Dealing with separation

[mandytheartist]

Steph had her 1st WFA road game this weekend, and I miss her terribly! For anyone with a better half who travels alot, how do you deal? (I'll go through this 3 more times before the summer BTW)

 

[mandytheartist]

Guess it's just me. Anyway, she came home yesterday (after a win WOOHOO!) and I jumped her bones! I love you Stephanie!

 

[ElyDave]

WFA?

 

[talonraid]

Wee Faerie Allomancy....It's a gathering of very small Faeries who practice magic using metals...

 

[NickW]

Wee Faerie Allomancy....It's a gathering of very small Faeries who practice magic using metals...

Huh? I do not understand at all...

 

[mandytheartist]

Women's Football Alliance. She's a (American) football player.

 

[NickW]

Ah see that I understand! Thanks Mandy for the clarification!

 

[ajb422]

Stay busy. Sounds simple but it works. Three 9 month deployments and that has served me well. The busier the better.

 

[ElyDave]

how long is she away for with each game?

 

[mandytheartist]

Dave-She's gone Friday night to Sunday Afternoon.

 

[ElyDave]

you must really be in Lurve to miss her that much over two days

 

[mandytheartist]

Yes I do Dave! It was our 1st night apart since we moved in together last fall.

 

[Lomad]

Not to make the missing her seem small, but it is always the first separation that is the hardest. As things go along it does get easier, and the time passes faster on later trips. Hell, there may even come a time where you say "couldn't you stay an extra day?" That's a point where you know things are good, because your own alone time is as prized as the together time (and absence does make the heart fonder..all that jazz...)

Plus, reunions wouldn't be nearly as, ummm, fun, without the absence part!

 

[mandytheartist]

I agree Lomad! It's her 1st road game since we started living together. I know it'll get easier, though I hopefully never come to ENJOY the separation.

 

[Lomad]

It's not so much enjoying as appreciating

My wife and I end up in separate places for a couple nights from time to time, and though I don't "enjoy" her being gone, there's something to be said for the extra-long trail run without feeling guilty that she's stuck home with the kids. i appreciate the chances to do my own thing without having to worry about it infringing on our "us" time.

And it's always her that wishes my trips were longer, i think. My sense of humor is worse in person than it is on teh interwebz...

 

[ajb422]

Hell, there may even come a time where you say "couldn't you stay an extra day?" That's a point where you know things are good, because your own alone time is as prized as the together time (and absence does make the heart fonder..all that jazz...)

lol glad I'm not the only one. I enjoy the freedom that comes from occasional separations.

 

[NickW]

+1