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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn't too inspiring! My DH travels a lot for work (maybe 60% of the time, though rarely on weekends). I get lonely bt try to stay busy with friends. We don't have kids yet, but I feel that we can make it work when that happens. I want him to have a job he loves. Anyone out there whose partner is away a lot, and you have kids--I'd love some positive responses! [/quote]

I'm sorry to say this PP, but I don't think you are going to get too many of the positive responses you're looking for.  Once kids are in the picture the dynamics of travel simply change.  All of a sudden the parent left behind is doing more work on the home front, the traveling parent is missing their kids / trying to make it up when they get back, and the kids just don't understand why Daddy/mommy isn't there.

Not to say that travel is some kind of death knell - my DH travels a decent amount (lots of 1-3 day tris, with a couple multi-week trips here and there) - and we're managing.  But the travel is definitely a strain on the marriage and our family.  And my kids are happier and better behaved when both parents are around regularly.

And I will say that my DHs feelings about the travel have changed with kids as well, and that he is the one (even more than me) who would really like to get off the road.[/quote]

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