He has a new work schedule and i hate it

Chey 16 · February 2012

My fiance was working the hours 7am-7pm but now hes working the hours 7pm-7am and i cant stand it at all. I hate not going to sleep with him. And now because of his new schedule we get to see each other only 3 hours each day. And i hate the fact that he swithces shifts every 6 weeks. This really stinks. I hate this!!!!! A LOT Crying

I hate being home alone all night long.

TheBug16 · February 2012

That really stinks

My husband used to work late, and by late I mean he wouldnt get home till 11 or so, and I'd be completely exhausted but could not sleep without him there. I'm sorry!

CopsGirl11103 · February 2012

My hubby has the same hours. Now he works nights 7p - 7a. I'm very thankful every time he switches back to days, which is happening next month.

But yeah, I hate it when he works nights!!!

Chey 16 · February 2012

TheBug16:
That really stinks My husband used to work late, and by late I mean he wouldnt get home till 11 or so, and I'd be completely exhausted but could not sleep without him there. I'm sorry!

I wouldnt mind that at all. I dont get home till a little after 3:30 and he has to be there at 6:45 so we are lucky to get a couple of hours. Its so hard to sleep without him there.

Chey 16 · February 2012

My fiance works 6 weeks of 7a-7p then 6 weeks of 7p-7a. I dont know how this is going to work when the baby comes either.Im just nervous but he makes really good money so I know why he does it.

aleejandraa · February 2012

I'm sorry you have to deal with that, yesterday my bf was gone until 11 pm and I was home at 4 so I was going completely crazy trying to keep my self awake, but it didn't work

Hope these 6 weeks go by fast for you!

vintagefix · February 2012

I can relate. My husband is on call and works different shifts all the time. There are days where we basically don't see each other.

The thing that drives me crazy the most is that some days we sleep together and other days we don't. As soon as I get used to having the bed all to myself he's back and then I have to share again. That's a good thing but it's also hard to not have him in bed when I am used to a person next to me. It's always flip flopping.

Luckily, we have a dog who sleeps with me when DH isn't home.

Chey 16 · February 2012

vintagefix:

I can relate. My husband is on call and works different shifts all the time. There are days where we basically don't see each other.

The thing that drives me crazy the most is that some days we sleep together and other days we don't. As soon as I get used to having the bed all to myself he's back and then I have to share again. That's a good thing but it's also hard to not have him in bed when I am used to a person next to me. It's always flip flopping.

Luckily, we have a dog who sleeps with me when DH isn't home.

I would happily let my dog sleep with me but...hes 1 95lb pit bull/boxer mix and hes still a puppie so he likes to play not sleep.

sarahandeddiejune212008 · February 2012

My DH works 7pm-3am. We also only get to see each other for 3 hours on the days we both work. It does stink, but we've gotten used to it. I also used to enjoy getting the bed to myself, although I bedshare with DD now and she is a bigger bed hog than DH ever was!

camillaandcarson · February 2012

Sorry you are hating the new schedule. My DH works odd hours and rotating shifts too and sometimes has to go out of town. It does get frustrating.

missmaggie11 · February 2012

I agree it sucks! My husband had to take a job out of town (about 3 hours away) and only comes home on the weekends- I'm a single working mother 5 days a week :-(

The kids and I only get to see DH Friday night thru Sunday night. It's only been about 5 weeks of this, but I don't think we can do it too much longer... Our plan is to move up to where he is working by May/June, once our son finishes out the school year- plus I'm due in July & would really like to have the family together once our third arrives.

TheFutureMrsH2012 · February 2012

Gotta do what you gotta do to support the family. Hubby works 3rd shift, and I'm not crazy about it either because I like having him beside me at night, but what is complaining going to accomplish? We make it work. I see him when he comes home in the morning, the times during the weekday when I'm not in class, a little while before he goes to work, and weekends. It's kind of better this way anyway, because he's able to go to the ob/gyn appointments with me without having to miss work, and when the LO arrives he'll be home during the day when I'm in class again.

RNred05 · February 2012

I work 7p-7a and my hubby works mostly 9-5 with one 12-8 a week. It sucks on the days I am working because we only see each other for about 30mins when I get home from work and another 30mins when he gets home from work. Luckily I only work 3-4 days a week and thankfully I have a set schedule so when the LO gets here we will only need a baby sitter on Mon and Tues and then half a day on wednesday so I can sleep a little.

packfan20 · February 2012

vintagefix:

I can relate. My husband is on call and works different shifts all the time. There are days where we basically don't see each other.

The thing that drives me crazy the most is that some days we sleep together and other days we don't. As soon as I get used to having the bed all to myself he's back and then I have to share again. That's a good thing but it's also hard to not have him in bed when I am used to a person next to me. It's always flip flopping.

Luckily, we have a dog who sleeps with me when DH isn't home.

Same here! DH works 11pm-7am and his days off constantly rotate. I don't mind being home alone but it's hard to switch back and forth between sleeping with someone and not.

I'm the eternal pessimist BUT I try to be thankful that 1, my husband has a job and 2, he does get to come home and isn't deployed somewhere - I don't know how you girls do it!

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