How to convince my wife to let me become a trucker

i think you would have more time at home being deployed rather than being a trucker over time. and believe me it will be a lot harder on the wife and kids than you. i was lucky my wife stayed with me the whole 44 years and the odds of that are really low. and thank you for your service to our country. lots of luck on your choice ps advice my father gave me in 1968 dont move her away from her mother

 

"From a woman's prospective " ....you have a great résumé being in the service(and thank you for that)
Stay with your wife LOCALLY!!! Like the guys said,if she feels that way now,TRUST it will be worse as you go OTR.
As far as bs...lol oh Lawd,you have no idea,I think this industry invented the definition.

just saying

 

And the trucking BS is piling higher and getting deeper every day. I lost two marriages to trucking, and I was home weekends with my job, and sometimes during the week. Now these companies want you to be an indentured servant and stay out months at a time, micro-managed, all for small pay. In my day driving was one of the higher paid positions. I made way more money than most people I knew, and lived well. Hard to do that now.

 

.hey well happy Father's Day to youI would say if you want to drive do it everything and I do mean everything in this world no matter what you do for a job calms with BS if its not customer-related its company related supervisor related but it always comes with BS do what makes you happy but let's not forget happy wife happy life. How do you convince her to do it was that simple find a driver willing to come to your house and show her his check..now don't get me wrong there is nothing in this world more important than family there will be time away from home now you're going to have to work for a company when you start unless you got somebody that know somebody that know somebody, but I've been doing it now for about 2 years I love it, I wouldn't trade it for the world any time that I go to work I do so happy. Follow your dreams but make sure that they are in your family's best interest just my 2 cents I hope it helped by the way definitely from the fullest extent of my little Cuban heart thank you for providing the freedom that my parents fought so hard to bring me here to experience I consider myself as American as the next thank you for giving me that opportunity you and all them other hell dogs

 

stranger nice truck

 

Thanks. The first truck I bought in '76. It was a '66. (I suppose you're talking about the avitar)

 

i've heard of lot of wives tell there hubbies to either move out of the truck or move out of the house.

your both too young. and that's probably what she would say.

now, if you both were in your 40's. then you both would be more grown up and she would support you more. but having a family and being in your 20's. hitting the road isn't the thing to do. you'll probably be single and alone before your first year is in.

 

Forget it man. Your wife's dad is a trucker, so she understands the industry. And with a little one running around she's gonna want YOU around as much as possible. If you REALLY want to drive, then maybe compromise...ask if she could get on board with you driving locally or regional/dedicated where you'd be home every other day or so. I'd say it's not only paramount to have your wife on board; it'd be absolutely necessary. Speaking just for myself. if I was a young married guy with a little one doing all that "first time ever" stuff (which you WILL want to be there for). I wouldn't be out on the road.

 

simple question to ask your self which do you love more your wife or the ideal of trucking? your wife may not stay around if you choose trucking. and you have a little one at home and it will be rough on you and the kid these are the years you will wish you were around to see. I have 3 kids of my own there a bit older ages 10-13 when i first started OTR in 06 i hated being away from them but at the time me and my now ex were going through a divorce (not caused by trucking was prior to it) used trucking as an escape from the emotions i had over the ordeal. I only drove OTR for 6 months and left but not just due to me missing my kids but due to family medical reasons. I was in constant contact with my kids using phone and the net to stay as close to them as i could.It was hard on me more than it was on my kids, they loved they pictures i would send them and knowing there dad was rolling in a big truck (there words) home time they loved showing me and the rig off to there friends.

anyways rambling there for a minute. if your wife is against it it will cause issues that you may not want to deal with and the pay for the first 2 years isnt going to make her any more happy (LOW pay) my ex-wife convinced me to go and do it as before we were divorced she knew about my passion to drive, after the divorce she was still ok with it (side note me and my ex get along great still we just grew apart on personal views like religion im not she is )

cant give you any pointers to convince her otherwise.

 

do what u wanna do man but dont EXPECT her to be at ur side she may tell u ok at first when u get her convinced just to make u happy but after a couple months of u being gone she will make ur life hell. mine hates my job i had to ween her on to it slowly but she still hates it and lets me know every chance she gets and even gets her parents on board with her. sometimes for me its not worth going home its just a constant guilt trip

if it ever came down to it between her and the truck right now it would be the truck but thats me were not married and no rug rats just a doberman do what You want to do just dont expect her to stick around

oh im 25 and shes 22 sound familiar