Anyone Out There with a Husband That Truck Drives?

My husband isnt a truck driver, but he does work contantly it seems and one thing we do to keep our marriage healthy is that we talk to each other over the phone a lot. He can pick up the phone when he is working and call him throughout the day every day just to talk about news, our son, ect. It really helps that even though i dont see him a whole lot, I can at least know that i talk to him when ever i want

Ok, mine is a driver and in a band... currently he is driving during the day and not in a full time band, however we have rules
1. Sleep together as often as possible
2. Have minimum hrs of family time per week that are met before outside influences come into play.
ie: 168 hrs in a week, 60 spent on the road, 56 sleeping, leaves 52hrs of awake time in the week .... compromise on how many hrs must be family before he can fulfill other obligations.
For the nights alone ... we have a LARGE dog.

Communication and trust.

You have to trust your husband and live on faith that he is doing what he says he is doing. You can not question him, or make him feel like you don't trust him. He will think that well, what the heck She don't believe me anyway, so I might as well have fun.

Support his dream, he will be confidant with himself if his wife stands with him. If you fill his love tank, he should come running home as often and fast as he can.

Make sure the time he is home, that you make it quality! With all the ways to been in communication, e-mail, blackberries there is no reason why you all can't know what is going on in each other's lives when he is away.

My step-father was a over the road truck driver, so I seen the good with the bad.
GL :-)

Just FYI- a new federal law just passed that any truck driver caught texting while driving will be fined $2,700. We have a trucking company. All of our families seem to have their routine. All of the mom are either SAHMoms or only work part time. Our drivers are lucky enough to be home most weekends. But, remember, they are only allowed to drive so many hours a day, so, you will have plenty of time to keep the communication alive. As long as you make the time home special, you should be fine!

Hi B.! My husband and I have been married 7 years with 3 kids and he's been trucking all 7 years plus prior years before we met. It works for us. First and foremost you have to have trust and communication. I prefer to have 'my schedule' with the kids thru the week and that works well for me. When my husband is home (every weekend) the rules/schedules go by the wayside, but I've learned to not be so 'bitchy' if you will b/c something or someone is doing something that would normally be done my way thru the week. We make family time and especially is important is our time. So we do try to keep the kids on some sort of schedule on the weekend, even if bed is an hour later. We have dinners, we talk. But it definetly is a strenous job. He's often tired and has to be there for the kids, for me and for basic household stuff. There's arguements like any other marriage, but I don't have a prob with him not being home thru the week. We talk alot on the phone, text and we have video chat on the computer w/ the kids when we can. All in all it'll work out if you work at it to make it work, you have to want to do it and figure out how it can fit into your lifestyle as a marriage. Hope this helped. Good Luck :)

My husband isn't a truck driver, but he does work out of town Mon through Fri and only home on weekends. Anyways, what works best for us (or at least how I think it works best for us, hehe) is that I have rule of the house Mon through Fri and when he comes home rules go by his. Him and I see different on what a clean house is. He is more tidy than I am.. so I can live with 2 days a week of making sure the house is up to his expectations. Also, I make sure Friday night when he gets home he is NEVER greated with a honey do list... instead it is family time. Make sure he is able to relax and be happy to be home. You can tackle the chores Saturday or Sunday... but allow him some time to get back to being at home. We have lived this way for 5 years now and it is what we find best. Also, we have learned it is easier to work with eachother and not against eachother. So, we realize that we only get 2 days a week with eachother - meaning stop sweating the small stuff and enjoy eachother. Try not to bicker over little things b/c you only get 2 days.

We also text like crazy through out the week. I update him on the minute stuff via text so that when we do get to talk on the phone it is about us and not all the little things.

Good luck! Its hard.. but just remember to work with eachother and not against eachother.

My hubby is a truck driver CDL & all he didn't go to truck driving school it was on the job training from a job 7 yrs ago he has kept up his license ever since & adding to it, since he isn't an over the road driver (he doesn't want to be away from family)the hrs he works is long enough his travel is too some nights he has to stay out but that was his other job & their schdeuling but only 2x's that I know of & then he wasn't happy about it you can only drive like 10 hrs & work 14 hrs then have a 10 hour break period.. It really isn't that hard I must say we get along just fine..I'am accustomed to the long days & long hrs he is away from home he is the provider for his family & dedicated to his job as a father provider & worker...As far as our marriage just like anyother there is arguments mainly from $$$ & lack of sleep sometimes sex but hey he can't have everything at one time...
I don't really worry when he is gone away from home on the road I know he is a careing driver & alway's looking out for others(he'll stop to tow to you off the road restart your battery or just help you in anyway he can to make sure your safe in unsafe situations)..To top it off he carries no cell phone he refuses to unless it is the companies but they have 2 way radios yes there has been minor emergencies but i'm to the point & he knows it that you'll find out when you get home what happened if I call him @ work a message will be left for him to call or they will try to catch him on the radio but if he's out of the truck it won't work...He has no use for a cell phone just another bill to him as long as I have 1 i'm good...Other posts reading this may have their opinon on the matter but o'well we get along fine with out it...
If you don't like it you can tell him he need's to make a change & get a local job the pay is less the hrs are the same the only difference is he is sleeping & eating out of his truck...God Luck I hope he enjoy's his new job