Long distance love Civilian vs. Military

So Today I was thinking about how we have spent more than half our relationship apart for one reason or another. Sometimes it was training in a different state or country, me going out of state, or deployment. Yet even with the months and months apart we are stronger than ever. I've had so many "civilian" friends ask me how do you do it? And I don't really know how to answer that, I mean we just do, maybe its because we don't have a choice. The military decides how often we get to see each other and there really isn't anything we can do about it except to accept it and try and make the best of it. Maybe that is what sets military relationships apart from "regular" long distance relationships we are not given the option to be closer to our loved one a lot of the times, and if we were we'd all be on the first plane out to the sandbox or where ever they might be.  Knowing we have a limited time together makes each moment that much more special, and I think that is what keeps us all going... that feeling you get when you're finally together again.

                                         

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