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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on
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I didn't get my first letter until 3 weeks in. I got 3 calls the entire time he was at basic and two were the weekend before PIR. Do not expect much communication you will get let down. Just know he is thinking of you all the time, and doing what he needs to do. Bootcamp brought me and my boyfriend much closer and I hope it does the same for you. The beginning is hardest, you get kind of used to it awhile in.
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Permalink Reply by jordan.((ship11div.277)) on
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Thanks, it's good to know I shouldn't expect mail this early. I just want it so I will have his address and can send him letters. I am hoping that it brings us closer as well, is it normal to want to smack anyone who talks about missing their bf because he is gone on a week long family vacation to florida?? Lol I am thankful to have you all to vent to, thanks for your advice (:
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Yes, yes it is lol
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Permalink Reply by Katy on
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It took 3 or 4 weeks for me to get a letter from my boyfriend when he was in boot camp. Before I got the first letter, I didn't know what to think and was so worried about him, how he was doing, how he was feeling, did he still feel the same way about me, etc. And just like you said, I was disappointed every day that I checked the mail and didn't get a letter. Then one day I checked the mail and there was a letter from him--the envelope could barely hold all 18 pages :) As I was reading, I realized he'd written me something every day since he'd been gone and I felt really silly about all the worries I'd had up until then. Some of the sweetest things my boyfriend ever said to me were in his letters from boot camp. As for phone calls, I got 2 while he was in basic and one of them was 2 days before his PIR. Everything is really tough in the beginning, but eventually you'll start to feel better. Also, whoever your boyfriend put as his "person to contact" (usually a parent) will get his address after he's been there about a week and half--that's when my bf's mom got his address. Your bf will send home a packet that has paperwork explaining different things, there will be a list he wrote of the 4 people that can attend his PIR, and there's a section with his address and 3-4 lines of space for him to write a little something. If you can ask whoever will be getting that information to let you know when they have it, you can get his address and start sending him letters :)
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