Here's a wild card post .... write about anything that drives you crazy about your traveling husband. Does he leave his towels on the floor like he's at the Hilton? Does he never want to go out and eat on the weekends because he's having all of these fabulous meals on the company dime during the week? No complaint is too big or small.
I'm going on a ski weekend with my husband today so I'll be away for a few days from the internet, but I'm looking forward to checking in when I get back!
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I remembered your post on the knot, and I'm joining the club, except in the opposite way. My husband and I are both academics, and starting in August, we will be working in cities about 5 hours apart. I'm going to end up spending three days/two nights in a hotel in my work city because I can telecommute for the other two days. It depresses me, because we have two choices... 1) be together or 2) default on our student loans (which with two PhDs in the family you can imagine is a ton). Anyway, looking forward to reading more and contributing.
I am so glad that you asked this question! I was just thinking about this, again, tonight after the second phone call today!
Now you may think that I am being an awful wife, but let me preface my "complaint" by saying that I have been a weekend wife for a lot of years...35 to be exact. (Doesn't that give me some sort of entitlement?)
I can only imagine what it must be like spending night after night alone in a hotel room in some strange city in some foreign country, and I do appreciate that my husband loves me and cares enough to call and make sure that everything is ok at home; however, my life at home is not that exciting and I don't have a lot of news to tell every day. So, why does he think there is an obligatory amount of time to spend on the phone? When he has just spent 3 or 4 hours flying from one city to another, he doesn't have anything more to discuss than he did when he called from the airport! At times I feel like a teenager "listening to each other breathe"! It reminds me of when Carrie (SATC) told Aiden that his "hmmm, hmmm noise" disturbed her. ;-)
God, please let me know that I am not the only one who is mildly annoyed by these phone calls and the fact that he is sometimes annoyed by my annoyance!
Mel, *giggle* mine does the same, except an hour later, during ER! My one show I stop doing stuff to actually try to pay attention.
And the poster before you, "thankfully," he's so tired from the screwed up schedule, that's always a nice out, so we don't do too much breathing forth and back. One of us is usually on our way to bed.
I like this blog!
But, I have to say I'm opposite of some of the phone call complaints. I'd be happy to have a man who wanted to spend more time on the phone with me, even if it is just listening to each other breathe. We've talked about it several times, and he's been better about just giving me some phone time even if we don't have a lot to say other than "I miss you."
Just have to throw this one out there...
My fiance is an accountant so he works 80 hour weeks 3 months out of the year. I understand that its super stressful, but I feel like I have Jekyll and Hyde for a roommate! There's never any telling what kind of mood he'll be in after 12-16 hours at the office, and it makes me a little crazy when something completely harmless sets him off because of a bad day at work! Not a common occurance, but he does get mighty cranky at times! ;-)
I have several, but I will be nice and only list a few.
He calls ME (a)when there is so much noise in the background -heavy equipment, guys yelling obscene jokes, etc-that I can't hear him or (b) carries on a convo with someone else.
He says all week he will be home Thursday night, only to call Thursday morning and say he'll be home Friday morning, only to arrive home sometime between 12 and 5 Friday AFTERNOON, which also happens to be my day off.
Ok, I said I wouldn't rant, but I have another.
It drives me crazy that I have to explain a billion times that me + him + 2 or more other friends or couples does NOT = quality time together.
Ok, I'm done.
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