wife about to pull hair out

CHILL OUT!

That's the first thing you need to do as getting upset is NOT good for the BABY or hubbie!

I KNOW you knew that being a truck driver was going to be hard! At least he's getting home on a regular basics! You need to stay home with the baby and let hubbie do what he needs to do and that's MAKE money while he get the experience he needs for a local job!

You just have to get used to that fact that he's not in the bed with you every night! My last child only saw me every other weekend! There are millions of children out there who see daddy about the same amount! MOST of them have grown up with no mental problems except for FRANTIC women who can't control them selves! Do what we did and when hubbie calls home let him talk to the baby! It does help both daddy and baby! You get to watch baby as he learns daddys voice on the phone and just watching that smile start is something only you will get to see. Baby will get through this better than you! Trust me on this! Been there done that and got the T'shirts hats and vests as proof!

Let him work out that first year with that bottom feeder Swift THEN when he's done with that contract they have him over the barrel on then he can go looking for a better job but as you mentioned those loser union jobs wont hire him till those with the the seniority get back on the job, so unions aren't your answer yet.

Just relax and chill and when things get back to "normal" in this cess pool called trucking, hubbie might be able to get a local job but now if there is a pay check coming in then go with the flow! JUST DON'T LET HIM DO THE FLEECE DEAL! If he's already there, then you need to PANIC!

 

There is no easy answer, other than to have him stay put.. You need to stay home, and let him do the job.. For one as not being an employee of Swift, if you get hurt, the company can be held liable, and you husband will lose his job.. He needs to start some were we all did.. I started with Swift, and I was 48 states. I did not get a dedicated run, so your husband is very lucky.. As far as him loosing a load, well it happens sometimes.. If you husband is not happy with his DM, then ask for him to be put with someone else, who might be on the same account as his current dm.. You need to calm down, and worry about that baby of yours..

 

Then you haven't read to many of the threads in here! Fleece is what a lease program is! It's to fleece as much money out of a driver as they can all the while they are smiling at you but throwing away the jar of Vaseline!

If hubbie come in saying he wants to lease a truck hit him in the head with the heaviest frying pan you have, duct tape his arse to the wall and then strip naked in front of him and when he comes to tell him if he wants any of this he ain't doing that!

The only people who win in a lease is the company as they still own the truck and whoever pays ALL the bills thinking the whole time he's an O/O which is an insult to O/O's! That is why it's called a fleece by those of us in the know and the main targets of these lease/fleece programs are newbie drivers with rose colored glasses on! Just go read through the "bad companies" forum and a few others!

 

Guys, she's a newlywed, new baby. She's trying.

Hon, the men here sound and post harsh but they have HUGE hearts.

 

You can go, I know my wife drove with me.. But being a rider, does not entitled you to touch freight on that truck.. I'm not being mean, but if you were to get hurt, it will cost him his job..

 

Nana, they have huge problems. She did the cardinal sin

Never, under any circumstances, do you give another an ultimatum.

"Either you quit driving, or we're through!"

Even if he comes off the road, trust is broken. This marriage will end in the messy divorce.