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The 9 Monther
This special guest blog post is by one of my NWBFFs, “Pepper” (see what I did there- running with the condiments pseudonyms like a boss). Pepper is tackling a 9 month deployment after literally just...
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Same/different. Deal with it.
So Popeye is coming HOME today!!!!! Yippee! I have officially made it to the end of BOST (Basic Operational Sea Trials) without killing the children or having a nervous breakdown! Go me *proud face*! I...
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No, the time has not flown by, so please kindly STFU.
“Ooh are they coming home already? Wow the last 9 months have really flown by haven’t they?” The above are probably the two most dangerous sentences you can say to a Navy wife or girlfriend at the...
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Woah! Who’s that man in my bed?!
It’s a few days after homecoming, it’s the weekend, the sunlight is shining out of the edges of the curtains, birds are singing, you stretch, yawn and reach over to your phone to check Facebook...
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One woman’s homecoming is another’s goodbye
With the return today of HMS Defender (and if many of you wonder why I bang on about this ship in particular ok I will just say it- it’s Popeyes old ship where I met most of my NWBFFs and felt part of...
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My denial dinghy.
Popeye leaves for his 9 month deployment very very soon. Obvs can’t mention dates etc but let’s just say we aren’t talking weeks here. He’s said his goodbyes to the outlaws and is gearing up to say...
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*Guest post* Homecoming from the other side.
After a lot of nagging and emailing and threatening to withhold parcels, Popeye has written a blog post! It’s a subject that I have always been very curious (nosey) about. What is homecoming like for...
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I’ve broken a cardinal rule of navy wifedom
I’ve broken one of the cardinal rules of navywifedom. I’ve booked a holiday for when the ships due back. Oh yes. And it gets worse. Ive booked it for the day the ship gets back. Because it’s my...
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The meaty middle
The meaty bit of the deployment. The middle bit, the big chunk where you’re a few months in and you’ve got a few months to go. That’s where I’ve been. I’ve been keeping my head down, coping. Get up,...
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Farting when they’re home
When your partner is away you can independently let loose with (ahem) flatuence – whenever you need to. For civvy couples this kind of thing doesn’t happen to them. They must have a well worked out...
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