MilSpouse Life
You might hear this infamous stereotype time and time again—military spouses are lazy, uneducated, and by the way, they never work. It’s kind of irritating actually. Especially if you are a spouse, like most are, who is hard-working and supports her family equally as much as her spouse. There are a lot of reasons why military spouses [...]
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18 Ways Military Life Changes You for the Better
When I was in my early twenties enjoying college life back in the Midwest, I would’ve laughed in your face if you told me I would be living in Japan as a stay-at-home mom living a military life. I had big dreams of scaling my nursing career ladder, breaking the glass ceiling, and being a strong independent woman like nobody’s [...]
Sit Down and Shut Up. You’re Just a Whiny Dependa!
A few weeks ago I published a post called The Real Reason Being a Military Wife is So Hard, and while the responses were overwhelmingly positive, there were several responses showcasing the self-destructive military spouse wars occurring in the community. Written months prior to publishing, I wrote it sitting on my couch alone in a [...]
The Real Reason Being a Military Wife is So Hard
You probably don’t know this, but when my husband and I were first dating, I actually asked him to get out of the military. I saw a future with him. I saw marriage with him. And nowhere in that equation did being a military wife exist. Because as a child of multiple divorces (Yes, both my parents divorced twice. Once from each other, [...]
Dear Military Spouses on Babble,
Dear military spouses on Babble and everywhere else, We’ve all learned some tough lessons in the past week, and I cannot seem to get it off my mind. Typically shying away from controversial topics and discussions, this is one I feel compelled to write about. Last week, there was an article posted on Babble entitled, My Solider is Leaving [...]
Top 5 Reasons Military Spouses are Anything but Dependent
I’m not really sure where the term dependent originated from, and quite frankly, it doesn’t really matter for the purpose of this well-intended blog post. It’s the term the military uses to identify sponsored family members of a military service member for purposes of pay as well as special benefits, privileges and rights. After [...]
