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[quote=Anonymous]Have you told him it's a problem?

I grew up with a parent who traveled, and there were rarely phone calls. He'd call home and wish us a happy birthday or whatever, but it had to be a special occasion or there had to be a problem. Phone calls were expensive. When I got married and was the spouse who traveled, my DH had to communicate to me that at the very least he needed a call when I arrived, and he wanted daily communication as well unless it just wasn't possible. The first time I traveled I came home to a very unhappy spouse, and that's when we laid out these ground rules. We'd simply had different expectations.

We do not communicate regularly throughout the day. Texts are mostly informative. We, too, converse at home. We live with each other, we do not need to chat throughout the day, even when one of us is traveling.

If he really needs to be in touch regarding houses, you need to communicate that. If it's just a preference, I don't see any problem with him waiting until he can address the issue reasonably, instead of trying to fit it in around work. On work trips, I am typically busy from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. If I needed to be available so my husband could put in an offer on a house, or immediately give a thumbs up or down on a potential property because the market is that hot, fine. But if it's just regular house hunting, that is not urgent.[/quote]

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