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Navigating the Navy...and being completely lost!

 I recently started dating a submariner (further more to be referred to as Hercules) on the USS Alabama and he truly is the most wonderful man I have ever known...right after my father of course. I've never been seriously involved with a man in the Navy before and its all so new and shiny...and confusing! 

 He tries so hard to keep me updated on whats going on and explain things to me but it all gets lost in translation. Not to mention its barely been a couple of months and now its time for an underway soon. It's hard. So I read, and I learn, then I go somewhere else and I look for ideas about how to stay busy, or how to help him cope. All the while not coping myself. But the time is approaching fast and it hit me like a brick wall the other night. I realized:

1.) You can stick all the cute little cards you want in an envelope and hope they say what he needs to hear but you can't rely on that the entire time.

2.) You cannot go blindly and blissfully in to this caught up in the romance and the novelty of it and think it will just magically work.

3.) You really, most definitely, absolutely, with out a doubt need to find someone who relates. 

  So here I am babbling blindly to an audience I am not sure I have and hoping someone gets it. So with that now I will vent. 

It is so important to not only me but to him that I be able to be involved and active in his life and as his support system. But who knew so much paper work could be involved in that....or that time frames could be so short. Family day is a no go because of a missed deadline, which was really disappointing to me because I was hoping to make friends with some of the other girlfriends/wives. I've met a few in the past but they are a tight knit group and I did not feel readily excepted as the new girl...especially since hes the new guy. 

But, other than the small stresses like that I really can't complain. I'd give the world for my Hercules...and I'll certainly try...even if its just in a small box of hand written notes for each day hes gone. 

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Comment by BunkerQB on August 12, 2014 at 12:09pm

My son was an officer on a submarine and he'll be the first to say that the support system for the guys is very important. So don't ever "undervalue" your important to him. Join the Sub Moms group - many very nice women in the group and supportive too. If your bf is a nuke, also join the Nuke Moms group.  As for connecting with the other wives/girlfriends with his boat - that is a little bit harder because the wives and moms are very tight - until you prove that you will stand by him and not cause drama. Yes, there have been girlfriends, fiancees and wives who cause issues for the guys. Being on a sub is tough enough without having to deal with fickle female (or male) mates who think everything revolves around them.

I applaud you for piping up.

If you and your sailor are certain to be together, make sure you sailor gives the boat's ombudsman your contact info. Many boat have a "secret" Facebook group. My son's boat had one. It appears to me that the ladies were very, very active; saw each other frequently and supportive.

Good luck.

Comment by Megara on August 12, 2014 at 12:22pm
Thank you!

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