I was just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation & if they had any helpful advice?
I've recently started dating a guy that works pretty extreme shift work - e.g he can work any shift pattern around a 24 hour schedule, including doing stand by & is also routinely out of the country. I'm a typical 9-5.30 girl, realistically I'm out for much longer when I factor in commuting, horse and various other things, but my routine doesn't change wildly.
I've only ever dated other 'office working with weekends off' guys so am totally used to using evenings & weekends to juggle things about & see them, which obviously won't always be the case.
We both been upfront & understand each other's commitments & are happy to give it a go and see what happens. I'm certainly a fairly independent person - so it could work brilliantly or we could never see each other & it all comes to nothing! But, he seems a nice guy, so would like to give it our best shot.
Has anyone any experience dating someone with totally different shift patterns & how you find it? Am I just going to have to learn to work out different time zones (unlikely, I don't understand a 24 hour clock as he fairly quickly learnt when he confirmed times to meet in that format & I was 2 hours late & still in a different county when I should have been with him ... Oops!) & become a morning and/or late night person?!
I've recently started dating a guy that works pretty extreme shift work - e.g he can work any shift pattern around a 24 hour schedule, including doing stand by & is also routinely out of the country. I'm a typical 9-5.30 girl, realistically I'm out for much longer when I factor in commuting, horse and various other things, but my routine doesn't change wildly.
I've only ever dated other 'office working with weekends off' guys so am totally used to using evenings & weekends to juggle things about & see them, which obviously won't always be the case.
We both been upfront & understand each other's commitments & are happy to give it a go and see what happens. I'm certainly a fairly independent person - so it could work brilliantly or we could never see each other & it all comes to nothing! But, he seems a nice guy, so would like to give it our best shot.
Has anyone any experience dating someone with totally different shift patterns & how you find it? Am I just going to have to learn to work out different time zones (unlikely, I don't understand a 24 hour clock as he fairly quickly learnt when he confirmed times to meet in that format & I was 2 hours late & still in a different county when I should have been with him ... Oops!) & become a morning and/or late night person?!