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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
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Should I move with my husband?
My husband has been in the navy since June 2013. He's 19 while I'm 18. He's currently stationed in Virginia but is moving to Florida in August and deploys in December. Our initial plan was for me to stay at home with my parents while he served his four years so I could go to college. I just had a baby a week ago and really want my husband to be in our daughter's life.
I am currently debating on moving to Virginia this May after classes end. If I move I plan to take a break from college this fall and come back home in December when my husband deploys, then finish college next year. But I'm not completely sure if that's what I want to do.
Any advice would be helpful please.
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Permalink Reply by Gail_1966 on
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Well,
I think that it is important that your child has their father in their life. I feel it would be beneficial for both he and your child. However, I also feel that you going to college and getting a good jump start on a great education and career is a lot more important in the long run. Especially if you will get help staying with your parents. If that was the initial plan, would say stick to it. You two will have plenty of chances to see each other and be together before he leaves. :) I hope this helped!
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Permalink Reply by Sade on
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My husband and I have a 7 month old and I think it's very important for you guys to be together as a family. Or you guys will become strangers and the relationship won't work. At first, our daughter cried from her dad because she didn't know him. But the more she saw him, was the more she loved him. Now they are inseparable. When your hubby is deployed, you can always go home so you can get help and have your families support. Good Luck!
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