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Sailor Leaves Tuesday...What To Expect?
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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It will be very hard the first 2 or 3 weeks. You should receive the form letter around the second week, although mine didn't come until the third week. They get to write letters on Sundays, but not the first Sunday he's there, the second Sunday. They usually send them that Monday but if their Mail P.O. Is still training they'll hold them for another week (I have not heard of this happening often, but it does happen). So you should start getting letters the 3rd week he's there. Phone calls vary, they can earn them but its up to their RDC, so just don't expect one, that way if you get one it will be a great surprise! But make sure you write to him A LOT, every night if possible, because they live for those letters! And even if they only get to write & send letters once a week they still receive their mail every day!
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Permalink Reply by Johnsgirl411 on
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yeah pretty much everything that abuon said! I'm like..3 weeks in and its really hard. although i did get my letter at the end of my 2nd week. it.was.the.best. feeling in the whole entire world trust me he misses you and loves you. I wrote my sailor a letter every night after he left so by the time i got my first i just sent them all to him at once so hes got plenty to read by the time he gets the second one :) When my sailor left hmm..i just kept myself really really busy, hung out with friends, went to the gym, ate sour patch kids! lol just anything to keep you busy really it might not take your mind completely off of him but it does help! Hang in there. and if you need anything don't hesitate to send me a message!
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Oh yeah it's definitely hard! The first couple of weeks every time something good or bad happened I would pick up my phone to call or text him, then remember he was gone! And he left 5 weeks ago tomorrow, and still whenever I get a text or a phone call before I see who it is my mind automatically thinks its him! There's really nothing that is going to make it easier until you get that first real letter not the form letter. And once you get that weeks will have passed and you'll be thinking that you can't believe how fast those weeks went by! Force yourself to stay busy, even if you don't want to. Days go by slow but weeks go by fast!
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Trust me I know! I was living with him before he left... Sometimes still after a long day or if I'm really tired I'll start driving to his house instead of mine! But we're all here to help each other & everything you're feeling is completely normal!
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awww yeah i did that yesterday! we always used to close up work together on sundays and we'd drive back to his house because he lives literally 5 minutes away and i started driving towards his house not thinking and i got so sad!
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