Any EMS/Fire/Police Wives here?

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  • perdie7
    perdie7 Posts: 266 Member
    well I'm not a wife of one of the listed, but my husband fits the schedule thing. I'm married to a funeral director. He is on-call 24/7/365. We always have to take phones where ever we go, and be ready to leave at any moment. It's much easier now that my 5 kids are teens or older. I remember leaving the kids with my husband so I could grocery shop in peace and then having to leave a 1/2 full cart(can't even take time to pay for them), cause he had a call. My kids totally understood the we will do "such and such", IF daddy doesn't have a call
  • EchoOfYourPast
    EchoOfYourPast Posts: 459 Member
    Husband is a firefighter/paramedic...Works 24 on and 48 off....I work as a police dispatcher...was on the night shift for about 11 years.....just went to day shift at the request of my husband for a more "normal" schedule....he is happy...i'm not so sure yet...I work 12 hour shifts and it is sooooo hard to get up in the mornings. I loved sleeping during the day.
    San :)
  • alharbour
    alharbour Posts: 116 Member
    Hubby is a full time firefighter/paramedic. It can be so hard at times especially with me working nights full time and a 2 year old at home. I feel horrible for my son because he is not on any type of schedule. I wouldn't have it any other way though. I am so proud of my husband and the work that he does. It does make for a hard home life but it takes special women to be married to these men!

    I never have thought of myself as a strong woman, but compared to other women I know who are my own age..... I have friends who are scared to stay by themselves at night, can't drive out of town without their husbands and have to have him at home every night to help with bedtime routines with the kids. My husband is gone at night more than he is home. Don't let my big hair and high heels fooI ya, I will do what I need to do to protect my kids and myself while my husband is working! I also believe it does take a special kind of woman! :0)
  • alharbour
    alharbour Posts: 116 Member
    Thank you guys for putting up with all the wierd things that go on in our lives. Hopefully your husbands don't bring it home too oftern. :D

    My husband never brings it home. Sometimes I wish he would. I would be willing to listen to anything he needed to talk about. He is very good at separating work from home life. In 11 years of marriage and all the horrific car wrecks and other traumas he has worked, only one time has he called and woke me up in the night to talk about it. It was a head on collision involving a mom in a minivan and it hit a little too close to home.
  • SharleenSeas
    SharleenSeas Posts: 6
    Police Officer and married to a police officer. Yes, hectic schedules are difficult but it what police officers/firefighters love to do! No, church is not attended every Sunday. Civilians do not realize, we attend church in our own way, and pray for God to be with us on a daily basis. People do not have to physically attend church in order to believe in God. So when your husband is not attending church on a Sunday morning, he remains ready to assist others who may be in a desperate situation. A nice response would be; he is busy trying to assist others to see a different way of life, thanks for your concern. hang in there and stay positive!
  • JillBell1
    JillBell1 Posts: 1
    I'm a volunteer EMT and my husband is a volunteer firefighter and has his own landscaping business and a full-time haz-mat job where he works a 48 hour shift every weekend. I'm a stay at home mom, for the time being, with our 2 children (4 and 2). When my husband started his haz-mat job full-time he was supposed to be in training for 6 weeks 2 hours away so he stayed at a hotel Monday-Friday and came home on the weekends. This was extremely hard at first and what was supposed to be 6 weeks of training turned into 10 weeks because they didn't want to give up the manpower until they absolutely had to. So now that he's done his training, he does his landscaping Monday-Thursday and leaves for his haz-mat job Friday-Sunday. Sorry for all the details, but I had to paint a picture of how hard this adjustment was for our kids especially! As far as volunteering goes, my husband always seems to get fire calls at holidays and family get together which can be frustrating. :P I volunteer as an EMT only a couple nights a week, but I have to stay at the squad because I'm a few minutes too far to respond quickly enough. My kids say, "Mommy, do you have boo-boo duty tonight?" :P All of this makes it hard to make healthy meals because kids don't want any of that haha. I find it hard to get motivated to make a nice nutritious meal knowing it will only be a small portion. It seems like too much hard work! I'm trying to get motivated to work out and eat healthy and I was doing great until Easter weekend! Now I just have to focus and get rid of this extra weight!
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    Emergency Services group on MFP:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/770-emergency-services
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    Dispatchers/EMT/FF/Police group:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/79-dispatchers-emts-ffs-police
  • Andr1Kar
    Andr1Kar Posts: 18 Member
    My husband is a police officer also. He works 10-9:30 right now and I work full time 7-5, so by the time he gets home I am ready to head for bed and he is sleeping when I go to work! He doesn't work a consistant amount of days. Sometimes its 5 days in a row, sometimes 7, 2, 3,....I never know. We also have a daughter under the age of one, so after work I'm busy taking care of her. This leaves little time to exercise, but I'm trying! Friend me if you want!
  • Carrie5597
    Carrie5597 Posts: 1
    My husband is a police officer, I just started on this site and am really liking it so far
  • CottonCandyKisses
    CottonCandyKisses Posts: 246 Member
    My hubby is a Police Officer and works crazy hours--we have 2 boys and I work full-time. He has always worked odd hours so I am used to it now.
  • tracimichelle213
    tracimichelle213 Posts: 26 Member
    bump
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    My husband owns his own business and works long hours AND is a volunteer firefighter. I am SO proud of him. :heart:

    A couple of weeks ago I had the flu. At 4:30 in the morning I called him into the bathroom because I thought I was going to pass out. (I was actually wondering to myself if they'd be able to get the IV started since I was so dehydrated....lol.) Anyway, then at 5:30am he got called out to a HUGE fire. He asked me if I would be "ok" before he went......what could I say? I ended up calling my mom to come over and help me because I couldn't get out of bed without throwing up. I am so very proud of my husband, but us wives make sacrifices as well. :smile:
  • Mrs_Moe
    Mrs_Moe Posts: 68 Member
    hi there. I'm the spouse of a dedicated police officer. Feel free to add me as a friend!
  • alharbour
    alharbour Posts: 116 Member
    Bump...gotten so many WONDERFUL new friends from this post!
  • strunkm4
    strunkm4 Posts: 265 Member
    Going along with alhourbor! Feel free to add me for the support!! :)

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