lonely...

[wyrpamatz]

My husband got called to work to go to long beach for a week. so I came to visit my parents and I feel so lonely w/out my husband. my parents had a little gathering and all my family came over and asked for him. I know I should be enjoying it but I feel so lonely.

[wyrpamatz]

I am independent but I miss not sleeping and cuddling with him we talk everyday on the phone but its not the same. I miss him making me laugh and making me mad, that's the reason why I feel lonely.

[Liz50]

Well, I feel your pain...my hubby began traveling when our first child was 6 months old....that was 35 years ago, and he travels about 60-75% of the time. For a long time, many, many years, I would feel so lonely and so overwhelmed by the stresses of raising a family (5 kids!) on my own.
BUT..I learned that he actually LOVED to travel, loved to meet new people, and even tho I felt left out and alone, I HAD to come to terms with his travel, because in his line of work if he didn't travel, he wouldn't have had a job...and because he is so good at what he does, he's been able to support our family and I did not have to go to work until the kids were all grown. A great blessing for us, tho a challenge much of the time. I learned to make friends and to stretch outside of myself and become far more indepedent than if I had always just had him there to lean on. It was not perfect, but I think that we both appreciated each other more because of the separations...and learned to try to make the most of the times he is home.
Take this time to work on yourself and your personal relationships apart from him. And I think it's sweet that you are lonely w/o him. I stopped feeling that way years ago......maybe I am a tad TOO independent! Good luck ;)

[Life360_Dave]

Thank God he has a job. In my business i would go over seas for 3 months at a time and when i got home it was like our first date.

[wyrpamatz]

Okay thank you...

[Londres70]

Agree with SM.  

Look at it as time to work on things for yourself.  

[specialmom]

Hm.  Well, this indicates to me that you need to work on yourself hon.  I married in my 30's and will say that when my husband travels which he does a good deal . . .   that while I missed him, I was plenty busy and had lots of my own things so that I wasn't lonely.  I'm thinking you need to get back to being your own person and not just a gal in a relationship.  You know what I mean?  I can't remember, are you looking for work?  Do you have hobbies?  Do you have your own girlfriends that you do things with without your husband???   all good things to do so that you can be interdendent on your spouse and not dependent on him.  That will get old for you both down the road.  

good luck (and I look to my husband traveling as an opportunity to just focus on me. . . .  course, now I have kids so it doesn't really revolve around me at all anymore. LOL)