Originally Posted by
asilva1604
My girlfriend says she would not mind moving to another country, and we have talked about it for long. She and I are both finishing our Engineering degrees (she in Chemical Eng), and so, if we moved, she would find a job and make her career there. This would not be possible, however, if I was moving around a lot, as I don't think I would even be able to ask her to quit her job to move with me. Long haul flying is out of the question for me, even if later on the career, as I want to have children, and do not feel good about spending that much time away from them.
If you're serious about becoming a professional pilot, you'll need to forget about a girlfreid or friends for a year or two because to even finish flight training requires a lot of dedication and effort. Girlfriends are always a distraction because they will never really understand what it takes, and so you'll either start but not finish because they'll complain you're not spending enough time with them (you'll know about this when doing ATPL theory) or you'll start, barely finish but still be stuck. Because as a freshly minted pilot yearning for experience you'll need to be able to move anywhere for that first flying job. A girlfriend, as supportive as she might be, will still make it hard for you to make a decision and you'll eventually just wait for that perfect dream airline job close to home and close to the girlfriend which will probably never materialize.
You need to really want this and be ready to sacrifice everything, otherwise it's not for you.