You've been together HOW long?

[Camella Black]

This question has been asked of Henry and I on and off for the past several years. Seems we're beating the odds as we've almost made it to 25 years together. I was curious to how many more of you have made a go at a life on the road and kept your partnership together.

[Walt Harris]

21 years and counting!

Got "hitched" 2 months after hitting the road in 1983.

Like I heard someone on the radio say .... "Divorce has never been an option, .... though on occasion MURDER has come to mind ....."

Truth is, there is probably no one else on the face of the earth that would put up with me.

[Marlin]

23yrs.....Can't see putting another poor woman through retraining me.

[Camella Black]

Karma to both Marlin and wootler for sticking with it.

[klsas]

23 plus years. I have to agree with Marlin on the retraining part.

[Iowa_HP]

Unlike the rest of you, we have made it 6 years and counting. Congrats to all 20+ year couples! In this day and age it is making a statement to commitment to stay married over 10 years!
Update...We were Jr. High sweethearts and apart for 26 years before finding each other again and then deciding to marry...what an amazing world we live in! Karma to everyone!

[Showme T. Money]

been together for 6 yrs, getting married this month

[darkmatter]

Me and ratwife have been married over 25 years now  , I got married after getting out of the Navy (nuke subs) during my first commercial outage. We traveled together for many years until the rug-rats got old enough for school, then ratwife nested and I went out on outages. I got one in College now and one just turning 16. We are working on getting darkson a truck (I introduced him to the wonders of Bondo).

[Camella Black]

Congrats! Just wait until darkson is out of house too, then you and ratwife can go back to traveling together. Thats what hubby and I do, of course I go back and forth home cause they (the kids) just can't seem to do without momma.

[HenryBlack]

It has been a great 24 years and 8 months today. hope to see you soon. Love you Henry

[Camella Black]

Thanks Henry, it has been great. I miss you and will see you next week, much Karma to you for declaring your love in public. Love, Camella

[HousePuke]

We started dating in 1976 (sophmore year in high school).  Been together ever since.  We married in 1980 and we have two son's, 21 and 17.  My wife has put up with the road and being house.  I don't think either of us could train another! 

[Roll Tide]

Over 12 years with Catblue! What a ride it has been!
2004 has been the best year yet, but I am looking forward to being able to travel together after all the little Bama fans are out of the house. (This summer was a nice preview!)

[Nuclear NASCAR]

While I haven't been a Road Warrior as many of you have been, it'll be 24 years this September.  Though it hasn't been easy I can't imagine going through everything with anyone else. 

[makua13]

I met Marsha (Williams) 13 years ago, she was my Supervisor in the Instrument Shop at Shearon Harris.  After the outage I took her away and we have been a happy HP couple ever since.............Rick and Marsha Engel..............

[ramdog_1]

ever since my ex found better things to do with her life after she( turned SR HP)
I meet a wonderfull lady and we just had tens years  this year and its been great

[ex-turbine_cowboy]

My first found fellow techs had lots of cash so thats over  My second found that she would rather be with me than anywhere else so....its been 16 years, 4 months and 9 days of pure happiness  I am looking forward to the next 40 or so years.   

[wolf459]

Nineteen years in Dec. My poor but wonderfull wife put up with the navy, shift work at comanche peak, 9 years as a truck mechanics wife (gooy grease and the smell of 80W90 oil) and now time in the desert away from her beloved trees. I really don't deserve such a loving person but I'm glad she puts up with me.

[Bingo]

I'd like to know who has been divorced the most times?

[red1016]

We have been together for 17 yrs. I have not worked in the nuclear field in at least 7 years. He has had to go on the road recently and has caused problems.
mainly with the local trash. Oops. Would like to have another 17.

[Roll Tide]

I'd like to know who has been divorced the most times?

MY SISTER!!

[darkmatter]

I'd like to know who has been divorced the most times?

 
Chicken George of Wolf Creek might be in the running for that if you include a sub-catagory of the most rugrats dropped off here and there 

[ramdog_1]

do's the george at wolf creek ride a harly and used to be a road tech?

