does your spouse work out of town?

yeah, mine is about to start a new job where he will be traveling alot more!! can i ask you does he have to stay the night while in these other places!! My husband's comp always pays for his hotel and if it is not to far and i have nothing going on that week that needs my dire att. he will ask if me and my son would like to come stay with him!! this makes it a little better and that way we still get to see him at night!! We dont go on every trip may be like once every 3 mo. might be some thing you and your hubby can do and that way you will get to spend a little more time together!!

Yes my dh works out of town. He is coming home tonight. I know how you feel about how you feel you are whining. I do not want to make is sound as bad a a soldiers wife/husband. I feel for them and will pray for them all and their spouses. I have also had a bad week. My daughter has been sick and was in the hospital for 7 days and dh was there(he was laid off) he had to go back to work the day after she was released and went out of town 3 days later. He has been gone all week. My daughter had to have IV antibiotics at home(that I had to administer) and IV therapy that she gets every two weeks while he was gone. It certainly is not his fault he wanted to be home but he has to work because I can not. I have to stay at home with our daughter. It does feel overwhelming that it seems like all the decisions are left to me and I am afraid of messing up. I am so glad that he will be home tonight!!! Well I guess I am done rambling. I hope your dh will be home soon and you can spend some cuddling time together.

My husband also deployed after we had been married for 1 month and 2 days. I have always been Miss Independent and lived alone for 7 years before we were married, so I thought it would be easy. But its been horrible. Not only do I understand trying to fix everything myself, but I have to take care of all the finances, the house, and everything as well. I feel your pain. But its ok to "whine" because we all need to vent sometimes. Just saying it or putting it in black and white sometimes puts things in perspective for us. And I, too, feel like I am single and married at the same time. I have all the responsibilities of a wife and homemaker, but none of the benefits of having my man at home. It sucks, but I think that the time apart makes us appreciate the time we do have more.

My husband is in Iraq right now, so I guess that could count as working out of town! haha I definitely know what you mean about being single while married! We haven't lived together yet since he got deployed a few weeks after we got married, and the whole time we were dating, we saw each other about once every 3-6 months on average. This time he'll be gone for a 15-18 months, so I'm not sure exactly when we'll see each other again. Anyway, it doesn't really feel like I'm married at all since I'm living with my parents until he gets back, lol. At least once he gets back we should finally get to see each other on a daily basis for the most part until the next deployment! lol Yeah, it's really tough being the only one who can really take care of stuff while the spouse is gone, but I guess it's probably not as bad for me since I'm living at home while he's away. I hate to say it, but I'm really looking forward to his retirement one day! haha