How can I keept valentines day from being a depressing day when my boyfriend is on the road driving a truck.?
103790
My ex used to drive truck over the road. I used to hate Valentines day! So I started to make it my "everything I want to do day"!! I'd start by taking a long, hot shower - enough to use ALL the hot water!! Nobody to complain there isn't any hot water left right? Then, I'd paint my fingernails & toenails. Eat all the things I like to eat (BIGGEST box of truffles from Gertrude Hawk). Do some shopping on QVC, yes I want that, that, and that! LOL! Then later on I'd get my big box of truffles, and watch all my rented DVD's, ONLY chick flicks that always make me bawl like a baby! Like...Beaches, Gorillas in The Mist, Fried Green Tomatoes, Million Dollar Baby, ya know, all the tear jerkers your man does not want to watch when he's home! Well, if he's not gonna be there, that means YOU OWN THE REMOTE CONTROL! Have a great Valentine's Day!  :)
714842
tell him about HOW WORSE CAN BE A REAL BAD DAY!!!!!!!!!\nYou Know You're Having a Bad Day When... \n\n\nYour horn sticks on the freeway behind 32 Hell's Angels motorcyclists. \n\n\nYou've been at work 3 hours before you notice that your fly is open or your blouse unbuttoned. \n\n\nYour twin sister forgets your birthday. \n\n\nYour birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. \n\n\nYou call the suicide prevention hotline and they put you on hold. \n\n\nYou have to sit down to brush your teeth in the morning. \n\n\nEveryone avoids you the morning after the company office party. \n\n\nYour income tax refund check bounces. \n\n\nThe bird singing outside your window is a vulture. \n\n\nYou wake up and your braces are stuck together. \n\n\nYour blind date turns out to be your ex-wife/husband. \n\n\nYou put both contacts into the same eye. \n\n\nYour mother approves of the person you're dating. \n\n\nYour doctor tells you that you're allergic to chocolate. \n\n\nYou have to borrow from your Visa card to pay your Mastercard. \n\n\nNothing you own is actually paid for. \n\n\nEveryone loves your driver's licence picture, but you think it looks awful. \n\n\nThe health inspector condems your office coffee maker. \n\n\nYou invite the peeping Tom in... and he says no. \n\n\nThe Gypsy fortune teller offers to refund your money when she sees your future. \n\n\nPeople think that you're 40 and you're only 25. \n\n\nWhen the doctor tells you are in fine health for someone twice your age. \n\n\nYou call your spouse and tell them that you'd like to eat out tonight and when you get home, your find a sandwich on the front porch. \n\n\nYou start to put on the clothes that you wore home from the party last night...... and there aren't any. \n\n\nIt costs more to fill up your car than it did to buy it.\n\nsO HE should be thank ful that he was spared all this mess!!\nThis might make him smile!
55215
Be kind, but rip off the metaphorical Band-Aid.  You have to let him know that you appreciate his affection for you, but that you simply don't feel that way about him.  If you give him false hope, he will cling to that hope and be hurt eventually anyway. Let him down easy, but for goodness sake, let him down.
849557
why not you try this. take breakfast together first, and tell him you two will spend this day together by donating  every baggers you meet on the street and give help anything to anyone on that day TOGETHER.  you will find it is really feeling good.
58034
If he is a long haul trucker, be prepared that if you have children together that you will basically be raising them on your own much of the time. That really gets to many wives of truckers, the fact that they are married but are alone a good deal of the time while their husbands are away from home. I think it is very hard to make a marriage work if one of them isn't there much.
294499
Make A snowman and place him in the middle of the road,\nit might be amusing to see if cars swerve around him or are cruel enough to drive over him...\n  just a thought!
742399
Try a nice warm tub with bubbles.  Relax for a short time and then go out for breakfast.  Treat yourself with this extra time.  Go out and get yourself some chocolate cake or muffins.  Do some Christmas shopping, or get prepared for the Thanksgiving dinner.  Write out Christmas cards..  Save this lust for your mate for next week when he will be home.  Don't mention it to him.  Explode with great passion next Sunday.  Save it up for the next time, today just try to not think about it and get some of those other mundane chores accomplished.  Best wishes and good luck.
