Honest question, do I sound like a bad husband? Basically I keep changing jobs, well every few years anyway. When I met DW 14 years ago I was in the Army. So the first few years of our relationship I used to go away a fair amount. After getting married I left and went to work as a police officer.However, after 6 months I left, not really giving it a good enough go.
I then had several other jobs in the last 10 years, truck driver and security guard jobs to name a few. Then 5 years ago, I joined a local distribution company as a driver, good hours and I was only 5 mins away from my house .
Then covid struck, I was on furlough and was unsure how things would go. So in April last year, I applied to the Police again and started in November. It’s a secure job and good pension, but I know it’s not really for me deep down.
I thought joining a second time would be different. However, the job can be dangerous, abuse, lots risk of assaults and I have to commute over an hour to get to work.Sometimes it can take me an hour and a half.
Factor this in with working Christmas, missing birthdays, missing key family events. The job takes a lot out of a family life. I have two young boys.
So basically I miss my local job, no travelling time and they are still operating, despite the rumours that they were looking to relocate. So I looked for a new job as I was scared of being made redundant.
DW is annoyed and says I’m selfish to want to change jobs again. In my defence, I’ve never left a job without one to go to.
I’ve even drafted an email to my old boss asking for my old job back, but not sure DW will let me do it. She said she’s fed up of me not sticking to a job long term. As I said, I did my last job for 5 years before covid changed the world.
Do I just carry on and hope I like the job or try and get my own job back that will make me happy?