Comments for Being married to a trucker

Mar 19, 2010
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Almost complete, a little more to add. Need some more advice...
by: Pregant Trucker's Wife

I could not have worded it better myself. It is re-assuring to read that others feel the exact same and deal with the exact same issues that I am feeling and dealing with my my husband being over the road.

As always, to make it worse. As proud as we are internally about ourselves and our husbands to be able to manage and live with such a hard life decision, the general public seem to all have such a bad view on OTR truckers. They have this stigma against them as if they are all old dirty over weight perverted disgusting men. As WE know, that is not all true!

Along with having to deal with all of the extras you mentioned when he IS home, you did forget one thing. Not that it is hard enough to only have him home a couple days here and there but you also have to put your selfishness aside and share him with family and friends.

My husband and I dated for over 8 years before we married. He was not a truck driver then, but had his own tile and floor covering business. As the economy diminished, so did the construction and there fore so did the business. My husband took my father and cousins advice (as they are truck drivers too) and began his life on the road. At this point, we had only been married for a little less than 4 months. About a month after our 1 year anniversary we got great news, we found out we were expecting our first child! As great as this gift is, it did bring on a whole new spectrum of complications. Family is VERY important to us. This really hurts him to know he will most likely miss most of the milestones in my pregnancy and in out child's life. I am not 4 months pregnant, and I scheduled my ultrasound 6 1/2 weeks ahead of time and on a Monday knowing he is usually home on Mondays to insure he would be present. A couple hours ago we just found out he has to take an extra run and there is a 50/50 chance he will make it. The appointment is now only about a week away. If he is able to make it he will have been up all night driving before the appointment. This news was devastating to us both and I need to know how to deal.... It also brought on more things that I had not though of before like...what are the chances of him actually be able to be home to be with me as we welcome our little one into the world!? Please help as I am at a lost on how to deal with this...

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