First off, I want to say that I have a loving wife that supports me in (almost) anything I do. That being said; when it comes to my music "career", she is all for my doing gigs, or picking up a pit-gig and getting out there to play, but when it comes down to the time of the gig, it's always an inconvenience to her that I've got to be out and I feel guilty to be leaving to go play music which gives me an enormous amount of pleasure while she's staying home with the kids, etc.
I think it's the flip/flop of support that really gets me. When a gig comes up she's "you should go for it!", and then when I'm on the way out the door it's "what time will you be home?; I've got this and this and this going on"; and then when I'm getting home, it's "so where were you?", if it's a little later than I expected if we play over or have to tear down and load up and then chat for a little while, since we don't see each other that often, before driving off...
This is all the "short version" of our life and there's a lot going on with us and the kids, etc, but you get the picture.
How's your gigging life and how do you balance things with the "siginificant other"????
