oh man, do i know what you're talking about. after some long term travel, i landed in denver to rebuild my dwindling finances with every intention of returning to the road as soon as i had some cash. but, i met someone and i can't imagine parting with him. but i can't imagine not traveling. i'm stuck and it sucks. if every fiber of you needs to travel, you're probably not giving your best to your current relationship because you're not fully commited. you guys don't have mutual goals which i think is a cornerstone of a successful relationship. also, don't you wonder why you allowed yourself to get involved with someone that can't travel? i wonder the same thing about myself. maybe i'm avoided what i supposedly want to do (travel). not sure this is helpful to you, but any insights would be appreciated. it's such a mental conflict!

I feel your pain! On the bright side my SO was trainable. :) She is still not a nomad but she is comfortable with 3-4 month trips. It is a start... good luck. Oh, it only took about 15 years to get to this point so it might not be an option for the impatient.

So become a truckdriver. I recently came off a year and three months off the road and I had a fabulous time. Sure my company referred to me as a tourist. But what I saw in the past 15 months was incredible and I had quite a few juants home. It's a different lifestyle and about 90% of the people that start it do not last but I took time off in San Francisco, Portland, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, White Moutain AZ, Chicago, Laredo TX, Dublin TX (Dr. Pepper Museum), Austin MN (Spam Musuem), Butte MT, Sundance WY, Cheyanne WY, went to a Billy the kid day in Montpelier ID, and an indian festival at Acoma Skycity historical church in New Mexico along with a ton of other stuff ...etc... I found sacred Indian places, Lava Springs, Geisers outside of Yellowstone, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota was a nice surprise. I had plenty of time for shopping and all kinds of stuff. All work and no play is only for the few months if you want it to be. Just never complain and always be nice to the shippers/consignees....in fact it really didn't feel much like work and I made good money doing it. Sure I could have made better money if I had ran hard all the time but lets face it my goal was to enjoy life.

hmmm.. love.. define love.
A) Love for children or dying friends/family is completely different than
B) Love for a partner.
With A) you stay with them, of course. You try to get them to travel, find common traveling themes, or just tell them great traveling stories and keep surfing tribe, picking up hitchikers, feeding the homeless. I have a daughter who traveled with me half of her life, and we stayed in cities the other half. She was such a princess until recently!! :) * And i loved her for it... when she was little she would get SOO MAD AT ME because she would ask when dinner would be and what it was IN THE MORNING> Well, Gosh, I don't know. We'll tackle that hurdle when we get there, and we always (well, always before she went a day without it) had wonderful manna. ANYWAY, she began to really hate not seeing the people she bonded with. We tried to move to hawaii, and then to portland, and then to new mexico... you know.,, tried to find a place that we both felt comfotable.

Then, I prayed. I prayed hard. I didn't like where we were, and felt like nothing i was trying was working... even corporate job after filing like 600 resumes. ;) rainbow kitchens aren't very good references ;). . . and i did this great meditation one night and everything was so clear! We began moving to this place I'm at now so i can fulfill my life's mission.

We've been here almost 3 years, with very little traveling. HA! Carless makes us use this 1.5 mile circuit extensively.

We chose a spot on the crossroads of two of my favorite interstates.
This way IF WE EVER GET A CAR.. we can travel easily.
And, there is always a fresh crop of nomads who breeze through, and they seem to all come to my neighborhood. Goddess really picked a great location.

Also, it is refreshing to be able to do things like recycling, and food not bombs, and putting together music festivals, and teaching workshops. Yes, you can do this all while traveling, but staying put I have hook-ups I could only dream of traveling. I have a computer to do my writing on.
Find TOOLS in the BOX which will uplift you and create new opportunity. You won't have this luxury for long. Don't forget who you are, and love your time there.

But yes, I do have a BOX now to retreat into, and it does take the fresh breeze from my face to step inside. But here is also sanctuary. My own alters. A LIBRARY of my own. Ice cream which lasts for more than a few hours ;).

OTHER TIPS:::
THe first thing I wanted to say as a response to your post is about a partner that doesn't travel. A lover.
Many things. One: They are VERY easy to leave. You just pack your bags: send your accumulated belongings to Mommy Whoever, and go. Oh, so nice. With a traveling lover, you must have a partner who won't know that your standing at the exit ramp, prone to his whining plea to take him back while you're trying to get that quick ride (because your a girly) but you can't get it, cause he's whining with you, and even if someone stops, they won't pick you up if he's pleaing with you not to leave.

While you are in love: Well, abscense DOES make the heart grow stronger. When I was married, my husband & I spent moons and moons apart, & when we met again, we were so much more happy to be with eachother. I think that saved our relationship for a long time.
this method doesn't work so well if your guy OR you wants things to be monogomous. We all get horny sometimes... daydreams lead to fantasy lead to lust lead to brain reorganization, leads to making excuses, leads to cheating. it happens almost always... my husband was the only man i was ever hot enough for to be able to leave him & not sleep around - but we did have an open relationship & I did have a baby most of the time which made that whole sleeping around thing impossible. ;).
Ahh, lovers. So, yeah. Take your own trips. Be your own trip. Trip together. Re-experience the place you feel stuck with sycho actives. Re-experience it through grassroots community involvment. Fall in love with the old neighbor next door who can't shovel her own walk, but might break her hips if it's not.

And get OUT of the house. Get out of the city, and make your workaholic pay for your vacations... invite him along. Not that you NEED money, but, shoot.
Balance ~~ ~ ~ Ah, yes. Take classes.
We're all nomads here, swee... Tell us where you're at and maybe we can recomend things to do there that we've uncovered. Or, if you happen to have options of places to MOVE & still not nomad, we could help sort through the pros and cons.
The truth is, you aren't stuck forever. Just make yourself stronger in this time in the ways that a city can make you stronger. " Meditate. Eat right. pray first. "

I'm not an Either/Or type girl. I'm a straight up Both And most of the time. LOVE & TRAVEL is the answer.