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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I raise my kids on a military base in  Germany like 20 years ago. My husband was mostly deployed to Bosnia at the time. I had 3 toddlers and my best friend had four! They would come over for a playdate, then we would feed everybody dinner, then sometimes they stayed overnight. Sometimes there were other families involved. The ladies watched a movie and had a glass of wine after everybody went to bed. Like a giant slumber party that revolved around the neighborhood. I was so lonely when we moved back to the states. I had no idea that other women found being a SAHM lonely and isolating. On a military base, it feels more like being in a sorority. And these were officers wives. We had a blast.[/quote]

I went to high school with a few military brats.  They usually came from big families and the kids were so smart.  One could tell that the kids operated as a tribe.  Their families had a system and if you've never been an expatriate you'd never understand the group support and dynamic of being in a foreign land with others in the same situation holding onto each other for dear life.  Compared to being a military wife amongst many other military wives, being a civilian SAHM without family nearby is lonely and isolating.  Small children really enjoy being in the company of older kids so having more kids is in some ways easier than just one or two.  Keeping singletons occupied is draining.[/quote]

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