Comments on: Kids & his schedule http://firefighterwife.com/kids-his-schedule/ Who do you call for backup? Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: HotWife http://firefighterwife.com/kids-his-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 HotWife Fri, 15 May 2009 02:13:50 +0000 http://firefighterwife.com/?p=31#comment-1067 Hi Andrea, Thanks for stopping by. I can only give my opinion and that is based on my life. But I could not make a family life work and be happy if we both worked the shift. We do know people that have, but I know "I" could not. But that said, I also could not live with us only seeing each other 10 days a month. The kids have to be first above all else in order to keep them from being statistics. Sometimes there honestly isn't room for everything, but since we have a choice of having kids they should be the center of our attention. Who will stay home when they are sick? How will they get to the bus in the mornings when you are between shifts? They will grow up thinking parents don't see each other? Nothing is right or wrong, but all things that need to be thought of before you make a MAJOR decision to bring kids into the mix. They are a tremendous amount of work and responsibility. Good luck to you two making a decision :) Hi Andrea,

Thanks for stopping by. I can only give my opinion and that is based on my life. But I could not make a family life work and be happy if we both worked the shift.

We do know people that have, but I know “I” could not. But that said, I also could not live with us only seeing each other 10 days a month.

The kids have to be first above all else in order to keep them from being statistics. Sometimes there honestly isn’t room for everything, but since we have a choice of having kids they should be the center of our attention. Who will stay home when they are sick? How will they get to the bus in the mornings when you are between shifts? They will grow up thinking parents don’t see each other? Nothing is right or wrong, but all things that need to be thought of before you make a MAJOR decision to bring kids into the mix. They are a tremendous amount of work and responsibility.

Good luck to you two making a decision :)

]]> By: andrea http://firefighterwife.com/kids-his-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 andrea Fri, 15 May 2009 01:05:37 +0000 http://firefighterwife.com/?p=31#comment-1066 My name is Andrea. I live in a rural part of Mississippi, with my boyfriend(the fireman). He works 24- hour shifts as I'm sure you are familiar with. The catch to our situation is that I also work 24-hour shifts as an emt-b. I am also a full time paramedic student. If you are thinking we are on the same rotation you would be wrong. he gets off the morning I start my shift. we spend exactly 10 days a month together. so far, it's only the two of us. But, we would like to extend that number very soon. I'm having doubts about how a family works with both adults working crazy long shifts. I see how people struggle with one spouse gone does that make it impossible for us to have a working family unit? I'm nervous about getting married and having kids with so much going on. I guess I want you to tell me that love conquers all and everything will work out perfectly. even though i'm sure that isn't real life. My name is Andrea. I live in a rural part of Mississippi, with my boyfriend(the fireman). He works 24- hour shifts as I’m sure you are familiar with. The catch to our situation is that I also work 24-hour shifts as an emt-b. I am also a full time paramedic student. If you are thinking we are on the same rotation you would be wrong. he gets off the morning I start my shift. we spend exactly 10 days a month together. so far, it’s only the two of us. But, we would like to extend that number very soon. I’m having doubts about how a family works with both adults working crazy long shifts. I see how people struggle with one spouse gone does that make it impossible for us to have a working family unit? I’m nervous about getting married and having kids with so much going on. I guess I want you to tell me that love conquers all and everything will work out perfectly. even though i’m sure that isn’t real life.

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