Women, how do you feel about a man never being around because of his career?

Question

I'm not in this situation, but I know someone who is and there are children involved.

Anotherwords, more often than not, not home.

Answer 1

Well I would not marry a man if I knew we had to be apart for the majority of the time. The entire reason of having a husband is to have someone to spend your life with. How can we do that if he is always gone?

Answer 2

Depends on how he is when he is around. Does he spend quality time with his family, are they unhappy? Is this the only way that he can conduct his career or can he change it to be around more and just doesn't? My husband is in construction and when the busy season is here he is gone for 15 to 16 hours a day for sometimes 7 days a week. But when he is home we do allot of things together as a family and it works out great, I get to stay home to raise our family and in todays age that is very important

Answer 3

I would feel lonely, and I am not a woman who needs a lot of attention but I would like to know that I get some quality AND Qunatity time because a marraige needs both. You can talk Quality all you want but the frequency of how much and how often you get close to your mate is a indicator of many things. And then, too, what man, no matter how poor or in debt, who loves his wife and kids wants to be away from his family that much? That is a question I want to know a answer to.

Answer 4

Depends on the situation, how long has he done this career for? did your friend know this before she was involved?
So men like working to be away from family , others do it for the career dream. Im not sure its not something u can decide its up to your friend. Need more description to be able to answer this question properly

Answer 5

It sucks! lol My relationship is this way due to his career. My man is a semi truck driver he only makes it home two days a week if i am lucky some times i only see him once every two weeks. It takes alot from a woman to not only be the wife, the man, the mommy, the daddy, the cleaner, the cooker, and if she works... or goes to college. ITS TUFF! theres nights where i just lay in bed and cry myself to sleep because its tiring and hard to not have the man you love their with you. but everytime that phone rings you think it might be him and it makes things seem a lot better!

Answer 6

I don't think I'd ever marry a man that was away all the time because of his career. I think job comes WAY after family, so he would need to get his priorities straight or I'd be out looking for someone who actually put me first.

Answer 7

Yeah I'm at work my wife's out drinking with her friend. I see her on weekends mostly and I know she doesn't like it and so don't I. Yeah and if I hear one more person tell me quit and find a new job I'm going to go postal on everyone. Easier said than done.

Answer 8

It would depend on several factors. Is he the sole financial provider of the family? Does he keep in touch with his family when he isn't home: via email, telephone, etc? When he is able to spend time with his family, is it qualitative?

Answer 9

This is a very touchy subject and I won't go into details, but it infringes on many things, and sometimes it causes one to love from a distance out of respect for the loved one.........~p~

Answer 10

I am a air force wife my husband is hardly at home and I can't stand it but I love him, so I have to deal with it, it gets lonely but what can you do about it, nothing.