There are countless relationships to balance in this milspouse life. Our kids, friends, neighbors, spouses coworkers, and of course, our service members!
Relationships need communication, compromise, and the ability to adapt. Command Team has decades worth of experience navigating these situations and share their professional and personal knowledge on various relationship topics.
Some topics include how to have thriving friendships, raise resilient kids, have a loving marriage and overcome obstacles with others and yourself. We want you to thrive in relationships because, in this milspouse life, we need support and community. So, join our Mission: Milspouse community and learn how to better relate to yours on this page.
I knew the day was coming, but it felt so far away. In fact, it still doesn’t feel real. It happens all the time in the military community—people move, and then they move again. I’ve said it many times—it’s a small big military, and we never lose our forever friends; they just move a bit. I’ve also always said people are closer than ever with Facebook and texting. But when I know they’re leaving, it make me want to cry, “Why does she have to PCS?”
A couple of days ago, I stood in our scantly-equipped kitchen. Our little family was finishing up our latest PCS. We had arrived at our final destination, found a wonderful house that met our needs, and now we were waiting on the delivery of our household goods.
So, yes, there I stood, looking around our bare kitchen, dreaming, planning, thinking… all of which are fave hobbies of mine with any PCS.
You know about speed dating, but have you heard of mom dating? It’s a thing, y’all.
It’s what you do to check out little Timmy’s friend’s mom. Are you compatible?
Or…
Will you stab your eyes out if you spend more than 15 minutes at the playground with her?
“Just do it!”
No, not the kinds of things Nike encourages, although that stuff is good! I’m talking today about things specifically related to military spouse friendships.
I love being married to my husband, and I would never want to know what life would be like if we hadn’t decided to get married. As you know, he’s in the military and being married meant leaving my friends just three-ish months after our wedding.
“See you later, friends. This wife is off to a new adventure!”
One of the best ways to show your love for your spouse is to do the things they consider to be loving. But how do you know what those things might be?
Ask!
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