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Hi everyone im taking the plunge and posting!!
im soo new to this as my oh is starting in aug phase one and all.
I have no idea what to expect :confused: soo i thought this would be the best place to get the answers to the questions im sure will crop up :) thanks for any replies xxx
Hey welcome along Hun!!my oh is in the navy and was in thenavy efore I met hi so don't no about training but there will be someone who does!!! I have dealt with my fair share of exercises tho and deployments as has soooo many of us!! We will b here for u to vent, laugh and share news with so post away!!
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Hey hun! Welcome to wags!!! Get stuck in, everyone's very supportive and friendly so don't be shy. My hubby is ex-army and now working private security out in Afghan, so any time your OH is away, I'll generally be joining you in counting down the days until he's home. :)
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aww thank you for the reply, he hasnt even started yet and he has already been told he will be in afghan march/april :eek: soo im sure i will be posting on here very often. :)
Hi hun!
Welcome!
My oh has just gone back (today) to start phase 2. So I'm very new to it aswell.
im not going to lie you will have down days. but you will find it alot easier than what you think and thats because you get stronger as a person.
he will come back for a long weekend after 7 weeks so thats abit better :).
i was lucky and managed to text him quite abit at night when he was free but that was quite limited as oh was very busy at night ironing and catching up with admin.
It was lovely having my own space. You get used to your own company.
Do you live with you oh? Where is he going to be doing phase1?
Any questions don't hesitate to pm me xxx
He will be in catterick with the royal anglians, I dont live with him but we are joined at the hip. im sure he will enjoy it, its just seems such a long time for him to be away and not being able to contact him when i want too. what is you reg is your oh in.
My oh is RAMC.
You can text him whenever you want, you won't get a reply straight away but don't not msg him at all. it is hard but after the first 2-3 weeks youll get into a routine. it then becomes quite exciting not knowing when you will hear off them but then as soon as you see their name come up on your phone, you get butterflies.
there are about 13 days across the whole 14 weeks where you cant speak to them and that's because they are on exercise. I kept texting my oh though so he had nice msgs to come back to.
Me and oh have been together 2 and half years. Lived together 2 years 5 months and 3 weeks so I was really worried going from living with him and speaking to him all the time to very limited contact but it wasn't as bad as I thought. The girls really helped me out on here x
Hi and welcome!
Catterick is an area I know well as I cover it at work. It's in a lovely area and only a short drive to the dales. Catterick itself is just a typical garrison town;)
My only knowledge of phase 1 is from the pics on our wall, so I am sure someone will be able to tell you more. We are based up near Thirsk and trust me being an official nobody (army wife) is far from the perfect life people think it is that said I live it so I can encourage my husbands career (read kick him up the @rse)
Oops: edited to add - the point I was making above was that sometimes it's nice to be with your family and friends rather than miles away on your own.....so try not to worry too much about the separation it becomes a way of life.
What about you? What do you do?
im soo glad i finally posted !! Thank you.
im sure ill get in some kind of routine.
Its our two year on thrusday (28th) and where is he ... away with the anglians nothing like start as you mean to go on lol.
Don't worry hun, gives you abit more time to plan something nice!!
Get a nice romantic day/night sorted for when he is back :)
It does have its tough times but it has its good times like pass out and the girls on here are fab!x
im soo glad i finally posted !! Thank you.
im sure ill get in some kind of routine.
Its our two year on thrusday (28th) and where is he ... away with the anglians nothing like start as you mean to go on lol.
Ah yes! Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas you name it the army usually send them away over it!
I never book leave for when DH is supposed to be home from exercises etc as I have never once known him get home on time.
As long as you try not to get hung up on it then you'll be fine!
Ye ive quickly accepted the army first - girlfriend second approach to it all lol. I have a teaching degree to get on with whilst hes polishing boots :p lol thanks girlies xx
Welcome to wags nadine :) I'm sure there'll be someone here to knows the answer to any of your questions xxx
welcome to wags! ur from billericay thats where im from i went to billericay school! lol xxx
Welcome hun, a fellow Essex WAG here :)
I'm sure you'll get in to the swing of things in no time, especially if you have lots i.e. your degree to keep you busy. My OH is in the RAF Regt, based in Suffolk and I have a fairly manic job down in London. Yes, the forces do rule your life to a certain extent, but be sure to do all of the things that you want to do too x
Hi girls thanx for the reply.
Jade i went Billericay school too, im guessing you were a year or two above me i left in 2005.
as for forces ruling my life the first day of the six weeks holiday and im gettin ready to drop him in bassingbourn for a week but i dont mind :D bless him.
Thank you soo much for all the replies everyone your all soo lovely :D
yeh i left in 2003 so two years above you xxx
Hi Nadine, welcome to wags. :D
You've come to the right place, everyone is lovely and very supportive :) xxx
small world, so are you not in Billericay anymore?
how long have u been in the "army world" for ? what does you oh do.
small world, so are you not in Billericay anymore?
how long have u been in the "army world" for ? what does you oh do.
No i moved to scotland a year ago my hubby is in the RAF Regiment hes out in afghan atm, were based at RAF Leuchars. xxx
Hiya hun and welcome to wags!!!!
The girls have given you some great advice for coping with the separation etc. Keeping busy is the key though and if you have a teaching degree to be getting on with it sounds like it shouldnt be too hard to keep yourself occupied ;)
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