I don't know if there are many active military couples right now, and I'm not technically a military girlfriend. My SO has been working as a civilian in Afghanistan for the past year, and he will be back in the States in just over a couple of weeks!!! Hooray!!!
But if you have experience with deployments, I would appreciate your input.
The problem is that things have been really tough between us the past week or so. We have many misunderstandings. We haven't been communicating as much, but when we do, he's been more distant than normal, less supportive of me. He tends to get frustrated with me easily, and vice versa. We had a little fight yesterday over email, and it devastated me. I really overreacted about it, and he got frustrated with me for it. Now I probably won't hear much from him until he's actually in my arms (due to travel stuff I can't give details about here). I've been a mess... crying, anxious, worried.
Is this normal? I know it's a big transition for him, and for me, so I suppose it probably is. It just doesn't feel very good!
Any tips for how to cope for the next couple of weeks?
But if you have experience with deployments, I would appreciate your input.
The problem is that things have been really tough between us the past week or so. We have many misunderstandings. We haven't been communicating as much, but when we do, he's been more distant than normal, less supportive of me. He tends to get frustrated with me easily, and vice versa. We had a little fight yesterday over email, and it devastated me. I really overreacted about it, and he got frustrated with me for it. Now I probably won't hear much from him until he's actually in my arms (due to travel stuff I can't give details about here). I've been a mess... crying, anxious, worried.
Is this normal? I know it's a big transition for him, and for me, so I suppose it probably is. It just doesn't feel very good!
Any tips for how to cope for the next couple of weeks?
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