That's nice for you 4468. Long haul certainly is a selfish lifestyle choice.
Whilst you're downroute alone again, deciding whether to go for a drink with a bunch of strangers, your kids are coming to hate you and your wife's off with the milkman.
Or do you actually believe they are happy with your lifestyle choice? Honestly.
Long haul is a short term, single mans game. Though I understand the attraction.
You seem to gloat about it. For me, the worst thing that can happen is you enjoy being away from home, and even worse your family start to enjoy you being away from home too.
The industry is littered with broken or unhappy marriages - There's a reason for that.
Each to their own.