to move and has no money?  He's probably afraid he won't be able to really support himself if he needed to or end up relying on you too much.  Also, it could be that he really just values his space and isn't ready for that, yet.  Or, he or his family may look down on living together before marriage.

He might change his mind, but even if he doesn't you can always have this conversation next year after you graduate.

See now I disagree with everyone else. I was in the same situation where I would've been willing to move for the guy I was dating and he wasn't willing to move for me. If he's not in school, he should be willing to move for you. He's got nothing to leave behind like you do.

My boyfriend and I actually had this almost exact same situation. I'm in California and he's in Texas, but we hit a really rough patch in the long distance department and so I did become that girlfriend and I pretty much told him to move to California or else we'd have to break up. Luckily for me, he cared enough about me not to break up with me and actually move to California. He ended up getting the opportunity to move back to Texas, go back to school, get a better job offer in his job field, and he's starting his career now. I'm going to nursing school, too, but I have about 2-3 years left. Anyway, it became a really sour point in our relationship when he did move here because of the way I did it and it is still one of my biggest regrets. I had the idea that he didn't have anything to leave behind so it he might as well move to California and be with me. He definitely moved for a different reason than you're asking your boyfriend to do, but if I could do it again I would have worked through our relationship a different way than the way I did. Everyone's situation is different though. You know him and his thought process better than anyone on here does. 

One word: stressful. My boyfriend and I had a very similar situation: I was (and still am) going to school and his house happened to be the halfway point on my daily commute. But I have strict parents and I would have to drive all the way home first, then he was allowed to pick me up. It was an hour to school, an hour home. 45 min for him to get me, oftentimes 45 min to drive me back to his place to hang out/have dates, etc and then another 45 mins each way to take me home. I would have to be home 10-10:30 every night, no matter what. It became such a big deal that I got really sick from the stress, and managed to contract mono on top of all of it. YIKES!

About 5 months into our relationship, when I was already horribly sick with mono, he asked me to move in. Largely it was a practical move, but it was also a huge step in our relationship as we would learn really quickly if we were compatible enough to have a long term relationship. I was scared I was going to lose both my relationship with him and my relationships with my close family members.

It was tough financially, initially, but we worked through it. And who's to say that he has to quit working while at school? He can go to school, get those grants, and work in order to make money. Win, win, win plus he's living with you=WIN! It just requires being smart about priorities and mature enough to have follow-thru.

Good luck!

Two hours at 60 miles an hour would be 120 miles twice a day, if he kept his job there. That'd come out to about 40 bucks a day just in gas, if you have a newer car.

There's no guarantee he could get a job where you are, either. So yea, probably worried about financials. Relax. Just have patience, and it'll work out. If you drive to see him once a week, and he crashes with you one weekends, that ought to be enough.

You shouldn't make financial decision for emotional reasons, or emotional decisions for financial reasons.  Moving in with somebody is a big step.  I can understand the reluctance.

sounds like you aren't thinking this through logically, he is taking a year off of school so he can work and secure himself financially, probably staying in his hometown where he is already established till he graduates and finds permanent employment there or somewhere else. You are asking him to move where he doesn't have a job there and won't have any financial security.  Especially considering you have only 1 year left, it doesn't make sense for him to move there for a year, and then move again because you seek a position somewhere else.  It sounds like you two need to sit down and figure out your plan for once you graduate and for once he graduates, then re-evaluate your desire to have him move to your town in the meantime.   I understand you wanting him close to you, but your pressuring him is an emotional response that lacks logical support.

My thoughts are more along the lines of you have been together ABOUT a year. Meaning not a year yet in most terms but you're close. Maybe he's concerned about if something happens and he's at school there there's no telling what would happen. If you'd split up that would leave him with no home, or with more bills than he is able to cover. Or if he finds out going back to school is not what he wants.