Your wife(girlfriend), children, parents are happy that you LGV driver or would like that if you start do some other JOBS.??to many drivers work long shift ,night out,flexible time start,accident,risk.are they happy■■?
No they’re not, but she would find room for complaint whatever job I did
but if some driver work for trampers to many years,and have young wife-what about ■■■.■■
you just find someonelses young wife while you’re away 
My missus doesn’t mind too much, she knows I’ve got to do what I want or I sulk like a child.
I would be, and was, unbearable to live with when I worked indoors doing a job I hated.
Rest of family think I’m ■■■■■■’ nuts.
I’d be ok if I could complete a year in a job 
He is fine with me being a driver but then he is a driver he dosent have a problem with it nor do my kids for that matter
We get weekend together so make the most of the time we do have 
As I like my job why would I want to change it & be unhappy 
My mum hates it! She tries to be positive about it, but tells her friends I am unemployed and looking for work. Every time she asks how the lorry driving is going it sounds like she is drinking acid.
Fact is, driving HGV is one of the best paid jobs I’ve had.
My mother is the same, mortified with shame about it. She seems to live in this bizarre little world where office workers on a third of my wages, doing a soul-destroying and repetitive task day in, day out are the only people who can be proud of their jobs because they are “middle-class”.
My kids are fine and are looking forward to me picking up my new truck, my girlfriend enjoys having her own space during the week so ditto there, and I couldn’t picture myself doing any type of job that involved being in the same place every day.
Its my Mum who hates me driving for a living. My Dad was a driver before he passed away so she knows the dangers involved in the job. I always get a phone call from my Mum telling me to be careful on the road if the weather is bad.
My wife on the other hand doesn’t bother too much about the danger side of it. But she still hasn’t fully got to grips that its not like an office job where you can just down tools at 5pm and go home.(Although I start at 8am and usually finished by 5.30pm each day so its the closest to office hours I’ll ever get) She seems to think I can predict what time I’ll get home at before I even leave the house for work in the morning!!! Fed up trying to explain to her that driving is unpredictable. Usually goes in a cream puff if I’m late home. But I reckon it wouldn’t matter what job I was doing, she would still find cause to moan about it and be unhappy.
The missus knows I love it even though I twine about it. Shes not happy Im driving but gets really worried in bad weather. I try and take her as often as possible so she gets an idea. Wish half the gaffers Ive had did the same some days.
The freedom driving gives you is addictive.imo.
My mum is ok with it I guess but worries deep down, the mrs is the same but to the point that she doesn’t really want me to do fuel tankers…
Pimpdaddy:
My mum is ok with it I guess but worries deep down, the mrs is the same but to the point that she doesn’t really want me to do fuel tankers…
Just tell her how many new handbags and new pairs of shoes she can buy when you earn £45k a year on fuel tankers. Bet she will soon change her mind then!!!
Before we had kids the wife didnt even think twice about me going out to work driving everyday, now we have 2 young kids (1yr and 9yr’s) she is definaly more worried.
I live near northampton and during the last 2 weeks there have been 2 deaths and 1 serious accident all within 10 miles of my house that were directly related to my job, it must be hell for her as i kiss everyone goodbye then leave the house every night.
damoq:
My wife on the other hand doesn’t bother too much about the danger side of it. But she still hasn’t fully got to grips that its not like an office job where you can just down tools at 5pm and go home.(Although I start at 8am and usually finished by 5.30pm each day so its the closest to office hours I’ll ever get) She seems to think I can predict what time I’ll get home at before I even leave the house for work in the morning!!! Fed up trying to explain to her that driving is unpredictable. Usually goes in a cream puff if I’m late home. But I reckon it wouldn’t matter what job I was doing, she would still find cause to moan about it and be unhappy.
Hell yea! I know where your coming from with that
They would worry if you were a teacher ,
My mums name is Irene ,a great woman 10kids 27grand kids 71and goes on as if she’s 20
Love her to bits ,love it when the name mum comes on my phone,and her husband is 79 and has Alzheimer’s my dad,he was a trucker too .its in the blood lads ,be proud of it!
I’ve dated lots of women who when they found out what I did… decided I wasn’t good enough for them. 
It’s no good to boast about, you see.
Anyone who matters, supports my decision in what I do. Though I have no illusions that my family would be happier if I was a theoretical physicist or something…
The more I do this, the more I think I couldn’t possibly tolerate anything else. I’m not sure freedom is the right word, but there is ‘something’ in it.
My wife detests my job with a vengence. She used to keep complaining that she was always on her own and never saw me, thought that would be a blessing to be honest.
Anyway now she excepts it a little more, told her one day to be back from work early as I`d made a start on improving our life together, was going to get another job working less hours etc. She then asked why she had to be home early, told her an estate agent was coming around to value the house as we would be moving to alot smaller place.
Being one of the old school, women normally stayed at home looking after the kids ( till school age ) and housework etc, and all the family had to accept whatever job my father did, as he was the bread winner.
My wife ( of foreign descent ) was trained also to respect whatever job her husband did even if it meant being apart for a long time, and of course the middle east trips took longer than the norm especially in the winter season.
I think it also enhances a relationship when both parties are happy in their environments ( especially with a £75,000 joint income )
I had a job out all week came home early to surprise her indoors. guess who got the surprise?