Sailor Stories

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Trapped and alone

I spend all my time at sea to pay for my home, my kids, my car, and boat and then when I get to spend time there I never get to enjoy it. Also, because I am gone a lot everyone seems to despise me. I would like to be home, but I need to sail to pay for stuff. Which is stuff I don’t really need but at least I get to enjoy it some times.

Run away from home

I may hate going to sea, but sometimes I have found myself hating being at home and just “running away” to sea. I stall and evade until I can just go to sea and leave them all behind. The problems are always waiting for me when I am home though.

No life

I sometimes feel like I have no life when I get home. I don’t know many people, it’s hard to stay in touch with people when I am home, and I don’t have a lot to do. I often find myself spending all my time with my significant other or just drinking and watching TV. I’d like to do something more meaningful, but don’t know where to start.

Horrible Chief

I was tortued by my chief engineer, once. He hated me the second I walked on board. Everything I did was wrong. He isolated me from the rest of the crew and I would have trouble sleeping being so worried about what the next day would bring.

Stuck Sailing

I hate sailing. I have wanted to quit for years, but I have become too accustomed to the money and don’t know what I’d do if I went shoreside.