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OK, it's Friday night, you went out to the bar and met your dream man/woman. You had a long day, and you're fearful you're going to peter out by midnite. And here's this woman/man who looks like he just woke up, full of energy, puzzled by your occasional yawns. Your feelings grow stronger, conversation after conversation, and then he wakes you up with a confession: I've been working the night shift for many years, I love working all night and sleeping all day. For how many of you, would this present an obstacle to investing any more time and energy with this person?
I can't speak on the topic of marriage but I lived with a girl who worked days and I worked nights and it was great. We rarely saw each other other than when I came home before we went to bed (sometimes she'd wait up sometimes not) and so when our days off would sync up and we'd spend them together we weren't sick of each other.
I read somewhere that marriages with shift workers have a higher than average divorce rate. My guess is that it's likely because when someone is trying to sleep, someone else wants to use the vacuum cleaner or nip into the bedroom to get something.
My wife and I had that shift for a while. I worked from 8am to 4pm and her from 4pm to 12am at the casino where we met. At first it was ok but eventually issues started to come up like not having time to see each other and such. It was tough until I got the same shift as her.
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