Well, I obviously can't speak for myself as I don't have kids, but I can say my dad had the issue of not being there most of the time, as he was a salesman in the Southeast part of the country whilst my family was still out in California for two years. He had an apartment in Atlanta and flew home once a month. It was hard on my mother, too, and I recall her being angry about it. That's how we ended up in NC - my dad finally got a territory in NC, SC and VA to work in and we moved to NC when I was 15. Kat On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:05:31 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So, Ken, how do you deal with it? Anybody > (especially ABs) spout platitudes > like, "Oh, it's not important to your kids that > you can't do such-and-such. > They just want to be around you." Right. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:30 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: feeling guilty or angry was : Missing > Children > > > Sometimes guilty, sometime angry with the whole > thing, yes. > > > > An aside here, maybe even a new thread: Do any > list folks with kids ever > feel "guilty" about not being able to do all of > the physical things with > your kids that AB parents can? This has been > gnawing at me lately. I come > home from work pretty much shot, but the kids > want to get out and GO! > Anyone else have this? > > -Kyle >