butterfly.collector
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I'm 21, my fiance is 23, and he is joining the Navy. I know LOADS about the Navy itself having grown up a Navy brat, my father being a retired Nuke Senior Chief, but I don't know anything about actually being a Navy WIFE. My mom was a Navy Wife, and she was forever an omsbudsman, but her and I are two very different people. (Since she had 4 kids by 21, and I don't. So the situation is very different.)
Growing up, I knew a lot of military wives that cheated on their husbands while they were away, it happened a lot. And I CANNOT stand that. I remember when their husbands and my dad would come back from deployment and I would so desperately want to tell them, because they were like uncles to me (since military life is a bit tight-knit). So, I know that I would NEVER do that to my fiance, and I am used to loved ones deploying for long periods of time. But it's different when its someone you are IN love with, rather than someone you just love and care for. My fiance and I are very close and have been for years. People always told us in the beginning it was the "honeymoon" phase, but it wasn't just a phase for us. After being together for years we are still the same as the day we fell in love. Maybe it's because we are young? Who knows.
Anyway, the point of this question is to get advice from other YOUNG Navy, or other military, wives. Not older women who have already shared life experiences and such. I want advice from women who are experiencing for the first time like I am. Are you like me and my fiance? How are you handling everything? Are you in school or have a job? Are the other navy wives with higher ranked husbands stuck up like I remember them to be when I was growing up? (No offense to those who aren't like that, but a majority from experience were.) What kind of things do you do when your husband is out to sea or deployed, any good hobbies?
Growing up, I knew a lot of military wives that cheated on their husbands while they were away, it happened a lot. And I CANNOT stand that. I remember when their husbands and my dad would come back from deployment and I would so desperately want to tell them, because they were like uncles to me (since military life is a bit tight-knit). So, I know that I would NEVER do that to my fiance, and I am used to loved ones deploying for long periods of time. But it's different when its someone you are IN love with, rather than someone you just love and care for. My fiance and I are very close and have been for years. People always told us in the beginning it was the "honeymoon" phase, but it wasn't just a phase for us. After being together for years we are still the same as the day we fell in love. Maybe it's because we are young? Who knows.
Anyway, the point of this question is to get advice from other YOUNG Navy, or other military, wives. Not older women who have already shared life experiences and such. I want advice from women who are experiencing for the first time like I am. Are you like me and my fiance? How are you handling everything? Are you in school or have a job? Are the other navy wives with higher ranked husbands stuck up like I remember them to be when I was growing up? (No offense to those who aren't like that, but a majority from experience were.) What kind of things do you do when your husband is out to sea or deployed, any good hobbies?