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[quote=Anonymous]My husband traveled between 25 -33% of the time for several years when our kids were younger.  This was international travel, including many trips to Asia, so he was often gone on weekends.  DH was very well-compensated, had a very prestigious job, and always stayed at top-notch hotels.  The travel, though, was hell on me and hell on our marriage.  When our third was born, I asked him  -- no, I told him -- to find another job.  He did.  It meant a significant pay cut, but it was worth it.  This was nearly 15 years ago and the impact on our family life has been profound.

I always knew how stressful the heavy travel was for me and the kids, but I don't think I understood how tough it was for DH until just recently.  We were at Dulles on a late Sunday afternoon, dropping our oldest off to return to college.  As we pulled up to the curb, a man got out of the car ahead of us.  It was a mini-van and the departing passenger was obviously the dad, dressed in what we recognized as road warrior gear.  The mom was at the wheel and we could see one kid strapped into a car seat and 2 older kids who leaned out the window to kiss the dad as he left.  DH looked at me and said, "God, I can remember going off on all those trips all those years and what a knot I had in my stomach, knowing that I was putting so much on you and that I was going to spend the next 3 weeks working my butt off and missing you and the kids every second."

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