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How do you break it to your kids when you have to go away for work?
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:20 pm
Out of town for an unspecified amount of time. Not close enough to be able to come back on breaks.
How do you deal with it? Just FaceTime/Skype with them with possible? Send them stuff in the mail? Come home with a big bag of goodies like Santa?
ETA 3& 5 years old
How do you deal with it? Just FaceTime/Skype with them with possible? Send them stuff in the mail? Come home with a big bag of goodies like Santa?
ETA 3& 5 years old
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 1:00 pm
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:21 pm to fr33manator
All of the above.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:21 pm to fr33manator
My father would just say, "I have to travel for work, take care of your mother and the house for me." Thats about it. Script never changed as I aged.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:22 pm to fr33manator
I don't know but your wife tells me she loves it when you go out of town.
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:23 pm to fr33manator
never had to do that
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:23 pm to BigPerm30
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I don't know but your wife tells me she loves it when you go out of town.
Hell, she loved it before I went out of town
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:23 pm to BigPerm30
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I don't know but your wife tells me she loves it when you go out of town.
that's cruel, his wife already left him for another dude
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:24 pm to BigPerm30
When I am in China I FaceTime l. of course my kid is less than a year old so it's not like she knows. I on the other hand am homesick for the weeks I am gone.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:25 pm to fr33manator
Man, parents are way more sensitive to their kids feelings these days. Mine parents would have been like "your dad has to go away for awhile to work, the company isn't sure when he will be finished. You will be able to talk to him on the phone from time to time." and I probably wouldn't think twice about it.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:26 pm to yellowfin
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that's cruel, his wife already left him for another dude
Seriously? My bad. Edit. Sorry baw
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:26 pm to fr33manator
I took my boy to some random closed casket wake. Told him mommy was in there.
He cried, but the look on his face four days later when she walked though the door was priceless.
He cried, but the look on his face four days later when she walked though the door was priceless.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:26 pm to fr33manator
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Just FaceTime/Skype with them with possible?
This.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:28 pm to fr33manator
How old are they?
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:28 pm to BigPerm30
Don't be a pussy! It's a joke . I've already ridden that bull.
But yes, Jody is a bitch
I've already ridden that bull. But yes, Jody is a bitch
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:29 pm to CorkSoaker
3 & 1/2 and 5
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:30 pm to fr33manator
Tell them the railroad called and said time to go to work.. I'll be back in a couple of days.. Love y'all see you when I get back! Give them all hugs and kisses and honk the horn as I leave.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:31 pm to CENLALSUFAN
This will probably be months
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:33 pm to fr33manator
No easy way to do it. For a long while, I was in a pretty shitty situation that was very similar to what you're describing. Just a lot of tears at the airport. Also I found that Skype and face time made it worse, not better. But everybody's different.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:36 pm to ksayetiger
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I took my boy to some random closed casket wake. Told him mommy was in there.
He cried, but the look on his face four days later when she walked though the door was priceless
W
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:36 pm to fr33manator
Where's the offshore 7/7, 14/14, etc. oilfield baws at? They probably have some good advice.
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