Since a lot of people here seem to have lead quite the adventurous life, I figured this might be the right place to ask for advice.

I'm considering applying for a job that would involve me being abroad for 8-9 months a year (in 1 to 3 month periods), but I'm unsure if i'll be able to keep a decent social life, and more importantly my girlfriend if I do so. She's being very passive-aggressive about the whole thing ("I'm not going to stop you but I wish you would have told me a few years earlier you were planning to do this" and stuff like that).

So anyway, I'm wondering, since a lot of you seem to have done similar things, how did it impact your family life ? Would you do it again ? Would you advice me to (not) do something like this ?

Making personal choices is not exactly my strong point.