Military Girlfriend

Anonymous asked: So I am going to my boyfriends graduation from Marine boot camp in July, I've already bought my plane ticket and know where I'm going to stay when I get there. But my biggest concern is that I've never met his family and I would be meeting them for the first time at his graduation. The only person I've talked to is his little brother on facebook. My boyfriend said that he'd like me to come. Should I contact his parents telling them I'm coming? I just don't know if it'll be awkward for them or no

If it were me I would contact them and let them know because they have to be aware that there is someone else joining them for all of the events. I think that if you said hi my name is “insert your name here” and I’m dating your son and seeing him at graduation. You guys can start talking and grow a little closer when things get hard again. After all its better to get any drama (if there is any) out before you go and see him.

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Anonymous asked: How hard is it to stay in contact with a marine during basic training, deployment, etc.?

Some marines aren’t allowed to send letters during basic, but some get to call on Sundays. As far as deployment goes they are just like any other branch where you can skype them or call them during certain times, but if they are in a dangerous area there will be no contact with them.

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Anonymous asked: Proms this Friday and I can't go with my guy because he doesn't finish basic until next week. This is going to be hard going without him! I wish he could come SO BADLY.

I know that it is going to suck not having him there, but try and focus as much on the positive as you can. You don’t have many days like Prom and I know this sounds cheesy, but it is one you will remember. Most of you know that I am nowhere close to a girly girl and I will never forget my prom.

This is one of those times where you are going to have to be on your own, but you can go and have a good time regardless.

Here’s my prom story:

A month before prom I found out that I had a very large tumor that was the size of a basketball. They took it out a week before prom so at prom I was very tired and in a lot of pain, but it was my senior prom so I wanted to go. I went to dinner with my guy and we had a great time, and hey I even got prom queen (no idea how that happened). I was in so much pain during the dance that I wasn’t able to dance very much, let alone stand, but I focused on the positives and ended up having a great time.

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Anonymous asked: Sorry, this may be long. I love your blog even though I’m not a military girlfriend—yet. Finger’s crossed :) Anyway, back in like November I went on a blind date with this guy who would later become a Marine, and even though nothing romantic came of it then, we became friends on Facebook and we would spend hours messaging each other back and forth, talking about things we couldn’t talk about with others. When he came back from boot camp, we hung out some more and got a little closer. (1)

Continuation of question:

He recently left for his second round of training. He’ll be back in a couple of months, but I was curious what happens next. After he’s done with his training, how long will he be home for? When he leaves, how long will he be gone? Will we be able to keep in touch through anything other than a letter here or there? Would it be hard to maybe try and start a relationship? Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Military Girlfriend Response:

It really depends on what his MOS is and what unit he is in in order to know how long he will be home as well as when he will leave. He should know as soon as he leaves training how long he will be able to be home as well as how long he will be gone.

If he is deployed you may not be able to send letters if they are in a dangerous area, but if he is in the states you should be able to call and text and skype.

It is always hard to be in a long distance relationship and it is even harder to start one that way, but it does not make it impossible. If both of you are willing to put in the time to talk to each other as well as being okay with not being able to be with each other as much it won’t be overly difficult for you.

Here if you have any more questions.

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Anonymous asked: What is a cute thing to wear for a small little wedding just for vows? He's wearing his dress blues!

Maybe a sun dress? Something with the same shade of blue as his dress blues to compliment  each other.

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Anonymous asked: Is there a way to find pictures of my boyfriend at navy basic training? When my friend was at army basic there was a facebook page, with pictures that he was in.

Some groups use facebook to upload pictures and others don’t, and they usually tell you when they get there if there is one or not. If they haven’t told you, chances are they don’t do it.

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Anonymous asked: Is alright to send photos in letters to a boyfriend in basic training? Nothing inappropriate, just regular pictures. Or will his petty officers get on his case for that?

They usually allow them to have pictures, but maybe ask him in a letter if its okay before you send them. After all every petty officer is different on how they run things.

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Anonymous asked: My best friend is enlisted in the Air Force, but he still has a year of high school before going to basic. He keeps talking about how he needs to work out a lot to get ready for basic. I'm worried it's going to become unhealthy. What can I do to help him?

I think in a situation like this the best thing you can do is make sure that he is eating healthy and isn’t pushing himself to the point of injury. If he tells you that he doesn’t want your help remind him that if he gets injured he will not be able to enlist. I don’t think he will get to that point though.

Military Girlfriend Out.