Military Spouses/Fiances/Girlfriends

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I've only been with my boyfriend for going on 5 months and we just found out that he'll be going to a unit that has already deployed and so he of course will be joining them sometime in January probably, right after he reports there. I've been the girlfriend to a deployed soldier before (when I was a senior in college) and it didn't go very well - but I hadn't been dating that guy very long so it ended while he was gone. With my current boyfriend, I definitely see it lasting a long time, maybe even, dare I say, the M word...? Which is why I think I'm taking this a little harder than I did with that other guy. At the same time though, he was infantry and my current boyfriend is an officer and not infantry so his situation over there will be a little different. However, last time he went, one of his best friends died, so I imagine he's very scared to go again.

My question is if there are any other women out there who are married to/dating a deployed soldier/sailor/marine/airman. I think it'd be great to have a thread for discussions and venting on this within GC.