Having a hard time with full timing

jcpjane wrote:
I am so grateful for everyone We've ut. First, I'd like to defend my DH, he suggested I post here to see how other women dealt with a similar situation. Second he didn't force me to do this. I just didn't think it would effect me this way. I don't miss the snow or ice in NY. I don't miss all the stuff we accumulated. I do miss photos on the walls. But my DH is going to figure out something so we can personalize a little more.

I had a couple of friends that I shared my life story with & vice a versa. Out of my siblings I am only really close to one. I miss our daughter because we had a close relationship.

I did go to therapy & I talk to her once in a while. It does help. I also am very open with my husband about my feelings. He is very supportive & understanding. He knows what I am feeling & truly tries to help.

He has a blog about being first time rv owners & being full timers.

We are moving alot. We don't want to drive more than 300 miles from place to place. We stay a minimum of a week. Eventually we will slow down.

Right now, we've been all over FL. North, South, East & West.

I do think that we will have a base, maybe two. Maybe eventually one & be snowbirds I don't know.


I would Skype but most campgrounds the Internet is limited to emails& looking up websites. I text, call & email to stay in touch.

My husband knows once we have grandchildren, things will be different. However since our children are in two geographic locations, we'd be snowbirds or have two bases.

As far as inviting friends & family to meet us places. True most campgrounds have rental units. Or they can stay at a nearby hotel. We've been discussing this with them. Next winter, they will come where we are since we would be South. This summer, as I said we'll be there.

I do appreciate everyone's input.

I would welcome anyone who is feeling the same way to send me a person message. Perhaps we could for a friendship of sorts with that common bond. Maybe end up meeting some place I the future.

Maybe it's already been said, but this lifestyle is not for everyone. If you really dislike it, that's likely going to get worse and not better. My wife loved it from the moment we first rented an RV so, so many years ago. We never planned to go full time but when the opportunity arose we both jumped at it. I would not have done it, or I would have stopped doing it, if my wife felt as bad as you describe yourself to feel. Life is just to darn short to be wasted doing stuff you don't like and don't have to do.
I can't relate to some of your issues but that does not mean I am not sympathetic. I personally think you are moving too much for a couple jumping into this pretty much blind. I (again, personally) think you would be much better off to get to a location close to family and try to settle in just a bit. It sounds like you have not left FL meaning you are pretty much running around in circles just to be moving. Either settle down a bit or GO! There are some absolutely amazing, stunning, awe inspiring, breath taking, historic and unique locations around this great Country of ours and you have an excellent opportunity to find them and brag about having seen them. Some will change your life, some will enlighten, some will educate, some will simply be items you cross off your bucket list and some you will scratch your head and wonder why you wasted your time (like the time I visited Roswell, NM). They will all still be an experience and they will all be an experience you will remember forever.
I wish you the very best of luck and I hope you find what's right for you and possibly the right compromise between you, the DH and the lifestyle.
As a 17 year full-timer I do not have one single regret, but I do still miss the living room fireplace and the cord of wood we burned each Winter! That's just not enough to make me stop!