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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its actually easier with little kids and a deployed husband sometimes. You can give them waffles and fruit for dinner and let them eat it in pajamas rather than having to make a big dinner for your husband. My husband would get stressed out by a messy house but life was a bit more casual while he was gone, etc I sleep trained two babies by letting them cry it out during deployments without him insisting on picking them up.[/quote]

This. I only have three but in some ways it's simpler when my husband is actually away. I am 100% in control of the routine and some expectations can be different. I mean, I would rather have him here. BUT I'm not waiting for him to show up, wondering when he's going to show up, for one thing. We eat at whatever time is convenient for ME non dependent on his unpredictable schedule. We can eat cereal for dinner. If I don't do laundry for 2 weeks literally no one cares, etc. There are plenty of people who would help me in an instant if I need it. (This is also true when he's home, btw.)[/quote]

I agree with this, but in MIL's case, I think FIL choosing not to be home (more often than he was home) was more a rejection of her.  OP, does your friend's DH have a say in when he can be home?  I ask because FIL had some say, as an officer, but chose to be away as much as possible, because MIL was so difficult. Not calling your friend difficult,  maybe she prefers to run the house on her own? [/quote]

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