What would you do if....

I think if your relationship is strong enough it would withstand this but I would be very upset and disappointed if he had made this decision without consulting me, that would certainly make me take a long hard look at the relationship! xxx

Well, I would ask why he hadn't discussed it with me before applying for it. Not that I wouldn't support him, if, as you say, its been a long, faithful marriage. I know that my father used to have to do some travel back when he first took the job in Texas, granted, it was all travel IN Texas - but Texas is a large state. In later years, he was able to afford to take my mom with him, since we were old enough for a few days alone at that point. So, I would support him, if he gave me a good explaination as to why he hadn't told me about applying for the job.

First of all I would have expected for him to discuss it with me. So that all feelings are put out on the table. If this came out of the blue than I am sorry I would have to think that something was going on. Call me a suspicious person if you want. But that is the way I would think. It would be hard to deal with. I like my husband at home with me at night.

Its hard to deal with it. i believe that when it comes to relationship between spouse, no matter how long your marriage are... every decision should be agreed by both parties esp if it is concerning about the family. You just cant go home, pack your things and say that you are working in a far place and you are leaving. You need to consult everything to your other half. In my own opinion, it is not a good practice.

If my spouse tells me this, I will gladly accept it because it is an opportunity that is hard to get. Although, it is after a long marriage, both parties have to respect the decision made by either party. In addition, if it is the job that she always wanted, why not let her parade her interest on the job?

hi there, whoa that is hard.. can you go with him in this trip or if its in months time can you go with him and temporarily leave your home?

absolutely yes, i would go with him but with one condition that his new job is really steady work. i mean here that i have my own work place at now and if i follow my spouse, it means that i would left my job at this moment. so i would loose my monthly income which useful for my house hold. so if i loose my monthly income, my spouse income should able to recover that if not, i am not sure that i would be agree with this decission

I don't think that I could handle it, my man goes out for a week or two once a year and I miss him terribly now, I don\t think I could take months at a time.

i would consider what is the need of the hour. I think job is one of the very very important part of life. it is the way we live our life. so if its required to tarvel then its ok. May be it will come with some problem but its always good to try to adjust.

Gone for months at a time? That would be hard, but if it was a great paying job, I may consider traveling with him which would be cool..:)

My wife would probably be happy if I took a job like that LOL

Wow that would be really a tough decision...and no i don't really think that i could deal with it because they would be gone for months at a time..i mean i would want to support them in what they were doing..but i think that after awhile that would wear old really fast..and thats when you start getting in trouble

I think you should support his dicision. remember he is doing that for you. he wants a better job and of course life. best for you

i would ask him first why he would want to start a new job. i think it'll be ok with me as long as i trust him and he should convince and make an assurance/promise