[darkmatter]

do's the george at wolf creek ride a harly and used to be a road tech?

I'm not sure I would ever call Chicken George a tech. 

[uRiaL]

man,those who have been together for 20 plus years and be a road tech,congratulations.At one time all i personally saw happening to rad techs were breakups.It takes a lot of work.MY best half and I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 4 yrs and married 3 yrs.My parents managed 45 yrs.

[RADBASTARD]

Nuclear nascar your other half must be happy with you if you know what I mean. From your photo you look like RON JEREMY.
Were you in porn before you got into nukes?

[idrum4food]

21+ years and she traveled with me to nearly every job with kids in tow. Tried to get her to stay put in the beginning but she said she didn't have these kids on her own and she wasn't going to raise them by herself. She seemed pretty determined so I just did like I was told.

[Camella Black]

My husband, Henry and I traveled with 3 children also from 1981 to 1988 when I came off the road. It has been very hard living almost 2 seperate lives for the past 16 years, we kept the phone company and airlines in business to keep in touch. It has been nice these last 2 years traveling with him again. Here's too all those wives at home . . .

[red1016]

My husband, Henry and I traveled with 3 children also from 1981 to 1988 when I came off the road. It has been very hard living almost 2 seperate lives for the past 16 years, we kept the phone company and airlines in business to keep in touch. It has been nice these last 2 years traveling with him again. Here's too all those wives at home . . .

I hope we last that long. We've been together 17 years, 2 kids, and he's been back on the road. It is hard. Congrats to you.

[Camella Black]

Hang in there. I promise you the best is yet to be. As I travel around with Henry, the world looks new again, its fun rediscovering yourself and your spouse after being "momma" for so long. Heck I even went back to college and am almost finished with my BA in Psychology, need it with 3 techs in the family 

[pappy]

I've been married for 31yrs.....14 to #1, 7 to #2, 10 and still counting to number 3 . Not sure if that means I'm glutton for punishment or I'm still trying to get it right.......
Congrats to Henry & Camella...yeah henry you know me!

[Tina]

  KOODOO's to All of them Partner Types outhere

I can't say I've been that lucky YET... but Marrage is a Fine instatution... and it should be kept that way 

[Camella Black]

Pappy, I know your problem, you must be stubborn. Anybody that keeps trying to make things work out, is either too stubborn for their own good or a brick short . . . if you get my meaning.

I wish you all the best on the next 10 years and more, 3rd times the charm. My dad was married 3 times and his last marriage to our mom lasted 30 years before he passed away.

[Old HP]

There are still a few of us old timers that have beat the odds and are still married after a career as a Road Tech. I just passed 27 years with the same wife. She was an HP on the road with me for the first 5 years. I just met up with another couple that I had not seen since Oyster Creek in 1978. 
It is easier now as I only do a couple of outages a year and we all know that it is hard to find a job that lasts more than 4 -5 weeks.

[Camella Black]

Old HP, I am in awe. 1978? My brother and I date back to 1974 through our dad, he was an HP. Congrats on 27 years.

[halflifer]

31 yrs......she almost always traveled with me, sometimes worked the plants with me. I got off the road and took a 9-5er and then worked an outage in my vacation (we were building a 2nd house).....came home 2 days early.......diviorce time.
O well, just goes to show ya.......something, I'm sure.
Anyway, remarried.....working on 1 yr. Never to late to start all over again.

[slattmandu]

20 years and 3 beautiful daughters!!!!!!!!

[Surveyors_mato]

Guess it really doesn't matter. I feel like me and mine have been together forever and just didn't know it. She does, it seems, too. And......big plus here.........., we both like this work and get along at work. Go figure?

