My wife (Jen) is in New York right now until Tuesday.

[Tobin S.]

It's her favorite city in America and she also has a couple of cousins and a few friends who live there. She went with her mother. I did not want to go because of obligations at work and school. I suppose I could have found the time if I'd tried hard enough, but it just wasn't worth it to me. I've been there several times in my duties as a trucker. Granted, it's not the same as being a tourist, but I got a good enough taste for the place to know that it's not really my cup of tea. Nothing against the people there, I'm just more comfortable in a smaller city.

I haven't been away from Jen overnight since I came in off the road from my last long haul gig in March of 2011. We met for the first time in the previous October. It feels very strange to be without her tonight. I feel kind of melancholy and I guess I'm already missing her. It makes me fully understand how much I love her.

[Stuart G]

1. Make sure she sees what you wrote here...k and r.

[Tobin S.]

3. Thanks for the rec :)

I'll be sure she sees the message.

[mackerel]

2. Out til Tuesday? You could do something cool for her like

paint her room or plant some flowers or something to show her you've been thinking of her.

[Tobin S.]

4. I do have something planned

[mnhtnbb]

5. Awww...the honeymoon isn't over yet!

[Tobin S.]

7. I know some couples grow a bit cynical of each other over time.

I see that a lot with the guys I work with who've been married a long time. I don't think that is going to happen to us.

[NNadir]

11. It hasn't happened to me in 30 years of being in love.

As long as you understand what you have in each other - and it sounds as if you do - it won't happen to you either.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Ah, my dear Tobin...

You two make one whole. When she goes away from you, you realize this truth so vividly.

Never forget this feeling! It can be really easy to take someone for granted, but as long as you remember how you feel tonight, that isn't very likely.

I know she's having a great time, but you can bet that in the quiet moments that occur on such trips, she is missing you too.

[Tobin S.]

8. We complement each other in many ways.

I don't believe in divinity, but Jen does and she thinks we were made for each other. I can see why she would think that, and I don't argue with her when she says such things.

[NJCher]

9. call her up

and tell her you miss her.


Cher

[Tobin S.]

10. I did a little bit ago.

She says she is having a good time, but she misses me, too.

[NJCher]

12. --

Cher