To be a trucker or not?

That right up above is all you need to know,...

Is losing your marriage worth it???,....

Chances are you are making more money or will be making more money with your desk job than you ever will driving otr,......

If I were in your shoes I would keep the job that keeps the misses happy and enjoy the fact that I could go home every night after work,..

Just my 2 cents,............

 

One word....."NO!"

 

Unless you can sway your wife to change her mind you would both be very unhappy. This is a profession that can strain a marriage or make it stronger. If your wife is against this then you don't want to make the change. You need the support of your family if you are going to go otr. If you could get her interested in going the team with you that could change her mind.

 

Atleast he will know all of the tricks and lies dispatchers will tell him!!!


Wait!!! Your 24, start a family and watch them grow up before you hit the road. I grew up with my dad driving my WHOLE life and its no way a kid should grow up. Growing up i always wanted to drive truck but ended up in a different industry. I waited until my kids were in their mid teens and was lucky enough to run with my dad and brother (had our own trucks) for a couple of years. I dont reget waiting until my kids were grown and made it alot easier for my wife to accept what i wanted to do.

 

Find a company that wont keep you out longer than 6-10 days instead of the 4-6 weeks

 

24 years old. And married. Do you have kids? Do you love and respect your wife? Is that love stronger than your urge to drive?

You ask what we think, and you have been given a number of views. But what is really important is what YOU think. Ask yourself the above questions and once you have answered them, honestly, then you will know what to do.

There is no way we can tell you what you should do, although there certainly is nothing wrong in asking for different viewpoints.

But what you really, REALLY need to do, is have a heart to heart talk with your wife. Find out what it is that she is so against.

Remember, being a trucker is hard, very hard, on the person that waits at home. You know, right now, if there is a problem, she has you to discuss the problem with. You two can share the responsibility, (and the joy) of making decisions about the daily problems that come up.

But if you are gone, then it will fall on her to deal with this stuff herself. Of course you will be in daily contact with her. But the fact is, that SHE is the one that will have to deal with the car when it breaks down. Or the water heater when it goes out. Or the kids when they get sick.

This is a lot to put on somebody. Particularly if they married you believing they were going to have a full life partner.

I'm not saying it can't work. It can and it does, for a hell of a lot of folks. But you two have to either be on the same page, or be prepared to split the sheets.

Good luck however this comes out.

 

My $.02 worth... I moved out to Colorado to be with a girl I'd met. I ended up going back to OTR because there weren't any worthwhile local jobs in Colorado Springs. Now, we've got a pretty good thing going, and it can overcome this.... but it puts one hell of a strain on us. There's a reason your wife hates the idea, and a pretty good one, at that. And what say you get into this, only to find it disappointing... then what? Well, it sort of compounds the problem at that point.
I'm pretty much going to fall in line with what everyone else is saying. I moved to Colorado to be with somebody, and you'd better believe that's where I want to be - NOT in a truck stop parking lot, in the back of a truck. I did this because, well, bills don't pay themselves. But you, on the other hand - you have a job. You get to wake up next to your wife every day, and it can be easy to take that for granted. How are you going to feel waking up in the box of a 70 inch box, hundreds or thousands of miles away from her, for weeks at a time?

 

As many others have said, it's all about what you decide. And as Don said, talk to your wife. Find out why she hates the idea. Changing her mind may not be possible but would you rather have someone to be with in you life? Or a truck named Betsy? (no offense to the ppl who do lol) Plus, keep in mind that all women are right, even when they aren't and if you don't know that one, well man, your just SOL.