Just Curious - Training Via "husband"

Has any ladies on here been CDL trained by their significant other? I don't have any friends/family that can relate to it in any way or may have some stories to tell about training (whether or not trained by bf/husband). Maybe a guy might venture into the ladies forum and read this too lol, I wouldn't mind hearing the other end either if a lad on here has trained his lady.

We've already successfully gotten me the Class B. I've two construction seasons and one (sad) winter haul under my belt in a solo end dump. I feel like a pro with the range of different jobs I've done (paving, thru mud pits, up/down side of mountains, grindings, etc and one day I did 75 loads in 10 hours...talk about a hamster wheel) lol....but we are still working on the Class A! I have until the first week of November to complete/pass test.

The good news.....shifting is a breeze, I am not scared of vehicle size going down the road, have done generally well in taking turns with the trailer on, am confident in pre-trip inspection

the scary stuff.....we haven't done a lick of backing! I think we've tried to have me park at the yard twice which imo, doesn't count. whenever we do train it's usually on the job and we haven't necessarily dedicated any days to it. Sometimes he thinks that me driving to the yard constitutes as training lol. 20 minutes here and there isn't going to cut it!! And to boot - I'm a little gun shy still from when we trained my Class B. I kind of do better when I pretend he isn't sitting there, even when he decides to run shot gun in my dump truck if he brought me lunch/dinner lol!

Now maybe part of this is just venting...ok well 99% of it hah

Spose I'm thinking of this right now, because I am supposed to "train" tonight on-the-job again. There will be backing since it's a paving gig but I won't be doing it we're just going to switch off every round....ugh!

Any words of wisdom or just a training story to relate to would be fantastic! Every time I think about training it's more nerve wracking to me than any of the scarier jobs/situations I've been on thus far.

https://www.truckingtruth.com/truckers-forum/Topic-16196/Page-1/the-training-diary-of-kemo-the-longest-road

Moved to Diary Category. Thanks for looking!

Wanted to reply to being trained by significant other. I am currently being trained by my husband. I love it. We looked for a company that would let him train me. He went through the training program after leaving his former company and we have only been on the road for a little over a week. He is way more patient with me than I am with myself. Lol. I would not want a stranger training me because of living in close quarters and always feeling like I am being judged. But that is me. It might be different for others. I can ask him what I need to improve on at the end of the day, then talk about it. Do what you feel is right for you. I wish you luck. Enjoy it. I know I am. Even on the stressful days.

Thanks for the reply! It's been a couple days since I logged in. Good to hear it's working well for you both :D I can definitely understand preferring to be trained by a S.O. for OTR. I know I would prefer it!