People who travel for work come in

[countthestars]

I travel a couple of times per month for 1-3 nights and I hate being away from home that long. There is absolutely no way I would be happy with that job/schedule.

[changedname]

I changed jobs in September because of the travel thing. I was travelling 2-3 weeks a month and like pp have said, a lot of times you end up staying the weekend or leaving Sunday night because of schedules/weather.

It was really taking a toll on my marriage and social life. When I was home all I wanted to do was stay in and not do anything. I didn't want to eat out because all I did was eat out all week and I didn't want to go away to a hotel because I was sick of hotels. I do not have kids but can not imagine doing that jobs with kids. no way.

If I were you I would not take that job. I did take a paycut for this new job with no travel but for the sake of my relationships/sanity/future children it was worth it.

[Deleted]

My H used to travel a lot. Now he's down to about once a month plus a few random days here and there, thank god. As the spouse left at home with kids it was really hard. There are some things which you can do to make it easier on your H though. Hire everything out that you can (weekly cleaning service, laundry, grocery delivery, etc.) and seriously consider hiring a part time nanny or babysitter to help him at night.

[cjeanette]

Jan 24, 2013 9:19:08 GMT -5 lys said:

Why are you even considering this?  I see many more negatives than positives.

It uses my background.  I would enjoy the work.  It is a chance to switch gears a bit in my career while staying in my industry.


Thanks for the feedback everyone.  I'm sure H doesn't have a full idea of the difficulties but at this point in we haven't gotten too deep in it since this is early in the process.  With both of our families being in town and his mom constantly saying she wants to help out more with the kids I think he feels comfortable with my being gone and still being able to have his career and keep the household in order. 

[whitepicketfence]

There's no way I could be away from my kids that much. That's a lot of travelling.

[winnied]

I don't travel but my boss does 80% of the time and my dad does similar to what you mentioned. It's hard and you need a spouse that can pretty much be a single parent. It's also not fun. It can be alright, but neither my boss or my dad would say the travel part of their jobs is fun.

[greekypie]

With kids, I would absofuckinglutely HATE that schedule. So would your kids, I'm guessing.

[winnied]

Also, as a kid who grew up with that kind of work schedule for a parent, it wasn't that bad. But, my mom functioned fine as a single parent. I missed my dad but I never felt like he was missing in my life. He still did awesome dad stuff.

[ReenaP]

I typically don't travel for work but I did do a single 16 day business trip last year. I enjoyed it but my major complaint was the unhealthy nature of all that eating out and lack of gym time. With the company paying for food, my mentality was "I'm going to enjoy big meals at good restaurants".