981694
Your wondering what would the road not travel have been like? There is nothing wrong with you or your marriage. Please don't feel guilty. However may I suggest you think of ways to spice up things in your marriage. Thinking up of these things might bring back some of the specialness feeling. It will definiatley leave less time to think of the x boyfriend.
754736
Good Question.  It's one that I have has to struggle with for a few years now.  Just add a kid to the picture too, that's rough. \n\n Well, you should always remain supportive and try not to be negative or seem like you are putting down his dedication to his job.  Make him love the time that you two do spend together and maybe he'll find more time to enjoy you.  The most important thing to do is to be patient and understanding.
1098110
This is a classic problem, the solution depends on you.\n\nAs you stated you know he'll be busy working, are you the kind of woman who will drive out there knowing that and still get upset when he doesn't spend time with you, even when you "drove all that way"?\n\nOr do you realize he's busy, and you'll appreciate the few moments he may or may not have to spend with you. If yes, I say go for it. If my girlfriend did a thing like that for me, I'd sure appreciate it.
811440
Honestly, I think it's pretty hard. I'm sure your significant other hurts because he doesn't want to see you sad. But it can be hard on those around you. Make sure he knows what you're going through. If he knows, maybe he'll be able to understand a little bit better when you don't want to do anything or are in a bad mood. And if he tells you he wants to help you, let him. Because not only will that make him feel better that he can help you, it'll prob also make you feel better.\n\nGood luck :)
1147018
Quit being depressed. This much you can control. Never put your life on hold for a man, unless your engaged or married to him. Always make sure you have a safety net. As far as what he thinks and who he is, it is hard to know what's going thru that head of his. I don't even want to guess, because I don't think anything is going to help you until you talk to him. So lets address you. He is far away, you need to get out and have some good clean fun. Call your friends. Go to dinner or a movie, the mall, what eve it takes to get your mind off him for now. If you don't want to call him, then there is nothing to do but wait for him to call you. But don't stop your life. This will also make time go by faste. I hope you the very best from this outcome. Remember, there is only one person in this world you can "really" count on,...and that is you. So don't let yourself down, and keep your heart safe.
601413
Girl, I am in the same boat. I work days and then P/T at night. My honey works Night shift. When he comes home, I go to work. When I get home he's already gone to work. We only have small amounts of time to share, and sometimes it gets real tough.\nYou need to sit down and TALK. It's important to share your feelings with him. Tell him you love him and miss him. Make some special time, and rediscover the passion.  LOL to you.
118104
i guess cry a little have a bit of ice cream sleep it off one night and than go fight to keep your love. If you are having those feelings you need to and seriously go talk to your love. let your love know how you are feeling and why. all relationships go through some rocky roads and to get through them you have to communicate. communication is very important and key in any relationship.
19009
Tell him that You "just want to hang out with him and snuggle and enjoy Christmas with him and exchange gifts in private" but it is up to him.  You can't force a boyfriend to do something.  you want him to DECIDE for himself that he wants to be with you all day.  Isn't it nicer when the guys WANT to be there ro be with you instead of knowing that really his mind is somewhere else.  Don't hold him back and give the him any ammo that he can throw in your face later.
1038719
Leave a little card in his coat pocket or brief case.  Somewhere so when he is at work, he will find it.  Offer to help him clean his house or do yard work.  Offer to join him when he goes to do whatever it is he does as a hobby.  Try to make an effort for your lives to collide more often.  The way I show my boyfriend is by being there for him emotionally when he needs it.  I don't live with him either, but I love to sneak cards in his lunch before he heads off to work.  That way he knows I am thinking about him even when I'm not near him.  I really think if you just find little things to do, he will notice them.
357636
Always show him he matters a hug, a note,sex\nAlways have date night even if it is a movie or a talk\nAlways ask him how his day is at work\nAlways tell him you love him and you are blessed to have him in your life.