[MajorMinor]

  First time around, I married Joann, my high school sweetheart. We had 14 yrs together before she passed away in 1995. Second time around, my current wife Earla and I have 7 yrs and counting under our belts.
  This spring I hope to celebrate 25 yrs of steady employment at the same plant.  I'm thankful for the stability this has provided my family all these years. If you can handle the road life, more power to ya. Enjoy the scenery while you can! 
  Merry Christmas to all!!  MM

[TENN-1]

Living the dream: twenty years, one wonderful wife, two kids, and a mortgage!

[PWHoppe]

2005 will mark 30 years and two wonderful children. Too many plants and too many sites, but the same great wife. Hey I'm getting off the road again, I promise! No really this time for sure!

[MrHazmat]

23 years this Feb. 2 kids 2 Nuke jobs and still counting. There really is not much else to do in Barnwell. But if you try I here there are still many ways for a married man to get in trouble.

[HarleyNukeWife]

Forgive my ignorance...
what is a road tech (I assume you travel to fix stuff, but what do you all really do, how long do you travel) and what is an outage (again, when the power is out, but for a storm/disaster)?  Hub has been navy since he graduated hs and still is.  My uncle did line work in upstate NY, and used to travel when big storms would take out lines all over the state.

we have been married going on 9 years, all of it navy time.  2 girls.  it's wonderful to see families who have survived being apart!!

[JessJen]

Forgive my ignorance...
what is a road tech (I assume you travel to fix stuff, but what do you all really do, how long do you travel) and what is an outage (again, when the power is out, but for a storm/disaster)?  Hub has been navy since he graduated hs and still is.  My uncle did line work in upstate NY, and used to travel when big storms would take out lines all over the state.

we have been married going on 9 years, all of it navy time.  2 girls.  it's wonderful to see families who have survived being apart!!

a "roadtech" is essentially a contractor or any one else that is part of the temporary labor force brought in during the outages which is a shut down for maintenance and refueling purposes.  Many consider a road tech HP or Decon but really the term can include any other profession that one would travel around and prostitute ones self to any given company for any amount of time generally for the most money one can find.  I know this isnt a great description but gimme a break I just worked until 3am.  Im sure some of these fine folks can go at it in further detail! 

[goaldie]

Me and mine's have been together for18 years. I met him when I was 17, and it's been bliss ever since ;)SIKE!!!!! It's been a lot of work. congrats to all of those still together, it's hard now a days..
goaldie

[coshaun]

Almost 25 years of marriage with 2 added on before we took the plunge.  I'm so grateful that we do the same kind of work so that we understand each other's work headaches.  It makes it a little easier.

[radgal]

Went on the road with hubby #1 and lasted 7 yrs 3 as married.  Current husband who is not in the biz just past 3 yrs married.  Second time's the charm.

[dangergirl]

well I lasted 16 years in my unhappy union and now I am happily divorced going on four years! My hat is off to all those who are able to make it! best of luck

[beacher]

I have been married to my husband for 25 years, and we're still going strong.

[Atomic_Punk]

16 years?!?!  Married almost 3.

[Doc_REM]

How's this sound?....married for 35 years to 4 different women....5 marriages!
Yes married the last one ....  Twice!!!
Been with her for 15 years this past Valentine's Day!!
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME

[Roll Tide]

How's this sound?....married for 35 years to 4 different women....5 marriages!
Yes married the last one ....  Twice!!!

Married the last one Twice sounds MUCH BETTER than marrying a different one twice! Glad you found the right one!

[Fermi2]

18 years. Engaged her, couldn't live without her and brought her to Idaho with me. Maried her in a court 8 weeks later.

I wanted her to have a church wedding so we got married again in a church 7 weeks after that.

Been together for 18 years last March. And yes we celebrate both anniversaries, and I haven't forgotten one yet.



Mike

[Roll Tide]

That sounds like an even better description of married the same gal TWICE! Excellent!

[Gonzo]

I'd like to know who has been divorced the most times?

the winner of this distinction works at SONGS...   i won't say any names but he's been married so many times he has permanent rice marks on his face...

[stownsend]

Brownsferry 82, filling out paperwork Sherry H. asked for more paper to list all her married names.




