Absence Makes Wife Grow Lonely ; Husband's New Job Takes Him Away From Home for Long Stretches

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DEAR ABBY: After almost 30 years of marriage, my husband, "Grant," took a long-distance trucking job. This leaves me alone on many Sundays and evenings, and I'm having a terrible time adjusting to it. I feel sad lots of times, like I'm living the life of a widow. Being a widow is terrible, but living like one while your husband is still alive seems worse.

I attend any social event that gives me contact with people while Grant is away. Sundays are difficult because I am limited to visiting older women who are widows. My children are grown and live hundreds of miles away, and I don't want to impose on my married friends who have their husbands to do things with.

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Absence Makes Wife Grow Lonely ; Husband's New Job Takes Him Away From Home for Long Stretches

Absence is supposed to make the heart grow fonder, but it makes me feel distant and bitter. Do other wives of airplane pilots, travel...

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