The Warrior Chic Lifestyle!!!

When you start dating someone, you always show them the best side of yourself. You are polite, you’re romantic and you’re creative. After marriage, people tend to become content and stop doing the things they used to do, like dating. In a long distance marriage its far to easy to let dates and affection slip away from the relationship. You must try harder to create ways to build trust, show affection and build closer bonds.  During my time being a trucker wife I have learned to get out my comfort zone. I like regular, low-key date nights, but I have learned to love those weekend getaways they are particularly fantastic! My trucker love adventure and does not do well following a plan. He is the opposite of me. I need a schedule, a plan to follow and routine. Well all he needs is his nature state…Spontaneous! He likes to get out in the world and explore. I rather go to the beach relax and read a book. But to to keep thing interesting I have to go outside my comfort zone. To do t

Being romantic used to be so much easier.  After a few years of marriage, and especially when you welcome children to the family, romance and intimacy seem to take a back seat. Adding a long distance marriage to your lifestyle well you must really wanted to test your love for your spouse.  All jokes aside you can't let the challenges of long distance relationships nor your kids get in the way of you building a strong married life.   When life gets busy, you need to get closer to your trucker.  You need to feel more connected than ever and remind yourself and your trucker about the magic that brought you to this place. I know all too well how life was so perfect until he choose to get into the trucking field. Now it takes all you can to keep for ringing each other necks due to miscommunication, assumptions, and separation anxiety that cause loneliness.   The reality is that romance takes a bit of effort when you become an insanely busy long distance couple.  It takes s

I was asked by a friend how do I show my hubby he is loved since we have an unconventional married life. I relied it was simple. We both show each other love all the time. Just because you have a long distance marriage doesn’t means you don’t interact on a daily basis. We do all of the normal things every other married couple do except we have to do them afar and learn to be clever in how we do it.   So to answer, “What is one simple thing I can do to brighten my spouse’s day today?”   What I do to show my husband he is loved and appreciated is telling him and texting him. Also cards, notes, and when I go to any store grabbing a gift just because. Most gifts pertain to something he needs for his truck. It’s hard to find parking at stores with a trailer plus truck stops are so expensive so I try to buy useful items. He is very grateful when I give him a basket full of snacks, hand sanitizers, work gloves, gums, mints, toothpaste, garbage bags, his favorite chocolate candy and s

These days between jobs, kids and the drama of everyday life, romance tends to get lost in the shuffle. As for a long distance marriage it seems impossible to manage.  Many couples say “Long distance marriages are   just too much work”, but it doesn’t have to be that way!  Some of the most romantic ideas are simple, short and sweet.  To prove it, here’s 3 things I do to spice up my long distance marriage and make my truck driver spouse feel special when he’s over the road and it only take a few minutes to prepare: Make Him Feel Special Things I like to do when I know he is scheduled to come home are fast, simple and sweet. First thing in the morning I send him my regular routine text of, “Have a great day, be safe, see ya soon and I love you XOXO! Promise of Things to Come Next, I like to tease him of things to come as well as make him feel special with sexy compliments. I like to do this by expressing my feelings in a unique way by writing my spouse a  love letter.