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New Member, Boyfriend on Deployment
Hello, I am new to this website and very excited to finally be able to talk to some people who can relate to what we’re all enduring! I am 22, enrolled in Nursing school, and reside in FL. My boyfriend has been in the Navy for about 2 years now and is serving his first deployment. We have been dating for 9 months now and he’s been overseas for 2 months on September 15. I miss him like crazy! He is an aircrewman and currently very involved with Syria which always has me a nervous wreck! I honestly don’t know how I was able to endure the pains of deployment without a website like this! Last night I finally had my break down and had to seek some support. I was having a lot of trouble with communication with him and felt so alone until I found a lot of other people experiencing the same issues as mine. My boyfriend is generally a very happy go lucky kind of guy. He never wakes up in the mornings in a bad mood, he loves his job, and loved loving me. Ever since he’s been on deployment I’ve noticed such a change in him. He would get angry at me for sending him pictures for he felt I was sending him too many, and anytime I would ask to FaceTime he put up a fight claiming he rather just talk via this messenger app we got on our phones. He began to mock my emotions and just got to a point where I didn’t even feel like he was the same person all the time anymore. I know there is no way I could understand what he is going through but I am trying with every ounce of my being to be here for him but it was beginning to wear on me emotionally. I was scared to say anything to him for I don’t want to stress him out even more and was fearing I may be on the brink of calling it off with him. I found this website and it showed that I was not alone with hubby’s who fall under the pressure of deployment! It gave me the courage to talk to him today about the way he had been acting and it really woke him up! He had no clue he was even doing it and apologized saying he just gets caught up in all the hype over there he has been on edge more than lately. He told me he loves me as he always has and my favorite thing I think he’s ever said was, “Deployment is hard, let’s get through this.” Showed me he really does acknowledge my efforts and sees us as a team. Reminded me of how much he relies on me as much as I rely on him. Just wanted to remind anyone else going through a same situation that there is hope! Deployment is hard, staying busy helps, and staying away from the news helps even more! Reminding your significant other that you love them even when all you want to do is wring their neck (LOL) helps on both ends exponentially. But anyways, feel free to chat me or get to know me! Hope this helps for someone like many other blogs helped me last night :)
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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My husband is on his first deployment right now too.... We just hit the 1 month mark yesterday! This has been really stressful for us as well, because like your boyfriend he's stationed on one of the destroyers right outside Syria. We actually have only been able to talk/email for about 10 days of the month he's been gone! It's been tough no doubt, and way different than I expected! Just wanted to let you know you're not alone :)
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Permalink Reply by erinalanna on
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Congrats on the 1 month mark! How many more months do you have?
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Permalink Reply by Mandy on
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I added you as a friend. I am dealing with something like that now.. And would love someone to talk to and maybe you could share your story aswell
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Awesome! Feel free to send me a message anytime!
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