Any family members disapprove of you being a trucker? Mine does...

All these fancy doctorate and degrees, don't mean much, just do what makes you happy and you never work a day in your life. I really don't believe anything is better then trucking.

 

I have been on both sides of the coin. I thought for a long time my mother disapproved because of the hard life I had chosen. After a year of college my 18 year old said Pop I want to truck. Keep in mind he wanted no part of trucking or working on equipment up to then. I understood at that moment, wished I had distanced him from it. Trucking is a hard way to live all around, but done right its an honorable trade. Today I'm proud of him he is hitting a lick, just as priceless was rolling through the gate my Mom worked I stepped out on the running board to hand her my paper work she hugged and said I'm proud of you baby. The point to all this rambling is they love you, regardless of your profession. They are more worried than disappointed. The key to life is happiness, success doesn't decide happiness. Happiness decides success.

 

That just isn't right. That goes to show people's perspective of truck drivers and that they are judgmental. They should be happy if you are happy no matter what you do. My mother was proud of me driving. I get those feelings from the public more than anyone.

Move into a trailer park and really piss them off.

 

My father has spent the last 35 years in the corporate world and he his fascinated with my job. He's always asking questions about trucks and trucking just like I did when I was a kid and we would be out on the road traveling somewhere. My uncle is a prominent physician in Tulsa Oklahoma and his brother, whom I have never met, has driven for CFI/Conway for 23 years. All of my family and friends are supportive of my job. But as others have said, even it wasn't like that I would still love my job and what I do.

 

I'd look at the bright side - you can save money on Xmas presents this year.

You can choose your friends . . . but you can't kill your family members - oops, I mean choose your family.

 

To some people saying that "your a truck driver" is about like saying, you just got released from jail.
My last girlfriend told me all of her family and friends was telling her not to date a truck driver when she met me. Yea, women almost want to run out the back door when they here you are a truck driver. Some people are interested in the lifestyle, but in this college town that I live in its also looked down upon.

I'll tell you what, everyone can have all the nice little office jobs, where people like to rat on others, day in day out same old job, and enjoy working for someone that can let you go if there is a good enough reason too. Being a truck driver you have more control over your income than a lot of jobs.

 

I learned to drive in the late 70's, bartered into my own truck (a 1973 GMC COE) and was ready to work locally with a good paying job but my parents talked me out of it. My cousin at the time owned one of the largest trucking companies in the state and he told my mom all kinds of nasty on the road stories to impress her that his job was bad. So I gave up the truck (traded it for a 1968 Charger), forgot about it and moved onto college as soon as I could afford it. I ended up working all kinds of jobs and not having a "career" but several of them. Now my father knows I have to go on the road, no other work for me to do. My sisters could care less and those in my wife's family are clueless to what the work entitles they think my brother-in-law has the most dangerous and hard job - he works on boats in the summer in a resort town.

I learned a long time ago ignore those who don't get it and are clueless, just be patient with them, if they ask simplify it as if you are talking to a 6 years old so they can get it.

 

That is exatly right wore out. You've hit the nail on the proverbial head right there.

 

Daddy drove a truck for 30 years, I told him when I was 18 I wanted to start driving for a living. He had his reservations, 2 years later I was in the cab of a truck rolling down the highway.

My parents understand why I chose to drive. Its in my blood I was in the cab before I could walk. The rest of my family on the other hand well they don't understand it. Weather they look down on me for it or not I can't say don't really care I don't have to please anybody but myself. I can look myself in the mirror and be proud of myself and I'm happy with my life.

My mom still has her reservations about changing for yanking around a skateboard to dragging around a pot, hear every time in leave how worried she is. I can't help that it was what I wanted to do and I can't help that I love it. If that's the closest to bring looked down on that I am I'm okay with that. You can't always worry about keeping people happy sometimes you have to do what's best for you if that's going to trucking so be it. You can't put a price on happiness.

That bing said its one hell of a life no doubt about it. Being gone takes a toll on your social life and don't be surprised if you lose some friends over the deal I have. Relationships as well 2 to date figure the cheater wouldn't have been as tempted to cheat if I was home every night. Either way its not easy take strong person to be a truck driver. Ask anybody on the forum, anybody can go get a cdl and drive a truck, takes a strong person to become a truck driver. Just my opinion.

 

The problem isn't them looking down on your new career, the problem is you care what they think. Do whatever you want. And prove them all wrong. Lastly, when they go to the bathroom, tell um if it wasn't for you they wouldn't have the toilet paper to wipe their ### lol