It's all about perspective. My wife and I met when I was dead last on the seniority list at my former airline. That sucked. When I could hold a line it was better. When I held weekends and holidays off, it was even better.

Commuting wore on our relationship, and I decided to leave the airline. Got a home based job, and it took an adjustment because neither of us were used to spending that much time together. After the adjustment, it was great. I got a "promotion" that resulted in going from 3-4 days a week at work for 6-10 hours at a time, to working 70 hours a week, carrying a company phone, and getting calls at all hours of the night, and on vacations. That lasted about a year before I resigned from the position and returned to where I belong.

I don't think I could go back to it, but I think it's much easier today. We used to talk about how cell phones helped keep in touch with families and I'm sure facetime/skype take it a step further, especially with kids in the mix but at the end of the day, nothing beats your own bed.