Calling all military wives/girlfriends!!
How many of us are there?! I feel like with everyday that passes I find out more and more of us belong to the "Silent Ranks" club!! What is your story?! Where are you stationed?! How long have you been a member?! What are your feelings on the military life?!
My story is kind of long and creepy in a way hahaha but my boyfriend (Kyle) and I met six years ago. My best friend's house had burned down so her mom moved them 4 hours away to be closer to the rest of their family. For her 16th birthday I went to visit. We went over her friend's house one night to hang out and her older brother was there (Kyle). Needless to say it was love at first sight lol only I lived 4 hours away and was only 15 (he was 17). He had no cell phone or AIM account so we weren't able to keep in touch other than me asking my friend how he was doing. Through updates I found out he moved out, got a girl pregnant, and had joined the military to clean up and support the baby. Boy was I upset to hear that lol but I still always joked with his sister that I was going to go to college up there and we would be married one day. He wound up marrying the girl he got pregnant and deployed to Iraq so I gave up on that dream. About half way into his deployment though his sister informed me that they were getting a divorce and gave me his email. I wrote to him and he responded! We emailed each other for the entire rest of his deployment and when he came home we exchanged numbers. We always tried to plan meetings but him being stationed 13 hours away made it very difficult. We were text buddies for two straight years when finally one day I decided I was just going to get up and drive down there to see him (keep in mind that we had only met once and it was 4 years ago at that time - hence the creepy part lol). But... I did it. I drove 13 hours by myself to go see him! It was the most ballsy, idiotic, reckless, etc. thing I had ever done but turned out to be the best week of my entire life!! Went I went down he told me he wasn't looking for a girlfriend and we laughed about it anyway being that it would be long distance. By the end of the week, he asked me to be his girl and we have been together ever since. Four months after we got together, he served his second tour in Iraq (12 months). We were long distance the entire four months before that and then spent the entire 12 months apart but managed to make it despite the odds. He came home and blessed me with a beautiful post-deployment present, our baby boy
I finished my spring semester and have recently moved to Savannah, GA so that we can be FINALLY be together and in 10 days we will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary :X I am not the biggest fan of the military life but I wouldn't trade him for anything so I put up with it lol I know how hard it truly is and I have great respect for all of the other wives/girlfriends out there who are going through the same thing.
My story is kind of long and creepy in a way hahaha but my boyfriend (Kyle) and I met six years ago. My best friend's house had burned down so her mom moved them 4 hours away to be closer to the rest of their family. For her 16th birthday I went to visit. We went over her friend's house one night to hang out and her older brother was there (Kyle). Needless to say it was love at first sight lol only I lived 4 hours away and was only 15 (he was 17). He had no cell phone or AIM account so we weren't able to keep in touch other than me asking my friend how he was doing. Through updates I found out he moved out, got a girl pregnant, and had joined the military to clean up and support the baby. Boy was I upset to hear that lol but I still always joked with his sister that I was going to go to college up there and we would be married one day. He wound up marrying the girl he got pregnant and deployed to Iraq so I gave up on that dream. About half way into his deployment though his sister informed me that they were getting a divorce and gave me his email. I wrote to him and he responded! We emailed each other for the entire rest of his deployment and when he came home we exchanged numbers. We always tried to plan meetings but him being stationed 13 hours away made it very difficult. We were text buddies for two straight years when finally one day I decided I was just going to get up and drive down there to see him (keep in mind that we had only met once and it was 4 years ago at that time - hence the creepy part lol). But... I did it. I drove 13 hours by myself to go see him! It was the most ballsy, idiotic, reckless, etc. thing I had ever done but turned out to be the best week of my entire life!! Went I went down he told me he wasn't looking for a girlfriend and we laughed about it anyway being that it would be long distance. By the end of the week, he asked me to be his girl and we have been together ever since. Four months after we got together, he served his second tour in Iraq (12 months). We were long distance the entire four months before that and then spent the entire 12 months apart but managed to make it despite the odds. He came home and blessed me with a beautiful post-deployment present, our baby boy
I finished my spring semester and have recently moved to Savannah, GA so that we can be FINALLY be together and in 10 days we will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary :X I am not the biggest fan of the military life but I wouldn't trade him for anything so I put up with it lol I know how hard it truly is and I have great respect for all of the other wives/girlfriends out there who are going through the same thing.
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I met my husband two years ago, while I was going to college at GSU. I was at a local bar/club. I saw him across the club, with his friends playing beer pong. His friends came over to my friend and I and started talking to us. Eventually he came over, and was being kinda shy. He sat down and kept smiling at me, and asking me questions. Eventually he asked me for my number. Later in the night, we danced and had a lot of fun. He was actually embarrassed to tell me that he was in the army, he thought a bunch of college girls would think its lame. But I didn't mind, I've actually never known anyone personally who was in the military until I met him. I though it was good because he had a head on his shoulders, a job, and knew what he wanted for his future. He had to drive back to base at the end of the night, so we said goodbye. The next morning he texted me at 7am!!! I was like woah there guy. My class wasn't until 1pm so I sleep in, lol. But it was cute. And he came back to see me the next night, and we've been together ever since then. 6 months after we started dating, he asked me to marry him, and of course I said yes!
Do any of you watch army wives?
@usafwife_21 Well I'm glad he'll be there for the first few months atleast and he'll only be gone for 6 months! It was difficult but we managed to make it. Love goes a longgg way
We r stationed at cherry point air stationed in north Carolina , and I see the ups and downs of military life. The benefits we get as far as medical and housing and such is very nice, but its hard to live around motivators(not meant to offend anyone if u know what that means... Ha)
We both have a long story behind us being here.. so I have mixed feelings on it all. Ha
@stbmilitarybrat I know!! I'm glad that they are having another season, I would die if it ended haha I even got my husband into it! Even though neither of us are into dramas, we are addicts for that show! I cried whenever Roxy lost her baby... I keep hoping that in the next season she gets pregnant again
@sands3 I'm sorry to hear that... when does he return? My bf is my hero too! I got the cutest onsie for the baby that says "Who needs superman when your daddy is a real hero." I love it
@marinesangel I'm sorry youre going through a deployment
I also have a marine stationed in japan!! Hes gonna be by babys godfather!!!
@stbmilitarybrat WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!?!?!
@usafwife_21 So do iiii !! I love her and Trevor lol but Kyle is into it too... Secretively!
@MommyX3 I definitely don't think I'm going to hate this life lol we both can't wait to move back home to PA!!
@caitiecakes Thank you for your service
@gatorbob Congrats! 11 years and going strong... I hope to be there one day!!
@navybabyonway Wah! My friend just returned from a one year deployment over there. He worked on buildings though so he never went out on missions or saw any combat. How much longer will he be gone for? I'm sorry he is not able to be there with you two