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How often should I write to my boyfriend in navy bootcamp ?
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Permalink Reply by navygf on
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I wrote my bf everyday after I got his address. I sent him 44 letters and also sent some wallet size pictures. He really appreciated and loved them.
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Write him everyday sometimes twice. I wrote my husband everyday ,twice sometimes if i forgot to say stuff out 3 year old wrote him too. Look it's not about how many letters you get but the letters he gets help him get through all the stress. There are sailors that get no letters at all and they are depressed. So ask your boyfriend for names and write them letters of encouragement, i did and met 5 of them at graduation and they thanked me and said that they were happy that someone thought of them when they were there.
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Permalink Reply by Allison on
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I sent two letters every day. One that was personal, and one with all the NFL and NBA scores and major news (there was some overlap). Those were a hit for his whole division, he'd pass them around or read them out loud at night. Many of them thanked me at graduation, it gave them something else to think about for a minute. No one really teased him about it except his chief when he got my first week of letters I wrote before I had his address all at once in a package. Packages or large envelopes have to be opened in front of an RDC, usually their chief, because they are not allowed to get anything but paper mail (letters and pictures). When my husband was in, one guy had a little brother and his whole class wrote letters of encouragement and drew pictures for them. They loved it. When I was in a family sent a package of Christmas cards, which made our day, and a lot of us cried. You can never send too much mail really, recruits live for it because it's the only escape they get from all the stress of bootcamp. Definitely ask if there's anyone else you can write to when you get a chance. They'll very much appreciate it, especially if they're not getting a lot of mail or none at all.
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