Boot Camp Girlfriends

YAY! I haven't heard anything about that. My boyfriend isn't a SEAL though so I probably wouldn't hear about it anyway, but let me know when you find out for sure!

I will!
In a post in a different group, a mother of a SEAL said they are being put into 3 categories.
one is being given new ship dates
one is being dropped out of the SEAL program
and one is being reclassified.

Now what in the world would "reclassified" mean if it doesn't mean dropped from the SEAL program?

Lydia- that's weird. You'd think "reclassified" would mean you were being dropped from the SEAL program. Because the ones that get dropped from the program still will have to get a new rate so isn't that like being reclassified?

That's so confusing.

That's why I was confused!! I haven't heard anything yet... But once I do I'll let you all know!

And I'm not exaggerating when I say I jumped for joy upon seeing I had THREE letters. *sigh*

I'm wondering if reclassified means set back?? I'm not sure, my bf was origionally going into the SEAL program, he still wants too, I can ask him, he's read up on it quite a bit!
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I honestly don't know.. I mean- I'm assuming he'll tell me in his next letter or if he gets a phone call or something...

I don't know how much they can be set back though- one of the groups (that was supposed to leave in October) will already be waiting until December or February to leave for Cali. So.. beats me! haha.

wow i havent looked at this in 2 days and i feel so out of the loop haha. hope everything is going well for everyone!
and SAH- he is doing very good actually thanks for checking in! my phone call was amazing haha. i was in the middle of target so i was walking around the store crying, im sure people that i was nuts. apparantly he got in troube bc someone farted and him and two other guys laughed. haha! really mature. nothing serious though. how is your man doing?? have you decided if you are going to PIR?

Got my first phone call today!

Oh my god... haha- I'm still speechless!

CONGRATS LYDIA!(:

Congrats Lydia!!
AmbW- haha I'm always worried I'm going to be somewhere weird when he calls and then start crying and everyone look at me funny, but it's totally worth it. I'm glad he's doing good! That sucks he got in trouble but it's kind of funny too haha. My boyfriend is doing good I guess. I'm hoping for a letter tomorrow or Thursday. His Division won some flag for something and earned an extra phone call but I don't know when he'll get to call. He hasn't called his mom yet which kind of upsets me because I don't want her to think I'm like trying to take her son from her or something... but she doesn't know that he's even been able to call. So I guess what she doesn't know won't hurt her haha. He's a grad n go so I'm not going to PIR :( He'll be back in Norfolk on Saturday so it'll be cheaper and easier for me to just drive down there.

I was in the car with my mom when he first called. Do you know when your phone slips out of your back pocket and ends up in back of you on the seat and you have no idea? yeah, I missed his call. BUT THEN as I was running inside, my house phone was ringing! I had told him my house number ONE DAY before he left, and he somehow remembered it!
Just hearing him say "I love you" and "I miss you" made me break down. By the time his voice was shaking, I was literally a mess. haha.
It was 45 minutes (I made sure he had time to call his mom- I would feel bad if not), but it literally felt like 10.

AH! I would have freaked out if I missed a call. I'm so paranoid about it. Haha that's awesome that he remembered it! I moved back home with my parents the day after my boyfriend left and I told him my address but was so afraid he'd forget, but he didn't thank goodness! 45 minutes! that's a long call! How's he doing? Did you find out about the reclassifying vs being dropped from SEALs thing?
Hahaha last time my boyfriend called I had a doctors appt that same day (i'm 29 weeks pregnant) and he asked how everything went and I started crying and couldn't get any words out and he was thought something was wrong with the baby but I was just happy he had called haha poor guy. but as soon as i regain composure I straightened everything out.

Aw!! Congratulations! That's so awesome!! Your baby will be so proud of his/her daddy:).

He's doing okay. He said that the food was good! (Which, from my italian blood, was a huge concern of mine. lol.) He didn't mention anything about the SEALs "rumor", and I forgot to ask. I think if he were being reclassified or dropped he would have definitely remembered to tell me... so I guess that's good news. haha!

I finally got a letter today :) best day ever.

Congrats Chelsey!

Lydia- Yeah my boyfriend said he's not losing any weight because the food is good and he's eating more there than he use to eat here (hard to believe haha) but I'm glad it's good!

Thanks! I'd probably fall over if I got another call before I leave (2 weeks!)
I don't know if he earned the call...
It was so difficult to talk! Damn emotions... haha.

I got a call yesterday too!! :)

awww YAY! Congrats Chelsey! How's he doing?

He got his wisdom teeth out :( He was SIQ for two days bacuse of it.. Now he's sick because of some vaccine he got. Just a sore throat and stuff. Other than that he likes the food and says it isn't hard.

oh gosh that doesn't sound like fun. I'm glad he's doing okay now though. I could never get all the shots that they get. I hate shots haha.

Ha, yeah i'm sure it goes so quick though that you wouldn't have time to get nervous.

