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(12-30-2011 01:01 AM)Aliblahba Wrote:  

The worst thing about remote sites is listening to to married guys bitching. Their wives are fucking somone and spending all the money. Ive worked with DOZENS of guys that go back with ZERO in the bank. Some stay here because the wife wont let them come home.

This is the single mans life.

THIS.

There is nothing more aggravating that having to lose an entire day of work because your co-worker had a bad phone call and is spending the next 24 hours paranoid until they can sort it out on the next contact. Then you get to groan to yourself when he goes full beta and is alloting tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands in one case I knew) trying to buy off her loyalty. Then you shake your head and pat him on the back as the inevitable occurs, and he has to burn leave time on divorce proceedings.

Probably sucks to be that chump too.

Bottom-line, if you're leaving behind anything you're going to worry about, DO NOT LEAVE. Life is about choosing your priorities, and working overseas is too huge a commitment to play second-banana to anything not overseas. If this isn't your top priority, DON'T DO IT.