Re: Military with children?
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Originally Posted by
LGray23
Bump, any more advice/guidance?
I can only speak as a friend-looking-in: My best friend married a man while he was in Army Basic. He went Special Forces active duty for the first four years of their marriage (and his first son's life), but he was never gone for more than 6 months at a time. The next two years have been spent independent (Triple Canopy), so he is gone for much shorter stints than when he was active. I know 6 months is still a long time, and this was SF, so the rules may be different, but the moral of the story is that they all still survived and are a loving, happy family. Both of his boys talk to him daily via webcam (and did at least every few days when deployed), and are independent and well-adjusted. Your situation as a single parent isn't much different (than their mother caring for them alone), as long as your parents are prepared for the responsibility of taking care of your son if/when you can't be there, and you communicate with him at every opportunity. Just my $0.02. :D
Re: Military with children?
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Originally Posted by
Slim
tcutting,
Have you ever been in the military?
Nope
Re: Military with children?
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Originally Posted by
Slim
RyanT,
Have you ever been in the military?
Dude, give it a rest. It's obvious from your responses that being a sheep suckling on the government's teet like a good little mindless drone makes you feel very safe and secure. Enjoy that. You're exactly what they want and I'm sure they love you very very much. So adorable.