Military wives! What got you through your spouse deployment?

Question

My hubby will deploy soon and I'm freaking out. What did you do to make it easier to deal with this situation?

Answer 1

This must be your first deployment....

its hard at first, theres nothing thats gonna change that. You'll cry for a couple of days and than a week later you will ahve your own routine down and you jsut get use to them being gone. Stay busy if you work, work. Go to the movies, hang with friends, send him packages.

Answer 2

Well i was in the marine corps for a while every time i went for a deployment i did the old tried and try tactic of pissing her off to the extreme to where she was semi happy I was gone. But in the end i asked her the same thing, she said well the s*x when you come back home. But really what helped her is getting with other wives who husbands had been deployed and making a network and talking to them. Also just think its your job to keep every thing there for him in good condition and take care of your self. Its hard on him to but we know what we have to do to keep money coming in.