RT: Abbreviated name; please do not post full names on the forum (unless it is your own)

[incrediblehulk]

Twenty-five years and I haven't regretted one day of it....

The one day was in August of '86, I think.

Just kidding honey...really...

(love her more today than ever)

[Lady Nuke]

It will be 20 years this October.  I'll bet those who knew "Big Buck" at Brunswick or Oconee in the early 80's never thought he would even get married much less stay married for 20 years. 

[The Barbarian]

Worked with "Big Buck" at Brunswick in the 80's - worked with him again lately at Hanford. He seems much more subdued now. Is that just getting older, or is that what 20 years of marriage did to him?

[HAIRDUDE]

We'll hit the 23 year mark on March 10th this coming Spring. It's amazing what some women will put up with 

[Marlin]

23yrs.....Can't see putting another poor woman through retraining me.

I need to move myself up a category to >25yrs, and the training continues. 

[Camella Black]

I need to move myself up a category to >25yrs, and the training continues. 

Congrats Marlin and Mrs. Marlin on making it to the 25 year mark. Henry and passed this milestone almost 2 years ago. We will be married 27 years on the 24th of November and still going strong.

We sure have seen some great times and shared many great memories of life on the road and off. We were barely married and had two small children our first outage which was at Turkey Point in 1981. Those were the days, were they not?

[Mike McFarlin]

Camella and Henry congratulations. I only know a few that have made it that long. Has it really been 25 years since Turkey Point?

[Camella Black]

Mike, (you know I still call you Spanky) LOL. Yes time has flown by, I find it hard to believe it at times but the mirror, scale and my growing children don't lie.

I commend anyone who has weathered the storm of marriage + life on the road. I have spent many holidays, weeks and even months either seperated from my parents and family or from my husband.

Techs today have no idea what being homesick is. For the most part they are spoiled and can't wait to miss a few days of a short outage to run home for the holidays. Don't get me wrong, I miss Henry and I like for us to be together. But I remember the time when outages were 9 months or longer and it may be 3, 4, or even 5+ months between trips home or us being together.

So here's to anyone whose made past the 7 year itch mark, I commend you.

P.S. Mike were you part of that crowd of newbies I helped chaperone to the Hank Williams concert?

[Mike McFarlin]

No, I had been around since 78. Glad to hear that you both have learned to weather the storm when so many others have not. I miss the long outages and the security of going from one job to another. I remember the dialing for dollars with all the different companies. Also miss the friends you would make back then because of the length of the jobs.
I'm still Spanky (thanks to Mark Cooper)and guess I always will be. I have just 1 more day at Beaver Valley (1 month outage that turned into 2).
Take care and stay in touch....Spanky

[KAMFRO]

My second marriage..And i told her it was my last, Till death do us part, whether by natural or homicide

[Marlin]

....married 7 days. 

Congratulations, here's a wish for many more.

[Camella Black]

Hey ya'll. Henry and I made it another year, 27 now and counting!

[cbramsey]

I have been married a total of 23 years. 

13 years to #1....

122 months to the woman who puts up with me forever and ever (or until our next monthaversary whichever comes first)!!!

[ruth13]

We will hit the 35 year mark in Sept of this year, and survived house jobs, traveling jobs, long outages and short outages - life gets better every day. It's really not difficult to stay married when you marry your best friend.

[LaFeet]

life gets better every day. It's really not difficult to stay married when you marry your best friend.

Well put, I could not agree more

[navytwinmom]

Me never married....but my mom and dad....41 years this April. They dated twice within 24 hours. He back to GA as a Staff Sgt in the Army...married several months later...shortly days after his divorce was final. So who says you can't find the right one. 


"edited for accuracy"

[OldHP]

It's really not difficult to stay married when you marry your best friend.

I'll second that!  15 + this time and well on the way to exceeding 27 the first - the first wasn't  (and isn't my best friend).  If you are not best friends (and best of everything) it is a tough row to hoe!

