I became a corrections officer in June of this year. This has been a lifelong dream of mine. My husband doesn't understand it but he supports me. My husband has no idea what I go through on a daily basis at work. He doesn't know the stress, and when I try to explain it he still doesn't get it.
I've talked to co-workers who have spouses that work "normal" jobs and they all say the same thing. "They don't get it and they never will and you will forever have this problem". The divorce rate among law enforcement is high. Spouses don't understand the connection you have with your coworkers. I live 10 minutes away from my job however I don't come home from work until an hour or more after my shift ends. My husband has jokingly brought up that I have a "boyfriend" at work. This is absolutley not the case. I try to explain to him that we all are connected and we all "debrief" in the parking lot after work. In this line of work it's important to have that communication with your coworkers because they are the one that are going to save your ass if something goes down. We go through a lot together.
Many of the officers where I work are married to each other. When I first started I thought it was weird. Now that I've been there 5 months I realize how much easier it would be to have someone that knows exactly what you go through.... and this realization scares me.
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