I saw a thread of a year ago and was advised by the board to start a new topic.
Annegirl's experience (post Aug 2015)was so like my own! My husband has worked on a fly in fly out basis over the last ten years, and over the last five or so it has become harder and harder to cope alone. I tend to isolate due to bad experiences with poor empathiser friends of the past (repetition compulsion?) and so his absences are getting more difficult. Now that I have more information on why I have felt like this we are working on changing the system.
I was also quite taken with Annegirl's experience waiting at the school gate. This was also my experience !!!!
Hello and welcome, Ren! We're glad you are here :)