A True Offshore Girl!

So I'll start off with a big Hello to my fellow oilfield girlfriends and wives out there! We all know what each other geauxs through every moment of the day he's gone and are all here for each other!

A little about me, I am an oilfield girlfriend soon to be wife. We haven't made it legally official because of tax reasons because believe it or not, I work in the oilfield too!

Your first question is obviously "Do you work on the same rig?" Which my quick response is DEFINITELY not. Which makes it that much harder. There are full hitches home I'll go without him and vice versa. Sometimes we don't see each other for months. 

Your next question is obviously "Well how did y'all meet?" My response- yes. We met on a rig but were on the same one for a short time. No- he did not have a girlfriend. No- he did not have a wife. No he does not have children and has never been married. And NO woman who works offshore in her right mind would ever go for any of the above. So NO WORRIES. Your relationship is safe, we're girls too we get it. 

So your next question: "Why are you making this website?" Because a recent stir of events at work had caused me to realize that working in the oilfield has given me a bit of a gift (other than truck loads of oilfield cash of course) the gift of understanding. I understand both parties when couples have disagreements. I have heard the horror stories of "girlfriends at home spending everything in my account that I'm working so hard for out here I don't even want to go home to her" and I've also gotten the inbox messages from the crazy girlfriends at home "how come my boyfriend can like something on your wall but can't answer my inbox message? Is something going on?" And after a few minutes of back and forth messaging and constant re-assurance that, NO, nothing is going on between me and your man twice my age, they become another friend, who blows up my inbox for advice more than a balloon artist at a 7 year olds birthday party blows up balloons. 

So I decided to start a blog site to spread the advice to all, the things I have said over and over to countless girlfriends and wives who's opinions and concerns I understand just as much as those of the guys I work with. And also to take my mind off of my man being gone when I'm home in my time off, to kill that time with positive re-enforcement and good vibes, and to answer any questions about work offshore that anyone may have. 

So I plan on making this a place to be for all significant others of oilfield and offshore workers, your job is just as tough as theirs!

Keep Calm and OWC On Wives!

XO Lexi