You are right, Bettygirl. It is an extremely unsociable-hours job.
You'd probably be surprised, though, how many of us out in this ozone of the pax thread did our time in the job. My time in the cabin was before most of the folks on here were out of nappies, LOL
But it was as unsociable then. So I do understand. My old airline had a looooooong duty, because we went around the world as an intact crew, both eastways and westways. We were away for two weeks or more at a time.
But it allowed me the funds and schedule to get my master's degree. So I wasn't in it for life, and nobody else was either, and if you stayed you went into recruitment and training.
It was a young person's game then. And when you are weighed in before every flight, held to extremely stringent weight and appearance requirements, and held your breath that you won't be one pound over and grounded, that used to be a natural selection process as one got older!
And then we were subjected to wearig our ubiquitous girdles and heels on board. I couldn't do it for 2 days now, much less 2 weeks.
My hat's off to you. It's still ruddy hard graft on the bod.