[mtsu_av8er]

Airdale, hang in there, man. Sometimes, it just gets tough. I haven't been back to Nashville in a month now, and it looks like it's going to be at least another month.

My career is pretty important to me. If the Old Lady decided that she was going to leave me because she couldn't hang with my career, however, I'd have to let her go. Not because my career is more important than her, but because I don't want a woman that wouldn't support me in my career.

That being said . . . it'll work itself out. If you really want something (aviation or otherwise), you're going to have to sacrifice. Sometimes that sacrifice comes in the form of low pay. Sometimes it's in the form of hard work For many of us, it comes in the form of being away from our loved-ones.

There are some on this forum that will tell you, "Move back home, distance is horrible, leave aviation if you must". Some will say, "I'd never put my relationship through that for a job".

Screw 'em. They're a bunch of slack jaws. These are the same people that quit when the going gets tough. Check around Jetcareers - we have no shortage of people that "went on to better things" - meaning that they were weak, couldn't hack it, and didn't have the intestinal fortitude to suck it up when the going gets tough. Don't be one of those.

Both you AND your woman can make it through this. You just have to accept that it's not always going to be easy. There is definately a light at the end of the tunnel!!!