Torn.. to drive.. or not to drive. THAT is the question. Ladies..

Do you guys have kids? What does your hubby do? Any chance you guys could go out together?
Just curious...

 

If you like to drive you may like trucking. It can be rough on a relationship. But don't count on making much money for the first six months or a year. After that you can expect to make maybe $500-$600 take home per week, and that is working 70 hours per week. Drivers now days don't make much, and expect to be home about once a month for a few days. Pros- get to see the country and get paid to do it. Cons- You get cabin fever living in a closet sized space. Can be very stressfull sometimes. Loads can never be late, unless its weather related. Your fleet manager can make you or break you. The thing about trucking is you can't wait to be home, but when you get home, you can't wait to go back out. All that constant driving makes it hard to sit still when you get home. Its like an addiction. Right now is a bad time to get into it. Too many people wanting to be a trucker due to bad economy, and the trucking companies are taking advantage of this, and are not paying anything. Wait till the economy gets better, then the truck companies will be begging for drivers again. note-most new drivers don't last a year.

 

Yeah, I think most of us have, or had that call. It gets in your blood, and is hard to get out. Even after I left OTR for a local job, (which made a lot of sense in my situation,) I would see trucks head out for the open road, and get to feeling down.

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OK, now THIS IS IMPORTANT! It really does not matter what anybody else in the world thinks about this. What is important is HOW YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND feel about it. You guys are the ones who are going to have to live with your situation.

Of course it is. OTOH, if you guys are looking for a reason to "split the sheets" then this is probably as good a one as any. Again, at the risk of repeating myself here, it doesn't matter what anybody ELSE thinks. It is going to be up to you guys.

Sure, you just have to find the right gig. But it probably isn't going to happen to a rookie. On down the road a bit though, it should work out.

Again, it is going to be up to you guys. An awful lot of married guys have gone OTR and still kept their marriage. I don't see why it shouldn't work for a gal as well. It is going to be up to the individuals involved.

I really feel for you. It sucks to be stuck in a job you are not happy in. You spend way too much of your life at work to hate it.

Obviously we have no way of knowing if this would be the right move for you or not. But the fact that you are looking at things BEFORE jumping into them sort of indicates that you are using your head.

I agree with a previous post that this might not be the "best time" to try to get into trucking. OTOH, is there such a thing as a "best time" to do anything. If this is something you really do want to do, then perhaps you should go for it.

But you really need to communicate with your husband as to how he feels about this. If he is totally and completely against it, and you are determined to do it, I really don't see a lot of hope for your marriage anyway. Because if you go against his wishes and go for it, he will hold it against you, and if you go against your wishes and DON'T do it, you will hold it against him.

So you very well may have a truly "life altering" choice to make. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck.

Shoot, after going to the trouble to post all that, I now see that this thread is over a month old. If you have made a decision, good luck!