MILSO struggles

We are proud of our loved ones military service... but sometimes you just want to throat punch somebody.

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When the homecoming countdown gets into double digits:

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When the spouse group chat is discussing the holiday care packages they all sent, but you forgot to send one:

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When the group chat is discussing homecoming photographers and you realize you’re the only one who didn’t book somebody:

“Is this a requirement?”

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Filling out your “Dream Sheet” of potential PCS locations & hoping you get what you want for once:

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MILSO life in a nutshell

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When friends ask how The Homecoming Diet is going:

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When you want to get off social media, but your SO lives in your phone for an unnatural proportion of your lives.

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When an application asks for your addresses from the past ten years

Civilian couples:

Military couples:

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When you finally find a new duty station BFF and they immediately PCS

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When they get sent away on a multi-week training mission just before they are about to deploy for months

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How it feels like the scheduling office reacts when they get your SO’s leave request:

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Trying to get signed up for any type of spouse assistance program

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When your SO is finally able to take leave but it happens to be the one time a year you CAN’T take off work:

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When you have to go on a new base without your SO and are trying to get around, but don’t know where you’re going and all the buildings look the same:

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When you’re paranoid about the PCS movers ruining all your new wedding gift stuff so you pack obsessively:

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People: “How do you handle your SO being gone during deployments?”

Me:

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The amount of paperwork it takes to do literally anything: