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Tambralyn · 10-13-2005, 04:58 PM

"If nothing else, this will help us get used to the idea of him working for an airline when he'll be gone a bunch."

I aboslutely agree with you here. This schedule will not be so terribly different from what he will have when he's with an airline, with the exception that he actually will have week-ends when you are also presumably off.

I know that non-airline families might not "get it", but this is part of our lifestyle, and as hard as it is sometimes, we make it work.

100 miles is not that far in the grand scheme of things. He could theoretically come home Friday night and leave early Monday morning. Heck, some people have a 2-hour commute even when they live in the same city where they work. For example, when John and I were in NY, it was not uncommon for people to commute two hours every day from Long Island to Manhattan. So really, you'd get three nights and two full days with him. I rarely get that much time with John when he ccommutes home.

Because this is not necessarily a long-term position, I fully support your decision to work this out in this way, if you think it's best for your current situation. Don't let anybody who doesn't really understand the circumstances talk you out of it if you feel this is the way to go for now. After moving twice for John's job, and having neither work out for him, we decided that no matter where he gets based, Rachel and I will stay here and he will commute.

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Tambralyn Jetgirls Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Farmington, MO Posts: 182 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Tell me we're not crazy..... "If nothing else, this will help us get used to the idea of him working for an airline when he'll be gone a bunch." I aboslutely agree with you here. This schedule will not be so terribly different from what he will have when he's with an airline, with the exception that he actually will have week-ends when you are also presumably off. I know that non-airline families might not "get it", but this is part of our lifestyle, and as hard as it is sometimes, we make it work. 100 miles is not that far in the grand scheme of things. He could theoretically come home Friday night and leave early Monday morning. Heck, some people have a 2-hour commute even when they live in the same city where they work. For example, when John and I were in NY, it was not uncommon for people to commute two hours every day from Long Island to Manhattan. So really, you'd get three nights and two full days with him. I rarely get that much time with John when he ccommutes home. Because this is not necessarily a long-term position, I fully support your decision to work this out in this way, if you think it's best for your current situation. Don't let anybody who doesn't really understand the circumstances talk you out of it if you feel this is the way to go for now. After moving twice for John's job, and having neither work out for him, we decided that no matter where he gets based, Rachel and I will stay here and he will commute.