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My wife is a flight attendant and is gone a lot from home. The problem is when she is home, she goes into what I call “single mode.” So instead of us dealing with issues together, she makes her own decisions, spends a lot of time by herself, and doesn’t make the adjustment of being “wife.” She even bought a car without telling me! When I raise my concerns about it, she just brushes it off—and nothing changes.
You have a valid concern and you are wise to seek counsel. The problem you address is a common occurrence when one or both spouses are “on the road” a lot. It doesn’t matter if one is a flight attendant, a traveling salesman or in the military. Absence doesn’t always make the heart grow fonder. These kinds of situations make it easy for a couple to become “married singles” and drift further and further apart.
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