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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a former single Mom that is now a military spouse that is deployed. So sure I'm married but my life, other than more money, is pretty much exactly the same.[/quote]

Money makes a big difference, don't you think? [/quote]

Well I make a lot of money, so I was not scraping by before I was married. Exactly to the other PP. When a crisis happens, it's all on me. When work is stressful, all me. O do get to talk to my husband, but no different than like family out of town. Not the same as getting a hug or having a back up. There is no back up, you're alone.[/quote]

I guess to me being the spouse of someone deployed brings a whole bunch of challenges that other single moms don't face (possibly living in a place you haven't been for long because the military moves people so often, missing them, being afraid for them, dealing with children missing them, major changes in routine), and also has some supports that single moms don't have (the community of other military spouses, the second income, but more than that the security that it's not all resting on your job).   It seems like it would have a lot in common with being a single mom, but not exactly the same.

But, I guess I don't understand what the spouse of someone who is deployed would get out of calling themselves a single mom that they wouldn't get out of simply saying "My husband/wife is deployed"?  [/quote]

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