Managing Family Time with Officiating

[BigDave]

Originally posted by mikesears

Do you have a spouse that complains about the time that you are gone and if so, how do you handle that? Have you made compromises? If so, what has worked?

I won't try to address all of your questions, but I will respond to this one.

I try to keep my wife happy by doing everything I can do on my days off from officiating. When I am home, she just gets to relax. It makes me feel good knowing that I'm doing all I can do to "ease the pain" of being away from my daughter and her. Get those dishes done. Vacuum that floor. Do the laundry. Get the point?

There is no job (career, officiating, etc.) that is more important than our families. I know we sometimes forget that, but we shouldn't.

By no means am I perfect, but the effort I put out is appreciated by my wife.

Hope this helps.