September 2013 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

What We Fight About After Deployment

We fight after deployment. This time we fought about 2% milk. I kid you not. Brad thought he would wait and buy milk when the store restocked with 1%. I thought anyone who finished the milk needed to supply a dairy product so I could have my coffee, dammit...

Published Thu, Sep 26 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration, Military Life

What Every Mother Sees: Gold Star Moms

The Marine pilot chuckled when I showed him the picture my Army son sent me of himself with a giant weapon and a threatening expression. “I have a picture of myself at the same age exactly like that,” the Marine said. “Everyone does.” I’m sure those guys...

Published Sun, Sep 29 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ, kids, soldier, marine, child in uniform, mother, Gold Star Mothers

Let’s Be Honest: Intimacy After Deployment

There’s a lot I didn’t know about reintegration. I didn’t know my husband would be at once desperate for my company and totally needing his own space and that I’d need my own space too. I didn’t know he’d have no idea...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration, Marriage & Family

Military Wife Guide To Making A Rental Home Rock

Don’t read this unless you love to decorate. I love to decorate, which is convenient since my husband is constantly giving me new material– courtesy of the military! That’s why my friends and I blog about decorating at 11 Magnolia Lane...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, decorating, Military Lifestyle, storage, housing, rental home

How To Celebrate 9/11 Now

Have you told your 9/11 story so many times that you have a Spark Notes version of the thing suitable for parties? I do. Mine goes like this: When the towers fell, my husband and I were at the obstetrician’s office seeing our baby for the first time on...

Published Wed, Sep 11 2013 5:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 celebration

YDU: Mean To A Newbie? Really?

Why didn’t you tell me that the wives with years and decades of military life experience could be so mean to me, the bright eyed newbie? When my husband and I first arrived at his new duty station, I was under the impression that my new life would play...

Published Wed, Sep 25 2013 4:57 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Navy, new military wife, frg

How to Survive the Child-Free Military Life

I know what you’re thinking, mainstream society (and Army Wives) would have you believe such people do not exist. But we do. We are few and far between and you might have to look for us, but we’re there at family day, homecomings, balls and FRG meetings...

Published Tue, Sep 24 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Prince William Hangs Up Flight Suit

He didn’t get passed over. His position wasn’t cut due to any sequestration. Prince William finished his 156 search and rescues for the British military. He put in his 1300 flying hours in his helicopter and decided to end his tour in the Royal Air Force...

Published Fri, Sep 13 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: retirement, transition, military retirement, RAF, Prince William

Months of Deployment Cause Increased Risk of Military Divorce

It isn’t the ‘better or worse’ that breaks up a military marriage. It is the deployment—especially for younger couples in the post-9/11 generation. This week researchers at the RAND Corporation released a new study that shows the accumulated months of...

Published Thu, Sep 05 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family, Military Life, army, Navy, military wife, marine, air force, divorce

Top Ten Reasons Our Dual Military Marriage Worked

“After 30 years of service, we’re excited to start our 60 years of leave.” Sgt. Maj Holly Prafke Does happily ever after really happen to drill instructors? It does if they marry each other. After 30 years of service in the Marine Corps, Sgt...

Published Sat, Sep 14 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, retirement, transition, military marriage, military retirement, dual military

Does Fat Spouse = Fat Servicemember?

Is there a connection between a servicemember not meeting military height and weight standards — or, in official Army talk, being “over fat,” — and having an overweight spouse? In the civilian model, one’s weight usually doesn’t have anything...

Published Tue, Sep 10 2013 5:10 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Health & Fitness

Why Can’t Students Honor Veterans and Sacrifice?

“You have blood all over you. I can smell it,” one female protester yelled. Sacrifice and honor should always go hand-in-hand. But sometimes, to some people, they don’t – and the result is infuriating. So at the risk of sounding like an old fuddy-duddy...

Published Mon, Sep 23 2013 4:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

The Answer to Your Style Problems: Stitch Fix

Tired of the clothes at the PX? Looking for something more than whatever your local department store offers? Sick of wearing your husband’s Marine Corps green tee* because it’s the most fashionable thing you can acquire locally? Welcome to...

Published Mon, Sep 30 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

Stateside Commissaries to Close in Government Shutdown

If the government shuts down Oct. 1 commissaries stateside will be closed starting Oct. 2, according to officials with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). They will be open Oct. 1, the first official day of the shutdown, so that they can offload perishable...

Published Fri, Sep 27 2013 1:43 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

MilSpouse on Shark Tank Tonight!

I bet you didn’t know your plans tonight involved watching ABC’s business-pitch reality show, Shark Tank. But with a military spouse on tonight pitching her own product, we should all tune in. Because I write for Military.com’s Spouse...

Published Fri, Sep 27 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Spouse & Family News

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