How to Incorporate Physical Touch Into Your Long-Distance Relationship
This is not a sponsored post, but it is from my friends at Tangible. They’re a group of Stanford grads who are trying to make long-distance relationships more… well, tangible! I knew you’d want to hear what they have to say! The Dominant Love Language Let’s embrace it – physical touch is the dominant love […]
26 Things to Do with Your Best Friends on Your Next Video Call
For military spouses, we’re used to getting together via Zoom or FaceTime for regular chats and keeping connections strong. But being online with your friends can still lead to the same screen time burnout you experience at work. One way to keep things humming along is with fun (and funny) questions, prompts and activities! Make […]
83 Questions to Ask Your Partner For Every Occasion and Stage of Life
You ever just think “I wish there was a giant list of stuff to ask my partner”? Yeah, me, too. There are important questions, silly queries and just because prompts to get the two of you chatting about breakfast faves, financial plans and everything in between! For Serious (but New) Relationships This is the time […]
35 Inventive Care Package Gifts Real Military Spouses Swear By
My partner-in-crime, Becky from Brave Crate, and I wrapped up PILLAR: The Digital Retreat for Deployment Countdowns. It was three jam-packed days of fabulous presentations from experts who have lived military life, giveaways, great content, and community. Now that it’s over, I’m processing everything that I learned at PILLAR. Very quickly, I realized that I […]
How to Argue Constructively When You’re Far Apart
by Meg Flanagan For the first two or so years of my military marriage, my husband and I were not in the same state. For a significant portion, we weren’t even on the same continent. Thanks, deployment! However, we still needed to handle things on the homefront and in our relationship. But how do you […]
11 Tips to Handle Surprise Deployment Extensions Like a Pro
Oh, man! That countdown was getting so, so, so close to zero. And then you’re hit with an unexpected deployment extension. Like you weren’t just barely hanging on to your sanity already. No, you’re getting the military spouse gauntlet: surviving an extra undetermined amount of time before homecoming is even tentatively scheduled. Cool. Everything’s fine. […]
5 Care Package Alternatives During Quarantine
Fact: I never had to deal with deployment during a quarantine and a world-wide pandemic. Another fact: No one has since World War I. Unless you’re 100 years old, you’ve never done this either. We’re all flying blind. And that’s a little scary as we try to navigate what all of this is and what […]
How to Make Video Chats (Actually!) Fun
This is an unsponsored guest post. Hi, my name is Alex and I am one of the founders of pop.in. What is pop.in, you may ask? Pop.in is an app that brings friends, family, and loved ones together, from as near as down the street or as far away as around the globe, to play […]
Here’s How to Deal with Long or Extended Deployments
by Meg Flanagan I’ve been around the military since way back 2008, right when the big Afghanistan troop surge was getting ready to kick off. Right when a lot of units and individual troops were staring down 9-16 month deployments on a regular basis. Long deployments suck. Really and truly they are awful. But you […]
38 Deployment Bucket List Goals for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day. Is there a holiday that military spouses dread more during a deployment? If Valentine’s Day isn’t a third rail for you, that’s awesome! But for many military spouses and significant others dealing with deployment, V-Day feels super personal. It’s a tangible reminder that you just. can’t. get. away. from. that your loved one […]
