What is the longest you have been away from SO/Spouse?

[dmslush]

SO's father passed and he is in Seattle finishing up business with the estate. He left on December 30, won't be back until January 18. I have never, in 10 years, been away from him for more than a week. I am beginning to get a little jerky LOL! I know that I shouldn't be so dependent on him, but it is like half of my whole is gone. I'm just out of sorts.

 

[Ziva]

6 months

 

[Bob Slydell]

Around 2 weeks

 

[HappyMommy2]

7 months

 

[loisg1]

Since DH is retired from the Submarine Service after 21.5 years..... 100 days at a time evey other rotation was the norm. Fun, fun, fun... But we've managed to stay married for 32+ years!!!

 

[Southern4sure]

1 month and it was the longest and hardest month to endure. DH had to start his new job and I stayed behind to sell the house. Tomorrow is our 19th Anniv. so we must be doing something right....

 

[lulugirl]

Two weeks, it was heaven!

 

[Galahad]

Several months when DW was in the Army. A whole year her first year of Med School.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

Almost two weeks. My dh is a firefighter, so I'm used to him being gone days at a time. In fact, he's been gone since last Thursday, but he'll be home tomorrow.

 

[Jennifer S]

3 days

DH doesn't travel for work and we always take vacations together.

 

[Dan Murphy]

2 weeks

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Hmmm, as far as days, then zero. I've never been away from my husband. But then again, we've only been married 2 years (in Feb.).

 

[Towncrier]

Two weeks in December 2002. I went to WDW while she stayed home with our two kids.

 

[tikilyn]

We've probably spent half of our 7 year marriage apart. He's up for an 11 month instructing job sometime this year. It does get easier as time passes.

 

[disykat]

About 5 weeks when he traveled for work. I wouldn't have dared complain - I live in a military and mariner community!

 

[katerkat]

Two months, every two months. He's gone about 7.5 months of the year.

 

[pat fan]

10 days. DH went to Moab to the Easter Jeep Safari with "the guys" a few years back. We both hated it! He called every day (sometimes more than once) and after 5 days he was trying to figure out if he could afford to change the flight to come home sooner. We are just meant to be together . He felt so awful about not being with me & the kids that he took us to WDW after he got back, so I guess it turned out ok.

 

[SC Minnie]

10 days while he went on a trip with his brother and I took DD to WDW.

This probably doesn't count but he was in the hospital for 2 weeks right before Christmas a couple of years ago.

 

[Shugardrawers]

We had been married 5 months when Dh was sent on a year long temporary project by his company. For the next year we saw each other 2 days a month. After that they sent him to a branch of the company about 100 miles away so we were able to see each other every weekend for the next year. Then as soon as that was over he went to another branch for 6 months and we saw each other for 2 days a month. We've been married and/or living together for 5 years now and estimate that we've actually lived in the same house for only 3 of them. Our longest stretch was 2 months without seeing each other. The money was great and came at times we needed it badly but I can see where a couple with less of a commitment might not make it through. It's not easy. I admire military families who spend a year or more apart and keep it together. It's one reason the military divorce rate is so high.

 

[Harligirl]

We are working on an 18 month deployment So far...he was gone for 3 months, came home for 4 days...will be gone for another 3 months...home for 2 weeks in Feb(and yes- we are going to Disney) but then we won't see each other until he gets home in November...sniff...sniff

It is hard but I believe our marriage has become stronger as a result.