What is a "real" job?

I really wonder what the phrase "real job" means. Is a job that I have to get dressed nicely for, leave my house to get to, and actively interact with other people for the definition of a real job? Is a high-paying, salaried job a "real job"? (If that was the case we'd all be fake jobbin' it!

I'm a freelancer, and it makes me beyond happy that I can wake up whenever I want, work from my phone or computer while watching Netflix, and stay in my robe and slippers while I pound away on the keyboard. I get paid like everybody else--from an employer into my bank account--and I can clock my hours with oDesk Team...

But for some reason, I can't help but think that no matter how much money I make, how many promotions, or how often I tell people that I work for a specific company (that I found through oDesk) it won't feel like a real, grown-up job, until I GO somewhere and physically MOVE ON. I still live 10 miles from where I graduated high school, 0.4 miles from where I graduated university.

One of my best friends texted me the other day that her fiance "got the job!" A full time nursing position in Marshfield. After they get married, just weeks after she graduates, she'll be moving from her home town (which is laden with drama) to a city. She's has to go find a house, get situated, get furniture, the works... Another friend of mine got married to a military man, and shortly afterwards went and bought a house down South, and picked out a dog.

When I got married, I was still in school. I also married someone still in school. He's actually STILL in school, finally about to graduate.

And now, I'm not content to just be a freelancer making $12/hr when I know that I could be making in the $40k/yr range somewhere else, in a company with benefits. Should I be happy? Should I not want more? Should I heed the "at least you have a job" comments and stay where I am?

After realizing how many great things are happening to people around me I made the decision to move. Not a small move either, and not an "if we get the chance someday" move. But a "lets pack up and move to Seattle the last week of May" move. So, that's what we're doing!