Great post. just had a lenghty reply, but I have fat fingers, and it disappeared. In a nutshell, I talked a little about some of the other forums, like jetcareers.com, and "career changers." I'm about the only one it seems to have a career in aviation only to long for some normalcy in another career. the guys on that other forum are engineers, lawyers, etc. looking to dump it all for aviation. i'm looking to dump aviation for one of those fields!! to each his own. I'm happy for the guys who enjoy flying so much that they sacrifice their families to do so. ( I used to and never will again). I will never discourage anyone to enter this field. they need to see if it is for them or not. I hope people have more luck than me. As I get older, I enjoy everyday now that I'm home. Everyday for me is day 8. (used to fly for flops). And no, i'm not sick of my wife, yada yada.