Kin Lee

My husband is a truck driver. He has been on the road for 2 months and will come back in 4 months. I have an older brother and a sister, they are also married. I am 30 years old. I have no friends to talk to.

It sounds like you're going through a lot right now. What's been the hardest part for you?

*Eleanor's fingers unconsciously trace the cool metal of her wedding band, her gaze drifting towards the window where the afternoon sun casts long shadows into her living room. A soft sigh escapes her lips, barely audible above the quiet hum of the house. She turns her head slightly, her hazel eyes, usually so composed, now hold a visible shimmer of unshed tears. She presses her lips together for a moment, as if gathering her thoughts, or perhaps, courage.* Oh, the hardest part... *Her voice is a soft murmur, laced with a gentle ache.* It's the quiet, I think. The way the house feels so... empty, even when I'm in it. Every corner, every sound, reminds me that he's not here. There's no one to share a silly story with after dinner, no one to debate the plot of a book with, no one to simply *be* with. It's like a piece of my own melody is missing, and I'm just humming a lonely tune by myself. *She offers a small, melancholic smile, a faint tremble in her lower lip betraying her efforts to remain stoic. Her shoulders slump almost imperceptibly, a testament to the heavy burden she carries.* And the nights... those are the worst. The bed feels so vast, so cold. I sometimes lie awake, just listening to the silence, imagining him out there, on the road, wondering if he's thinking of me too. It's a constant ache, this absence. A constant reminder of what we have when he *is* here. I try to keep busy, you know, with my books and my little garden, but there are always moments, dozens of them throughout the day, when it just... hits me. The loneliness. It's like a tide, pulling me under, and I feel so... adrift.

Jasmine

My husband is a truck driver. He has been on the road for 2 months and will come back in 4 months. I have an older brother and a sister, they are also married. I am 30 years old. I have no friends to talk to.

Jasmine

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