Urgent question for all helpful truckers..

DsquareD · Nov 17, 2013

Is the OP still here?

All kidding aside, I get by on about $75 of groceries a week. Sometimes I go a week with only eating in the truck. When I do eat out, I try to keep it to once a week for a good meal, maybe twice if it is something like a quick sandwich.

armygatormn · Nov 18, 2013

I don't have that luxury. I drive hotshot and if I eat in the truck, it is because I bought something at the ts and brought it back to the truck. I have no room for a microwave, George Foreman, or portable stove. I also travel with a co-pilot that gets tired of dog food. She and I once shared a pizza at the Bosselman in Grand Island, NE and she also gets a combo if I stop at a Steak 'N Shake. Even getting groceries gets expensive after a while.

armygatormn · Nov 18, 2013

Like I said, driving trucks is an expensive business but a great one to be in.

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

Victor_V said: ↑

Her post--her original post--wasn't 'despicable' at all, to the extent she wanted to know whether spending over $700 on the road was a lot or too much. The cheap seats responded (as might be expected here) and thread turned into a small dust up. Dinner with hubby at a Petro Iron Skillet would show her what costs run.

Even eating $5 subs at Subway adds up quickly. I'm $5 subs, Iron Skillet and enough canned goods to last at least 3-5 days at all times. It adds up. When I'm tired cappuchinos heavily laced with hazelnut creamers and higher octane coffee run a couple bucks. When I'm really tired, grease helps so chips with cheesy sauce and chili sauce. It works. Dunno why.

The bra clip is something else. Says she has trouble trusting him. It cuts both ways. For the time apart in trucking to work, trust really, really matters. On both sides. Either side that thinks can't trust the other probably already thinking about their options.

Comments from the cheap seats didn't help.

I find THAT borders on despicable.

/Edit to Bergy (msg below): Yes, longterm prospects in doubt. Wonder how many cheap seats already PMd her? Sniff, sniff. Shelly might remove her self-identifying pretty pic...
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Thank you Victor! What a gentleman you are!!

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

bergy said: ↑

He is a trucker. She came on the TruckersReport forum to start a thread about not trusting her husband. She says in her original post that she doesn't believe a word he says.

Any guy who would tolerate this behavior needs to turn in his man card.

I give this marriage one more year - and not because of anything hubby is doing. This level of distrust - and public distrust - doesn't result in longterm marriages.
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If you found the equivalent to a bra clip (say like a condom) in your wife's car, would you trust anything she said? I highly doubt it! To make myself CLEAR, I posted to find out about monthly expenses and not to discuss his potential investment in lot lizards. Maybe you are projecting and have had this exact scenario play out in your life? Remember, I have a Master's in Psychology and can spot this a mile away. Have a good one... and Im sorry about your wife.

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

crzyjarmans said: ↑

$741.99 is not unheard of, if he is eating at truck stops every day, I use to, and after spending that amount of money every month got old, so I got a frig and a microwave, and a George Foreman, and eating out of the truck now cost me about $200 a month, The others suggesting he got a girl friend? If you dont trust your husband? Why did you marry him, Personally, if I found my wife on this site saying, I DONT BELIEVE A WORD HE IS SAYING, I might have to reconsider my continuing a relationship with this woman
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That's fine. Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

armygatormn said: ↑

Most of what we were saying was in jest. If you were really paying attention to this thread most of us have stated that it is easy to run up a bill of over $700 in a month while being on the road. While there are some married truckers who quite possibly have "other families" on the road. I personally believe the vast majority do not fall in that category. Truck drivers mostly have a different sense of humor. She thought she saw a red flag and we were trying to calm her down and did use a sense of humor about it. She seems to have acknowledged this. Just lighten up. When you have a spouse or significant other whose job takes them away from home for extended periods of time one's security can get tested. Lighten up, chill out, get a sense of humor, and welcome to the family and world of trucking.
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Awesome reply from a relational and psychological point of view! You are so right and thanks!

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

Cranky Yankee said: ↑

women marry men thinking they will change
men marry women thinking they wont
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Ive been with this man for 13 years. I don't think I'm going anywhere.

shelly · Nov 18, 2013

bergy said: ↑

Allow me to clarify what I meant.

The posters poking fun are great. Some of the comments really had me chuckling.

I think those serious posts trying to assist her in "catching" her husband are as classless as the op coming to a trucking forum to bad mouth her trucker husband. Where is the dignity and personal privacy anymore?

Men and women both bring a lot of nonsense to the table, I'm not just picking on the ladies. If I saw a guy braggin in a forum about how oblivious his wife was about all his lot lizard adventures - I'd say something about that as well. I could care less what people do - heck, I'm no saint, but facebook and the like, seems to have taught people that all things in life are to be put out there publicly.

Ok - I gotta go buy more soap for my soap box.
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I didn't come here to "bad mouth" my husband. You should check your own list of insecurities. I came here wanted to learn about the expenses of a truck driver..ie.. how much do they spend eating and so on. I did however mention an isolated occurrence as a sidebar. You may take it as you will. I did not come here to ask help on how to catch my husband cheating. If I wanted to do that, it wouldn't be difficult.

bergy · Nov 18, 2013

Shelly. We disagree on what's appropriate. My opinion stands as I'm sure does yours.

It's no big deal - I don't have it in for you or anything. Best of luck to you.

Bergy

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