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Military husbands are staying home with the kids while the moms are off fighting.
When you picture a military couple, one going off to fight a war, and the other taking on the role of the stay-at-home parent, society typically envisions the man off in battle and the woman home with the children. But with nearly 20 percent of the Air Force consisting of women, men are quickly learning the challenges of being the military spouse, home with the kids.
In the military, dads aren't forced to take care of their children on their own from just 9 to 5 but rather for months at a time while their wives are away on … Read More
A military wife explains how she and her husband communicated during his three deployments.
Five years ago, my new husband, David, swallowed his tears as he tried to find a way to say goodbye. He held our baby girl to his nose, inhaled her newborn scent and searched my eyes for understanding. "You know I have to go, right?" he asked. I nodded, trying to understand his leaving, his sense of duty. I imagined that I did as I watched him walk out our kitchen door toward a war in Afghanistan, but I didn't.
We talked — sometimes twice a day — ignoring the popping and snapping on the line and the long delays between … Read More
Her first love found her on Facebook. But is their new romance real, or just fantasy?
The guy I lost my virginity to found me on Facebook a few months ago. I opened my inbox to read, "Is this Teri? If so, hit me back." It was an absurdly casual message, as if he had no idea I associated him with puking from anesthesia in the parking lot of an abortion clinic. The shock I felt when I saw the name Jeffery* in my inbox is a testament to how successful I had been at forgetting everything that happened between us.
I dumped Jeff a few weeks before our sophomore year of high school, … Read More
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Faithfulness now includes extramarital affairs.
A court in Italy ruled that members of the elite paramilitary police (the Carabinieri) are not permitted to have affairs. The group's motto is "Faithful through the centuries" and some people think that they should live up to that sentiment not just in t heir commitment to the state. The US Marines' motto Semper Fi ("Always Faithful") only applies to affairs in the case of officers.
Reuters reports that the whole thing stems from an incident in which a member of the Carabinieri nearly got physical when his boss told him to end an affair he was … Read More