Aw, ckwcas, I would say just keep writing. I mean, you really don't know for sure what's going on- and if you stopped writing, that could only make things worse. Just make sure he knows how proud you are and try to stay positive!!

ckwcas - my boyfriends signitures fluxuate..sometimes its happy and caring..other times it's yours - C
plain and kinda heart breaking..keep your head held high..and i'd keep writing..he needs all the support he can get:)

I was so bummed yesterday because his letters didn't come but I got them today! He sounds pretty down about everything too... his still tells me he loves me and all of that but he just sounds depressed. He got in a lot of trouble for running his mouth to a MA its like the military police for all of the guys in the division or something and so his RDC "beat" him for a hour and half so hard that the chief had to come in and stop it... so he thinks he lost the 45 minute phone call that he was suppose to get this coming sunday. DANGIT! hopefully things get better for these guys.. we just have to stay positive for them!

Kinda bummed- When I got my phone call- my boyfriend told me that he wrote me letters every night and sent them out Sunday (he called Monday.) I received a letter from him that he wrote to my whole family... but none of these "every-night-letters"! Maybe they got lost in the mail and I'll get them tomorrow?!

Lydia- did you get any mail?! I'm hoping that you did!

No!! I'm embarrassed to say how often I check the mailbox, "just in case".

Lydia - my boyfriend said he doesn't get mail cept every 3-7 days..you will get them in mass most likely, get multiple on one day, because they can only send out on one day

Lydia- awww! haha. Well you'll probably get them this week. My boyfriend writes nightly too, so I get like 7 letters all at the same time (mine usually come on wednesday) so hopefully yours will be here this week! I send him mail everyday but I have no idea how often he's actually getting it because mail takes so long to get back and forth. We are in the middle of a game of tic tac toe through letters though which is kind of fun actually haha.

Oh and in J's letter he said :
"I actually feel really lucky right now, because a lot of the guys who were getting lots of mail and stuff before are getting less, and the tone of them sounds like its not gonna end well. I lie to them. I tell them that it sounds fine and their girl is just freaking out cause she misses them. I'm sure they don't entirely believe me, but I just don't want them to lose it cause of some stupid b*tch who obviously isn't worth it."
so make sure your letters are positive positive positive! or even if they aren't positive just make sure they don't insinuate anything like a break up. stay strong we're almost done with all of this boot camp stuff and then we can go back to talking to them everyday. THANK GOD!

Also, does anyone else have a recruit that is going to C school after A school?

Aw!! Yeah, I'm totally not like that. I send him (way too much) mail, and it always includes his favorites- lolcatz and comics from the newspaper (which I illustrate even more.) Whenever I'm feeling sad or whatever- I tell him things I look forward to in our future ( LIKE HIM BEING ABLE TO WEAR THAT ADORABLE BALL CAP *sigh* so cute! haha). I haven't been down about our relationship yet- I mean, I miss him an incredible amount, but I still love what we have. Plus it's exciting to think we're going to prove everyone wrong when we make it through me being in Germany for a year. ;).

Tic Tac Toe is a great idea! Or Hangman!! Maybe I'll choose that- I have homefield advantage of a dictionary... so I could probably beat him for once in my life... haha!

Thanks everyone though! I was pretty bummed- but it was kind of a lame reason- it could certainly be much worse. haha. But thanks for listening to my "woe is me" statement from that night! It sure makes everything much easier.

Oh my gosh you're going to Germany for a year?! That's so cool! I'm German, but I don't speak German haha. My papa was born and raised in Germany during WW2 so I hear all kinds of stories all the time. That's going to be tough being gone for so long, but at least you'll be able to talk more regularly! When do you leave?

I leave for Washington DC on September 6th, and I leave from there for Germany on the 10th.

and that's so cool!! I'm not German at all... haha- but I speak a little!

awww so are you only going to have one weekend with him before you have to leave? You are way stronger than I am, I could never do that haha. You'll have fun in Germany though!

oh wait I was thinking October 6th! you aren't going to get to see him. awww! That's going to be tough. I'm sure you guys will get through it though!

yeahh. But like, part of me thinks that if I were able to see him again, saying goodbye would be 20x more difficult... you know? At least I won't be nearly as homesick now- since I already said goodbye to my boy.

I got two more letters today? Is that weird? I already got letters last week and so I wasn't checking the mail and forgot to pick up the mail yesterday so today when I got it I found more letters. Did anyone else get more mail? I wonder if he'll still get to send mail today? He wrote in his letter that he found out that if we're married before I have the baby (due Nov 7) then he gets 10 days of free leave even while he's in A-school. I don't know what that's suppose to mean since we aren't married, but maybe he's thinking about it now? I don't know!
Lydia- yeah I hadn't thought about it like that, you're right it probably really is better like this. It'd be so hard to have to say goodbye again and then you'd have to go through the whole missing him a lot stage again.. at least you're kind of use to it already before you have to go.

sah- im always so jealous bc you get so many more calls and letters than the average person i think. haha. its bc you have the little one in the belly...at least that is what im telling myself. ha! thats such great news though..looks like you might be getting a ring soon..??

cas15- i know how you feel i miss mine really bad too but we are SO close! hang in there! did you get a call last week? i heard we get calls on week 5 and this thursday will be my week 5 so im hoping for my 2nd call!!!

