Military spouses are always surprised when the Dream Tax cometh. We marry into the military figuring that we are smart enough and determined enough and creative enough to get around the very real … [Read more...]
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Military Wife Quotes: Never Contemplate Your Life On Sunday
I would like to eliminate Sundays during deployment, please. Oh, I will still keep holy the Lord's Day. I just want to take the hours of Sunday and tack them on to other days of the week when I … [Read more...]
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Top Ten Ways To be a Military Work/Life Balance Ninja
Does anyone believe that work/life balance is possible in the military? Surely that kind of even-stephen life is only for couples who work 9 to 5 and live near the grandparents and never, never move. … [Read more...]
What Does a Spouse Deserve at Military Retirement?
I know military spouses don’t have an actual retirement from military life. However, there is this place during a military retirement ceremony where the contribution of the spouse is supposed to be … [Read more...]
YDU: Where To Find Help After Miscarriage
Miscarriage is not unusual among military spouses. According to the the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, up to 25% of clinically recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage. That … [Read more...]
Top Ten Ways To Deal With A Dangerous Deployment
Some deployments are just long, not dangerous. Say your Marine will be unaccompanied to Okinawa for a year. Or your servicemember will be working requisitions out of an office building in Kuwait. Or … [Read more...]
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Real Simple Lust
Keep your heaving bosom and your six-pack abs. Apparently military spouses lust after laundry rooms with detergents decanted into antique glass jars. Steam irons with automatic shutoff. Hand-lettered … [Read more...]
Are Shorter Deployments the Key to Stronger Marriages?
We are all about the love here at SpouseBuzz. We will try anything to increase the understanding of long-term military relationships and to help couples navigate their way to a happier and healthier … [Read more...]
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Military Wife Quotes 2012
Every week, we SpouseBuzzers take turns writing about our favorite military wife quotes. These are the words of wisdom that help us make better choices, do better work, get through the day. These … [Read more...]
Should The National Guard Be Used for School Safety? Top Ten
A police officer chats with the parking lot monitor at my son’s elementary school these days. If Senator Barbara Boxer has her way, a kitted-out National Guardsman will join them, weapon in … [Read more...]
Is She Your Mistress?
At a recent change of command, the ship’s captain was thanking his wife for all she had done for him during that tour. “Without you, I would not have been able to spend time with my mistress. … [Read more...]
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We Know Why You’re Awake (And Checking Email)
Merry Christmas, You. Yes, we caught you, Military Spouse. We know you are checking your email on Christmas Day. We know you have slipped off to scan your Facebook. We know you have evaded your … [Read more...]
A New Verse For “I’ll Be Home For Christmas?”
About 10 years ago, my wife had a community choir here in Santa Maria, CA. I did whatever I could to help the group from putting up risers and selling tickets to occasionally singing a … [Read more...]
Military Wife Quotes: My Candle Burns At Both Ends
One of my girlfriends gave me an R. Nichols candle for Christmas. Not only does it have the most divine scent, on the side it features a little guy chasing five dogs on leashes. “This made me … [Read more...]
Top Ten Things To Do After World Ends
The Mayan Calendar said the world was supposed to end yesterday—December 21, 2012. If you are reading this, the world continues to turn. All those Russians who bought out stores of salt and candles … [Read more...]
Military Wife Quotes: The Other Side Of Fear
I feel a fear creeping up on me. In the airport, TV monitors behind me blare with news of Sandy Hook. Of teachers who died trying to save their students. Of children cowering in closets. Of … [Read more...]
Top Ten Things Wives Want For Christmas
What do women want? I read somewhere that the answer to that question is that women want men to KNOW what they want. And men want women not to want anything. That rings true enough. But it makes … [Read more...]
Delight In The Misfortune Of Others
Barbara Walters declared General David Petraeus the Most Fascinating Person of 2012. He won the “honor” in 2010 for his military skills and achievements. Back then he joined other Fascinating … [Read more...]
