Husband left for afghan on Friday... Good vibes please

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Hubby gone for 5th tour :-( I have 1 horse to keep me busy and work full time and have got second job to keep me even busier ! He will do 7 months straight no r&r. Please can I have some; good vibes, stories of how ruddy fast 7months goes, tips to keep busy or just a hug!
 
No experience, but huge vibes from me. I was doing a street collection for help for heroes yesterday and a lady told me her son was returning today so she could finally breathe.

Hope time moves swifty for you and safely for hubby.

JDx
 
ooh(((((( big vibes )))))coming up from cornwall , 7 months will fly by especially as the nights get lighter and you can do more with your horse etc. My OH is Navy did 2 tours on board ship to the Gulf , seems like eternity but we did have intermitant phone contact and blueys being sent back and forth by the ton! Keep yer chin up and all the best to your man..Al & Paddy x
 
hope it goes quickly for you the first few weeks are always the hardest. can i ask why he isn't getting r n r? my hubby did a tour last year did 6months and i got to the point where i said that it wasn't worth him coming home for rnr and he told me he had to. x
 
Sending good vibes. My brother just back on rnr after 5nhalf months its gone super quick even with xmas etc seems like yesterday he went. Hope ur time flys and keeping busy def key to it going fast. Hugs xx
 
I know it feels like a long time but you sounds like you are going to keep yourself busy. Myself and my husband are ex army so know exactly how you feel.
Wishing him a safe tour and safe return home :) x
 
Giving you huge hugs..Have friends who are posted out there..one is due back in a month and the other is due back next week for r+r.

Keeping yourself very busy will hopefully do the trick and time will fly by..Are you in contact with the Army wives support groups??
 
Eeeeekk! Seven months! :eek: Are the tours getting longer or what? And no r & r - what are things coming to.........??????:confused::mad:

My OH is an army veteran and I used to worry like stupid when he was away on exercise. So your fortitude and endurance have my unending admiration.

I won't give you tips on how the spend the time - sounds like you've got all that sorted! ;)

Good luck, and when you next communicate with OH, please tell we're all thinking of him and all his mates, doing such a fine job. :)
 
Thank you all so much this is all greatly received


Samsbilly- yeah we have a friend in a different regiment and he was always told he has to. But with my husband- understandably he finds the whole back for 10 days and then straight back out a bit unsettling. So they take it at the end of the tour and his reg is recconusence so they are first to get there last to leave xx
 
Many hugs to you. I have no experience of this myself although have had a number of friends with submariner husbands and know how hard it is for them while they are away. I hope you manage to keep busy and your husband has a safe tour - I have the utmost respect for those in our armed forces.

Instead of a traditional Mothers Day card today my son gave me a Help for Heroes card - he said it was better to support them than the commercial companies and I had to agree.
 
wishing your husband a speedy safe tour, my brother is in the army, like someone else said you feel like you hold your breathe the whole time there gone.

we should all be proud of our troops and support them whole heartedly- they all do a fantastic job

:)
 
My OH was reconaissance too. He and his 2 brothers were all in the same regiment and all in Iraq at the same time. How is poor Mum coped I'll never know. X
 
My ex husband was (and still is) in the forces, so I understand how you are feeling.

My eldest son goes out to Afghanistan next month, the youngest in the summer and the middle one at the end of the year. 18 months of sleepless nights here I come!

Sending {{{{hugs}}}, and if you need to chat feel free to pm me :)
 
rema said:
Keeping yourself very busy will hopefully do the trick and time will fly by..Are you in contact with the Army wives support groups??
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I was about to suggest this! I found this v forum very useful when in your position! Lovely wives and girlfriends of other forces people who understand what you are going through and were a great support. Some of my civvie friends had a knack of saying totally the wrong thing!!!!

http://www.wagsunited.com/

My husband and I are both forces and are apart during the weeks at the moment and we almost had a wedding cancelled last year because he was away!! To keep sane I stayed as busy as possible then I had something to say when I wrote to him each day. Also have fun planning his parcels - they are sooooooo important to the guys when they are away!
 
Thinking of you :( my OH goes out in Sept/Oct and the nightmares have already begun. He's done a tour of Iraq and that was the longest time ever, I'm dreading this tour, but like you will try to be constantly busy and too exhausted not to sleep! The holding of breath is a very good way of describing it......here's hoping all the boys come home safe
 
MrsElle said:
My ex husband was (and still is) in the forces, so I understand how you are feeling.

My eldest son goes out to Afghanistan next month, the youngest in the summer and the middle one at the end of the year. 18 months of sleepless nights here I come!

Sending {{{{hugs}}}, and if you need to chat feel free to pm me :)
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I've no idea how you cope with this!! Bad enough to have 1 loved one out there..... Big hugs to everyone
 
I have no experience to share, sorry, other than that my dad was in the army too.
Massive massive hugs to you hun.keep your chin up and stay busy. You will robabaly feel every minute of those months at first but it will fly by before you know it. And you will always be able to phone and skype each other :) xxx
 
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