Hey AmbW! Well I guess his division got to make calls yesterday? But I'm assuming you didn't get a call and 317 and 318 are brother divisions so I think they usually get calls around the same time if not at the same time. But a mom from div 318 got a call yesterday and I didn't get a call. Maybe I've already gotten my fair share of phone calls haha. I'm hoping for a call this week still though. Unless he can't make one since he got in trouble like a week or two ago for running his dumb mouth.

cas15- I know how you feel! I miss my boyfriend too. I'm so ready for this to be over. 17 days though! you're getting close!

Oh also, battle stations for 318 start on Sept 16. So 317 will probably go at the same time!

cas- Oh yay! i'm glad you got a letter! that sucks that he didn't get to call, my boyfriend is a grand and go too. He's probably doing better by now though hopefully! Maybe this week will go by faster for you, ALMOST OVER!
J called last night, 40 minutes! It was good, went by way too fast. He said hell week really wasn't that bad and his division did really well on their inspections and stuff. I'm glad I got a call because I haven't gotten a letter, he said he sent it so I guess the mail is just slow or something.
I hope everyone has a great labor day weekend!

I just got home from my sailor's PIR. The weekend went wayyy too fast, but I'm excited to say I'm not a Boot Camp Girlfriend anymore!! Not only is he out of boot camp, I'm now his fiance! :)

okay im not a gf anymore but im a wife..

and NavyGirl529: i understood how you felt before we got married, i was freakign out not knowing what we would do if he left before we got married and who would know and receive everything instead of me..

but even though we are married i stilldealt with it. he thought he wrote all the address to ppl he was going to write on 1 notecard but i wrote mine on a seperate one.. so he lost mine :(

heartbreaking i had to find everything out from my MIL who had to get the infor from her ex MIL.. so it was a wreck. i know exactly how you feel

jess<3spence trust me.. you'll think that. I'm on week 4 of the 9 right now. I was freaking out just like you are, until he hugged me, kissed my forehead and whispered in me ear, "you have me now.." you have to make the most of what you have with him now. don't dwell, and don't let him know you're scared. I got my first call today from my sailor, and it's the first i've talked to him in 4 weeks.. it's rough, I won't lie to you, but put on a happy face, support him, and talk on this site, talk to your friends, your family. It doesn't get easier, you just get used to it. I love him more than anything, and miss him, and he misses me, but I know we can get through this. And so can you. Hang in there Girl!

i was the same way before my sailor left. and i'm week 4 already also. i spend lots of time with his family which definitely helps the time to go by alot faster! i got my first call last friday and i've had the best past couple of days since then. even in his letters i can see that he's happy and this is really what he wants to do and i'm gonna support him. he had already enlisted before we met. so i've had no choice but to support him, which is very easy because no matter what, i'll have him. do the things he enjoys as well as yourself. because while he's in bootcamp he wont be able to do them...while you're gonna have plenty of time to do what you like to do. tell him you love him often. the first few weeks dont go by too fast...but after you get your first letters you'll feel so much better! hang in there!

i know we are supposed to keep ourselves occupied while they are gone, but i feel so guilty going to eat with friends and having a good time while i know he is getting yelled at and not having fun at bootcamp! any ideas to help with these feelings?

danielles19: i know exactly how you feel, i told my husband everything and we did everything together, and when i go and do something i feel guilty too. cause it feels like im doing stuff behind his back :/ so i dont really do anything.. its hard to deal with.. write him and ask him what he thinks i guess.

danielles- i know how you feel but just think of it as something new to tell him when you write to him. you can always add something like i was constantly thinking about you to it. just cause he is getting yelled at doesn't mean that he wants you to be stuck at home. he loves you and this is a way for you to get out and not be all sad at home being bored and lonely. it may take a little stress off of him and you too. just cause that way he may not feel as bad for leaving you. just cause you go out once in a while doesnt mean that you stop thinking about him or stop loving him! and also he is working towards something sooo great!! even though this may not be the most fun he is going to have over the navy career he is in, it is the frist part of such a great step! that nothing worth having comes easy. i know that you are very proud of him, and he is going to look back on bc as a positive experiance in the end run! hope it helps... don't feel bad about going out! they like hearing about your day and that fact that you had a little fun to brighten up your otherwise loney/sad days.... good luck. and yeah you can always write to him before you go...

thanks ya'll! definitely made me feel better to read those encouraging words :)

i get to see my bf TOMORROW after a long 4 months!! i can't wait!! hope all is well with you!