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Twins and multiples in the Navy

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This is a group for navy moms who have twins or multiples and at least one has decided to join the navy. Share experiences of how you are coping and also how your kids are coping with being without their sibling.

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Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2020

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Handling the Twin Bond Relationship at Bootcamp

Started by Sierrascrapper (ETN2). Last reply by rebecca1957 Aug 29, 2020. 29 Replies 1 Like

I wanted to ask about this topic as it has a deep impact on how twins relate to each other. This will be good future reference for other Navy Twin Moms as their sons leave for BC. I only have one…Continue

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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 24, 2014 at 6:24pm: Hey thanks for the update on your twins. Sounds like they are doing good, have wither one said anything about being separated from each other?

Mine not are at a point where they could see each other. they are within liberty driving distance to each other. I do not think that has happened since January. I guess they are OK with the separation.

Got a twxt and a call from one of mine who hurt himself "mud din" Which I guess is antics in 4x4's in deep mud. Sent a pic of his bruised torso. He does not want to go to medical. I guess at this point that is his choice.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 21, 2014 at 12:14am: Oh you are too funny, "I don't know how any girl could survive a year of HS without her boyfriend being there."

Too funny.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on March 20, 2014 at 12:44pm: I don't see the GF pressuring Jonathan to marry her, so we'll just see. I would LOVE to see them both get through their schooling and make it together, but I'm not putting any money on that. Heck...she's still got a year of HS left. I don't know how any girl could survive a year of HS without her boyfriend being there. You just never know. It is all in God's hands. I've seen some in this same scenario make it through all of the training and get married. We will just have to wait and see. I have no idea what the recruiter says to Jonathan, but I know that the recruiter asks him at every meeting if he still has a girlfriend. LOL The GF isn't too clingy which is a good thing. She has a job and they really only text each other around 10pm at night and see each other at school. So...maybe they are both prepared to handle whatever may happen between them.

I met my husband 6 weeks before I left for college in Chicago. I couldn't survive without him and wasted lots of money on phone calls and didn't focus on my studies. I don't know how others can manage to be away from each other for long periods of time. I know I didn't fare well at all.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 17, 2014 at 11:07pm: I got this email but it did not post here? odd.

I miss everyone from here as almost no one posts anymore. Glad your boys are doing well. It is still hard at times for me also. Neat about your boy on a destroyer. So is one of mine but out of Norfolk. He had a 7 month deployment, brought back gifts for mom from all over the place. Mine on USS Bainbridge which one is yours on?

My life right now is my business closed, now I am doing home improvement to get ready to put it up for sale this summer. This has been my home for 28 years. We built it. Also my divorce will be final by June. So feels like an end of my life and I do cry a lot. But on the other hand I will return to school next year and have a fresh start.

A message from 3boysmom to all members of Twins and multiples in the Navy on Navy For Moms!

Hi Moms. I don't get on here much at all any more. It's strange to think that only a year ago this site was my lifeline in getting thru The early months of my sons Navy experience. I have a job that is exhausting and takes up many hours each week, but I still enjoy reading all the posts when I can. My sailor is on a destroyer in SD and I'm looking forward to my hubby and I taking a trip to see him in April. He will be going on deployment sometime this year. His twin brother is graduating from college in May and I'm sad they won't be together then. My older boy is soon to complete one of the most challenging courses in the army and will receive some new headgear in the near future if all goes well for him. at this time last year I thought that after they each finished basic that things would get easier, but with the passage of time, I seem to miss them more! Thoughts and prayers for all the sailors and families.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 17, 2014 at 4:12pm: Sierra, I hope the young lovers sort it out. Chances are she will go to her own future and it will end up going separate ways. A lot of girls put pressure on to get married and that in Nuke school would not be a good mix.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 17, 2014 at 4:10pm: As for the insurance thing, A friend's grandson joined and halfway through BC he got a severe pain in his leg. in medical they said he broke his femur. He was in the hospital and then they discovered he has a rare form of cancer. He was given a medical discharge and he is not back home doing chemo and will have radiation and surgery when the time comes, But it is a good thing his mom kept him on the insurance. He was heartbroken to not be able to stay with the navy, but had he not been there they might not have found the cancer soon enough.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on March 17, 2014 at 3:31pm: CMS76...I have read that it's a good idea to keep them on your insurance till they complete BC in case something happens and they don't make it through.

CO-twin... Right now my FS is sticking with his GF and she is making plans to go with us to his PIR. She is getting her own plane ticket and we've told her that she can stay with us wherever we make plans for. We'll see if anything changes, but for now he is still head over heels in love. I'm going to have to have a little heart to heart talk with her before he leaves or after he leaves to make sure she understands that he is going to be under a lot of stress and that there can't be any drama over him not keeping in touch with her as often as she might expect. I'm still trying to figure out how to do that without making it seem harsh. I don't think they have a lot of drama... but he doesn't talk about it much. She had a good idea of her own future so hopefully she will be more focused on that and if it's supposed to work out, it will. It's too hard to say right now.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 16, 2014 at 12:29am: I son't think we dropped the my boys off till they were in A school Even though it is rare that kids don't make it through BC. Sam just took himself off out auto insurance as he bought a new car, sold his old one and got on USAA , All by himself, very grown up stuff!! wow.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 15, 2014 at 11:42am: What is Jonathan going to do with the GF when he leaves?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 15, 2014 at 11:42am: Sam has been a guy of few words since he left. I think I only got three letters from him from Boot Camp. Steve wrote all the time from BC. Sam never reads emails sometimes will text but usually one line for weeks. He calls maybe once every other month. Steve much more communicative. Emails often and texts sometimes for hours.

Power school is the hardest part of the nuke pipeline. So I imagine he is under more stress. not as much time to have fun.