I currently live in NW London and have a job offer in Oxford. The job
would be better and I'm thinking I'd prefer the lifestyle over there. I
don't think I could hack the commute out to Oxford everyday, as it's not
like I live near Paddington anyway.

The bf has said he's happy to commute from Oxford (providing we live nr
the station) to the City everyday, but I'm not sure he's thought it
through!

Has anyone experience of this and how tiring/horrific it actually might
be??

While I most of the advantages/disadvantages have been laid out, and I've
no personal experience of the commute from Oxford to London, I *can* say
that I spent a good few years living in zone 2, and commuting out into
darkest Hertfordshire on a daily basis, and I greatly enjoyed travelling
on a completely empty train in both directions, able to stretch out in a
silent carriage, able to read a broadsheet paper, and drink my coffee
with almost no disturbance.

Also, travelling against the flow sometimes has the advantage of getting
better deals in terms of your season ticket - WAGN used to offer a 'flexi-
time' ticket, which meant you couldn't use it heading towards London
before 9:30 in the morning - so I saved quite a sizeable amount on a
regular season ticket.

So don't necessarily rule out trying to find a way to live in London and
work in Oxford - I'm guessing from your username that you're 25/26 years
old, and surely living in London at that age is likely to be MILES more
fun than living and working in Oxford?

As for your boyfriend and him travelling into London, I have a mate who
did the Oxford to Victoria 'tube' journey, and swore by it - though he
was able to doze on the coach.