My dad was a truck driver. Both of his brothers were truckers as well. Not local drivers, but OTR. Well, I take that back... dad and one uncle were local drivers for years. It was a job, but they didn't really like it much.
The way I see it is this. If it is in your blood, as it was my dad's, nothing local is gonna do it. Yes, many cheat. But many DO NOT either. My dad never did. Was never even tempted to step out on my mom. Yes, he had been approached, but he turned the girls down FLAT.
Mom would have preferred that dad be home every night, but he also had to make a living to support us. He drove trucks from the time he got out of the army... just as his brothers did.
As the daughter and niece of truckers, I would have no problem if that had been what my husband chose as his profession. But he didn't. Look, like ANY profession, there is the opportunity to cheat. It can happen local or OTR. A trucker isn't any more likely to cheat than someone in the military or a businessman who travels a lot, IMO.
Now, as for the money.... yea, it's not always as lucrative as many seem to think lol. You have so many expenses on the road. True, you get reimbursed for some of them... but sometimes, that doesn't happen until the end of the year or tax time. There are some truckers who LOSE money, but continue in it because they love driving those rigs. Hell, even my dad salivates still when he sees some trucks.
So, I am in the camp that wouldn't have any problem being a trucker's wife.
