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I found this and it is helping me understand what I am going threw maybe it will help you
This should be very useful intro to the new members, and a reminder for others. Hope your emotional life is well balanced and cheerful...

Ok, so this is finally over in one week, ahh i feel like my brain is going to fall out. my emotions are out of control it feels like and i have finals this week and i'm sick, why all at once? but anyway, i want to do something really...

HELLO EVERYONE THIS MY FIRST DEPLOYMENT WELL MY HUSBAND HE IS IN THE NAVY AND HE IS GONE FOR 5-7 MONTHS WELL IT COULD BE THIS OR MORE BUT I REALIZE THAT I MISS THE ARGUMENTS LOL AND I MISS HIM TO BUT I REALIZE YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND...

I never realized just how hard it may be at times. Knowing that my husband is deployed, and worrying about his safety when I don't hear from him is nerve racking. I wish I could just reach out and hug him. We have been seperated more...

My best friend introduced me to her husbands best friend after i went through a really bad break up and me and this guy really hit it off. we talked everyday and i knew he was in the army before even talking to him. we started dating a...

Hey handsome!
you're more than likely sleeping. well, maybe... it's like 06:30 there right now. i miss you so much... i don't know if should tell you this but i've been having a hard time dealing with the last week. it's not your fault...

I am just wondering what to expect those last few days together? I don't know what to think of the send of cermony? I don't know that I will be able to let go of him and watch him get on a bus and drive away. He told me it by far will...

Hi ladies,
My fiance just left to overseas for his first deployment. He has been gone 23 days & unfortunately it hasn't flown by like I though it would. The great thing is I have been able to talk to him almost everyday on the phone. I...

I have been with my Boyfriend for 8 months out of the 8 we have been apart for 4 months cause he had to travel a lot. He is in New Jersey and is leaving tomorrow I have no clue where? He can't tell me!! Then its Iraq!! He's going to...

as a college freshmen alot is new to me. in high school i was not seen as one of the pretty girls and was friends with all the boys. so far i figured college was alot like highschool in that sense. still not seen as one of the pretty...

Did anyone get promise rings for the deployment?  We are thinking about getting rings to promise our faithfulness and support to each other.  Ideally he will be gone for 9 months at first then 5 months after R&R.  For...

Hey Ladies!
My boyfriend is currently deployed in Afghanistan right now. I am trying to figure out what to send him for his birthday. I am thinking an I-tunes girft card for sure, but than I was also thinking about getting one of those...

we had rr and it was so amazing..but I had to say good bye today and i feel like i am dying i miss him so much ....i cant stop crying.

His name is Shane. We have been dating for a month. i know it seems like nothing. but trust me it feels like i have been with him for years. He has been in afghanistan for a few months now. He asked me to be his girlfriend over skype...

I met my soldier right before his deployment and it was love at first sight for both of us. We truly felt an instant connection and as if we met our other half, which is weird seeing as how I never believed I would even get married...

My DH asked me a question last night. Do I want him to come home on a mid tour leave, or do I want him to save the leave for the end of his tour.
     I couldn't believe this question at the...

Times are so rough now preparing for war. Getting ready to say goodbye for what seems like an eternity. A year, that seems like forever. After finding a love strong and bold, being struck with such a long goodbye makes it seem unfair...

Hello!
well my honey is so close to bein home.yay!..finallyy..grr..the time kinda went by fast.i mean he'll be home next month.but at the time it felt soo slow...he'll be home endings of sept or beginins of oct.It out first deployment...

I woke up in cold sweats three times last night, I hopped out of bed this morning to throw-up from the nightmares.  I am so scared.  He's going to war, an awful place to be.  I can't hold his hand through it like he has...

I am engaged to a wonderful army officer and yet it seems like something is standing in the way of our growth together. Before his deployment we were on the same page about so many things; we wanted the same for our lives... we still...