For the Love of the Offshore Job

When I met my husband, we were both working as bartenders at the local bar in my small college town. He was an outdoorsy boy in every way and was as rugged and handsome, in my opinion, as they come. I was working my way through college while he was working full-time at a couple of different jobs to save up some money. He was not happy, however, where he was in his life and had dreams to eventually work at an offshore job.

I had never known anyone before who did work offshore jobs, so I was not really aware of the commitment and dedication one must have in order to be successful at an offshore job. The most I had ever seen on it was in the movie Armageddon (my all-time favorite) where it was made to look a little rough and dangerous, but also pretty sexy especially when it involved a half naked Ben Affleck.

Anyways, I never took his offshore job dreams too seriously. After I graduated, I found a job in the same town where we both already lived, and he continued bartending and working construction for his dad. A year after my graduation he proposed, and a year after that we were married. We were very happy newlyweds and very much in love, but it was evident that he was stir-crazy. He kept talking about moving to the coast and taking an offshore job there, but we were already so settled where we were living that it never took action. Secretly, I had no intention of moving. I wanted him to be happy, but I was also very content staying where we were to raise our family in a town I had grown to love.

Three years later, in the middle of my first pregnancy, he came home from work one day and told me he had had it. He needed to get out of his town and find an offshore job to do what he had been dreaming of doing since he was a little boy. I did not want to move, but I also wanted him to live the life he wanted to live. I had been planning on quitting my job once the baby was born; plus, once I did want to go back to work I did not have to be in any place in particular to get a job. So, only a little reluctantly, I agreed to move so he could have an offshore job and finally be completely happy.

Before we actually made the move, my husband went in search of an offshore job that would hire him. Although he did not have any experience, the offshore job market is pretty good because not a lot of people find that career too glamorous. He quickly did find a job with a contract, a decent salary, and benefits, and we moved our little family to the east coast the following month.

Since he took the offshore job, my husband has been much happier. It is a little lonely oftentimes because he will be gone for weeks at a time. I also worry about him a lot because I know offshore jobs can be dangerous. But, when he is home he raves about being on the ocean, with the sun beating down on him and all the hard work he puts into it. He is finally completely happy which helps compensate for all of my worries and stress. You can never truly live life until you are doing what you love.

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