Significant other going into the military..

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Originally Posted by AnatraAmore

Something else to think about is your living arrangements where ever he ends up being stationed: whether he'll live on base or not - and whether he even has the option to live off base. A friend of mine had the unpleasant surprise of discovering that AFTER her bf of several years went through boot camp and got stationed across the country - unmarried couples are not allowed to live together on base and because of his rank, he was not allowed to live off base. It left them in quite a bind...

Yep.

Also, I don't know if you and bf have ever spent time apart. Distance can be really stressful on a relationship. If you've never been apart before (i.e. you have always been close enough to see each other whenever you wanted), it's quite an adjustment (no matter how long you've been dating).