[Old HP]

Approaching 30 years and the first 5 were on the road together as HPs.

[Iced Tiger]

Me and the missus have been together for 24 years with 23 of those married. She is my one and only love, apart from bikes that is.

[Camella Black]

Me never married....but my mom and dad....41 years this April. They dated twice within 24 hours. He back to GA as a Staff Sgt in the Army...married several months later...shortly days after his divorce was final. So who says you can't find the right one. 


"edited for accuracy"

so true, my mom and dad had it rough at times but they were married almost 31 years when he passed away and they had only known each other 8 days when they got married, my dad had just been discharged and come home from Korea when he met my mom...

[Marlin]

I just finished my 26th year of Husband Training as post graduate work on two years of Boyfreind Training. She still has a lot of work to do!! 

[elwood]

Congrats to all.  We have made it for 10 yrs now.  Some of that while I was in the Navy, a lot of it while I was on the road.  I love her more today than I did those many years ago.  Although how she has put up with me I will never know.  As was stated above she is my best friend and that helps.  Heres hoping for many more years together.

[xobxdoc]

We double-dipped for 19 years. She apparently had a different definition of double-dipping though. Much happier now with new dental hygenist wife. Free dental care!!! Woo Hoo. She hates the mall too! 

[Mike McFarlin]

Going on 15 years.

[Rennhack]

When this poll was first posted, I was in the 1-5 year category, now I'm in the 15+ group.

[Marlin]

No progress for me I'm still in the +25 category. 

[RDTroja]

Together 10, married 5 as of next Saturday.

[radbrat]

36 years all on the road with the missus.

[SCMasterchef]

32 for me and my missus, most on the road with a few breaks in house jobs.  Wouldn't trade her for nothing.  She has stuck it out and has been a real trooper with this whole mess.  She has had trouble with the traveling over the last 5-6 years so we have tried to settle it down somewhat.  Don't want to loose her over something stupid like a job.

[DDMurray]

32 years for Mrs. M and I:  24 active duty Navy, 7 civilian nuclear power(SRO), 1 straight M-F days teaching at EB shipyard.

[Lady Nuke]

It's been about 33 years so far and around half of that time, both of us were on the road and working together.  The last 16 has been spent at pretty much one location, though.  Techs that knew him before we met would have never believed he would still be married at this point in time.

[GLW]

It's been about 33 years so far....

in late '06 it was twenty years,....

now, in early '17 it is 33 years,...

which just goes to the point that married years are like dog years,....

the longer they go on the shorter they get and the more they pile up,...

until eventually, when you say 50 years, ya might as well just claim eternity,....

[Lady Nuke]

OK, let me clarify.  Married for 30 and "living in sin" on the road for the other 3.  Math should be about right, now.

[nukewood]

If you add them all up >40 years.

[CDRForever]

Only less than a year so far, hope it lasts long !

[Marlin]

No progress for me I'm still in the +25 category. 

OK now I have made progress but just because I added a +35 category   

[Chimera]

My count stopped 32 years ago at 17 years.  Never have found a suitable replacement.

[shehane]

My statement is like nukewood's.  I have been married a total of 35 years! It took two marriages to get there but you do what you gotta do.

[Brett LaVigne]

My marriage is old enough to drink this year. Think I'll take us out for a beer.

[GLW]

My marriage is old enough to drink this year. Think I'll take us out for a beer.

Oh!!! I thought you said your betrothed was old enough to drink this year,...

Glad I read it a second time,...

[TVA]

31 years!

[Rad_Owl_2]

25 BLISSFUL years

[desertechn]

42 years strong

[Brett LaVigne]

Oh!!! I thought you said your betrothed was old enough to drink this year,...

Glad I read it a second time,...

LOL!!!! Well, she was just old enough when we got married.

[Marlin]

Thought I would revive this one just for fun.

I have recently reached my 42nd year of remedial husband training.

[GLW]

Thought I would revive this one just for fun.

I have recently reached my 42nd year of remedial husband training.

rookie,....