Does it ever get easier?

[MissSandy68]

Every time it seems it is getting easier to be apart as soon as he is out the door I feel empty again. Does saying good bye ever get easier?

This weekend he was home but his stupid company kept calling him and screwing things up so all he did all weekend was worry about work.

I thought I was getting use to this wife of a trucker life but I don't know. Its really hard some times handling everything on the home front and only having him here 3-5 days a month. I feel so over whelmed with tasks and when he is home I dont want to ask him to do anything.

This is not an easy life.

A wife missing her trucker

 

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[mochamominwa]

 NO it doesn't get easier but somedays are better . My hubby  just left and i felt the same way when he left. My hubby is gone for months at a time. I wish  i saw him 3 - 5 days a month. hang in there you will your way to get through it.

[-KiTSCHyHiPPie-]

I could've written this myself.   I know exactly how you're feeling.  My Honey has been doing it for a little over a year now.  I don't know if it ever really gets easier.  Just seems like some months I miss him more than others.

[wife_mom_of_2]

NO IT DOES NOT GET EASIER! MY HUSBANDS HAS BEEN DRIVING TRUCK FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW. Just look at it like ...u are a single person or parent and and u have someone to share your life with a few days a month and through other forms of communication. yall may not be together physically but yall can still comunicate and share your lives together. and i no all the ups and downs and all the stresses of this kind of life because i live it everyday.

[ms.mary]

NO, it doesn't get easier but does mellow through the years.hubbie's been trucking little over 30 yrs.and growing up in the truck world none of it ever gets easier you just get accustomed to it.I even have days where it's hard to watch him go or I'll be waitting when pulls in that drive.I do all I can to do things round here that he doesn't have to worry bout that way when he is home and after he's donemaintaining the truck we actually have time together.It's a life of compromizes,give and take and alot of strenght and faith. 

[kristenleigh513]

 I do the opposite of what some do on here.  I do miss him when he is gone and I get overwhelmed with all that has to be done at home when he is gone.  I work a full time job that is high stress plus taking care of our daughter so when he is home I do ask that he do some things around the house.  I know he has worked hard out on the road but I am also doing so at home and would like a break.  He gets a break out there when he has to shut down for a day or so.  He watches movies, plays games and goes out with his buddies.  So I feel when he is home, he needs to help me out and do some of the things that needs attention at home too.  It keeps me from resenting him.

[JaelynS]

I think it does get easier. I love him and am happy to see him. We get along good for the most part. We enjoy our time home together. but I feel used to it. I'm not saying that I never miss him. but I know when the weekends done, he is leaving again.

ETA: I don't ask him to do anything. We live at my Mom's currently. And she has an overgrown backyard that he is slowly getting control over..he loves it.

[jandyrodax]

Quoting kristenleigh513:

 I do the opposite of what some do on here.  I do miss him when he is gone and I get overwhelmed with all that has to be done at home when he is gone.  I work a full time job that is high stress plus taking care of our daughter so when he is home I do ask that he do some things around the house.  I know he has worked hard out on the road but I am also doing so at home and would like a break.  He gets a break out there when he has to shut down for a day or so.  He watches movies, plays games and goes out with his buddies.  So I feel when he is home, he needs to help me out and do some of the things that needs attention at home too.  It keeps me from resenting him.

I'm like you when it comes to having hubby do stuff when he gets home from being out on the road...only I usually don't have to ask he just does it because he knows I need the break when he is home.   When he gets home he cooks, we share in cleaning because the messes he makes in the kitchen drive me nuts (LOL), he takes care of the kids for the most part while home so I can get a little break.  He doesn't mind because it helps me and he likes to do that. I'm very lucky.

[baby_headbanger]

Now I'm not too sure about this... I do miss him like crazy when he's gone but I had been a single mom for almost 4 yrs when I met him... I am still getting use to having him around even sometimes... Now we haven't even been together 2 months yet (yes we're already married, will make 2 weeks on Tuesday) but that really doesn't matter in our relationship just in me adjusting to being a trucker's wife... When he is home he will help out by taking out the trash when he goes smoke or watching the boys so I can soak in a hot bath or cook without distraction... Our situation is a little special I think cause all 4 of us are still adjusting, well maybe not the baby cause he loves his daddy (he's adopting the baby) but misses him when he's not home... Like I've said though we're use to being just 3 so when he's gone he'll talk to the boys every night when they go to bed and when he's home he helps me put them to bed cause neither boy will sleep until they hear Rich say "goodnight"... He's coming home tomorrow so I gotta do some cleaning today lol... He knows it's messy though cause the AC was broken until yesterday and was getting over 90 degrees in here at the time I normally get into my cleaning mood lol... I love when he comes home hehe...