[Maximillian_Jenius]

Originally Posted by autiger10

Here I am again... I don't know what I should do now. I've been talking to my fiance about the whole pilot career ambition and it has not gone well at all. She and I have been arguing a lot about me going to flight school. I guess it's come down to being either her or flight. She can't/won't accept the fact that I'd be gone 3-4 days a week. Then she brings in the "what about when we have kids and What am I suppose to do while you are gone? Have you thought about how this will affect me." You know, those types of complaints. I try to tell her that there have been thousands before us that have lived a successful, happy life. She has envisioned that I'm going to be that teacher/coach that is home every night, living the dream, "white-picket" fence type lifestyle. She's all whacked out/pissed off that I'm wanting to do this. It's almost as though she is a bit selfish. I mean I can understand where she is coming from and yes, it would suck to not be there everyday, but you know, she is in school doing what she wants to do. Granted, it's not a career that would have her gone half of each week, but it's seem to come down to the "give me what I want" mentality from her and anything else just ain't gonna cut it. I know the easy answer is to let her go and do what I want to do, but it's not always that easy. I guess I'll eventually be put into submission and end up staying in the teaching/coaching career til the day I die. I guess I could always just get a private rating and fly for fun. Oh well, any suggestions out there?

If you give up your dream, be prepared to "roll over" for her for the rest of the relationship.