GAMBARAN KOMITMEN PERNIKAHAN JARAK JAUH PADA SUAMI TKW DI PONOROGO JAWA TIMUR

This study aims to determine the description of long-distance marriage commitment (long distance marriage) of the husband and the factors of long-distance marriage commitments strength. The subject of this study amounted to 3 husbands who left by their wife working as a woman worker (TKW). The research use qualitative research method with phenomenology approach. The result of this study is the three informants admitted that the first feeling which turns up is loneliness, beside of being required to be able in two roles at once for his children either as a father and a mother. Mutual trust each other, not doing negative things out of bounds and keep communication every day is the key of keeping commitment when living far apart from the wife. The factors of strengthening long-distance marriage commitments are caused by personal, moral and structural. Personal commitment arises because of communication every day, open to each other and positive thinking to their wife. While moral commitment arises because the three informants fully responsible for his family. Structural commitments arise because of the desire to have their own shelter and meet the cost of child's school that keeps the household. On the other hand by having belief that condition of the three informants live today is a provision of Allah SWT that make their family relations stay in harmony