My dh just left for work - he works away from Tuesday evening till Friday teatime. Mainly to save money on the commute, but he also does night shifts while he is away if they are available - this week he's away the 3 nights, working 2 of them.
And I relaised tonight that I quite like it!
We get on fabulously! We're very very happily married. Tues is his day off so we have the day together (all kids at school) - today we wnt back to bed at 11am and stayed there till 2 .
But I like my nights to myself! I get the whole bed, no snoring, I can cope with the kids much more easily when its just me (mainly cos he is so soft on them!), can eat what I like, spend loads of time on MN, watch what I want on TV etc ....... Often (like tomorrow) I have a friend round for a glass of wine and chat etc..
Meanwhile while he is away he can play his ridiculous online fantasy computer game and listen to whatever shite music he likes.
Then at the weekends we are all together, having fun, and he and I get 4 quality evenings to ourselves when the kdis are in bed. Plus our Tuesdays.
I think this is all a sign of a happy marriage. But when he left tonight and I realised I was quite pleased I had a mini wobble - it is ok to work like this, isn't it?
Unless he was on call (he's a doctor) he would always come home if I asked him to, and if he wanted to be here rather than in the practice accomodation, he can turn up any time, we both know that!