Can you please contact me honey. I am a truckers wife too. Due to the bad economy. We have been married for almost 13 years and were eachothers first and only loves. He has been out OTR for almost two years now...if a person could die from heartache I would have been dead a long time ago! I could really use a friend that knows what its like....
hmcneese4019@charter.net
Sep 01, 2010 Rating
preparing for the future by: Hervy
Megan, thanks for sharing that insight in the the lonely life of a trucker's wife.
I hope you guys are doing things to enable him to one day transition out of the truck over the road and make money at home.
Budget, save and plan.
Do you know shippers and receivers, traffic heads at companies? If you can get direct contracts for hauling freight maybe he should become an owner operator and spend more time at home after paying of equipment.
Or he could then share the truck part time with another part time driver or hire a full time driver.
What other skills or hobbies do you have. Maybe you can start a business and develop it while he is driving. Once the business is built up to making a profit he can come off the road and help to make it better.
Just make sure you two don't spend more time wishing things were different then you spend figuring out how to make things different and more in line with what you want for your future.
You have to set your goals for what you want and make it happen. There are solutions to all your problems.
The questions is will you settle for what you see now or will you seek ways to make your dreams a reality.