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new life as a navy wife... I'm a mess

On September 6th of this year I got married to love of my life... over the phone :/ In the past 3 months I have spent just under 4 weeks with my new husband because he is stationed in Hawaii and I live in Texas....and he just left for his 7 month deployment. I am a complete and total mess. I have never dealt with anyone in the military. Anyone who was in the service in my family was out before I was born. I've never been through a deployment or anything similar to it. Ive never been away from my family for more than a week at a time. I feel so lost and so lonely and just plain empty. Hopefully these feelings will pass within the next couple weeks and hopefully deployments will get easier for me. I have always been the strong one in the family and now i feel like a big cry baby. The littlest things set me off... songs, smells, certain places, and most of all my own thoughts. I havent been able to sleep and food just sounds and looks and smells like yuck! is this normal????

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Comment by Anti M on December 1, 2010 at 9:33am: Hang in there. I saw my husband a total of 28 days the first two years of our marriage; we were dual service.

Stay busy. You have a gift of time now, time you must fill. Fill it with things that are positive and giving, fill it with choosing to improve yourself. That's my way of saying stay busy. Work and/or school are fine, but keep it balanced. Exercise will improve your mood, and volunteering will lift your spirits. Fill your time with activity which will make him proud of you.

You can do this. You won't like it, but you can do it.

Comment by bella [mrs. ae2] on December 1, 2010 at 2:00pm: Hun,
We all go through it. This is part of our lives now and we have to accept it, even if it is hard at times. I got married on September 3rd this year so I, as well am new to the marriage aspect of the Navy. And it is hard. Me and my husband saw eachother a total of 9 days in 9 months and it was heartbreaking. So I have been there, and it isn't fun. But it does get better, that I can promise you. Don't get me wrong, it is always going to be hard when they are gone, but you need to remember how lucky you are to have someone so special to miss. Being married is hard, being married in the military is even harder, and it takes our brave souls to do it. I once had someone ask me how I could stand being apart for so long when she couldnt handle being away from her boyfriend for 2 days...this is what I told her: Honor, Courage, Commitment. That is what it takes to be a sailor, and to love one.

We all have it. Each and every one of us, wives, fiances, girlfriends, moms, dads, sisters, brothers. Anyone who loves a sailor has those three qualities.

Like anti m said, stay busy, take this time to grow stronger as an individual. Do the things that you never had time to do but always wanted to. Learn to paint or take yoga classes. It is scientifically proven that exercise lightens your mood because it releases endorphins, which is "the happy hormone". When I am feeling down about my husband being gone, I go on a walk or do yoga or pilaties, then pop in a nastolgic movie and wrap myself up in his sweatshirt and just relax. Its hard being a military wife, but you have to remember why you are there, why you go through it. It is what we do for love. And someday, when his military career comes to an end, you will have eachother, and the wonderful life experiances that you created together and apart. And I honestly believe with ALL OF MY HEART, that there is no stronger bond then between a military personell and their spouse. You will be fine, and N4M is always here with open arms and open hearts when you need us. :)

Keep your chin up,
Rachelle

Comment by Mark's wife on December 2, 2010 at 3:23pm: Thank yall so so much. Yall are all a huge huge help. My family is close to me but they arent very supportive.. they mostly say things like "get over it" or " your tears arent going to fix anything so dont cry" that just makes me hurt more. His family is very supportive but they are going through the same thing I am an d I'd hate to put more stress and pressure on them so i just keep my distance. Again thank yall soooo so much <3

Comment by BunkerQB on December 2, 2010 at 5:37pm: If my future DIL loves my son as much as you love Bubba, I'd welcome any and all calls, emails, texts from her. Get a part time job (if you are not working). Start saving money to go to HI. Since he is stationed there, the two of you can have a beautiful "honeymoon" Good luck.
@Navy Aunt - nice collection of books.