In 2004 while I wasn't married as I was 19 and I was on my first tour in Iraq I became really friends with my Sgt. who was Married at the time. After I was medically retired from the Marine Corps in 2007 I met him again in 2010 and like once every few times we get a beer together,I'm going off topic. Bottomline is he told me how his marriage fell apart while he was in the service.His wife was lonely and cheated on him while we were deployed. They had an 3 yrs old son. Military service changes people,women feel lonely and sometimes they can't handle the situation,I don't necessarily blame them but that's what happened for my sgt. Don't think however this applies for everyone,I'm sure many military family stay together,it depends on how much strong the couple is. I'm sorry if I haven't answered your question any better,but bottomline is: If you're husband is away just have friends come over,count the days,do yoge,write him letters and before you know it,he'll be home. You got a great guy there,give him your support even if it's hard ,keep him and be happy together. Good luck

Just find a guy on the side that your husband won't find out about. There's even an actual name for these guys. A "Jody". Its fairly common and I am pretty sure almost everyone in the military knows about it but doesn't talk about it. Like a "don't ask, don't tell policy"

If that's something you are willing to consider it will probably help with the boredom and the loneliness. You just have to make sure that the guy 100% understands that when your husband is back, you guys don't contact each other.

You are not a military wife. You are a woman who is married to a guy who works for the US Army.

My husband was in the USAF and yes, it is depressing during deployments, especially around the holidays. I guess one difficult aspect is 'fitting in"..you don't fit in with other married couples because they are in pairs and you are alone. You don't fit in with your single friends either so you tend to just keep to yourself.