[SeatClutcher]

Hi!

To put it simply, you're probably getting into a position of being alone a lot.

Which can be hard and lonely, at times...it's not always fun to miss someone.

But, you're not ALWAYS missing, of course, because you have your life and things you're doing. And being away from someone for a time means seeing them after all that time and being on a mini-high (or major high) far more often than people get to experience when they see their s/o every single day.

As with anything else, there are goods and bads. But if you are okay with phone calls and emails, and would enjoy sending and receiving the occasional unexpected thingy (whatever gift idea you have) in the mail, it can be kind of fun to be in a nontraditional (and by that I just mean not always around one another) relationship.

[of course, I say this as the wife of a guy who flies freight and has so far been home - but sleeping - every day.

Also, he was in Iraq for a year, so any length of time he's gone is fine with me as long as he's not in danger of being shot down or mortared.

I'm sure if he were flying a regional or something, and were gone all the time, I'd find my own complaints, but I really do love the idea of seeing one another after time apart, and getting and sending letters or emails, and all that stuff. I hope you 'll find ways to enjoy it, too.]