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Old 10-29-2009, 08:55 AM
crc762 crc762 is offline
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Default Moving question.

Hello,
I'm married and leave for RTC/BUD/s prep on NOV 17th. I'm not getting a clear answer from my recruiter or the personal property guy at our nav base here about getting us moved out of our house. My situation is this-

When I go to RTC, my wife will move in with her aunt during RTC,BUD/s prep and up to hellweek of 1st phase. We need to move out of our home soon because the landlord (also her father) has a new family moving in a few weeks after I leave for RTC. The personal property guy can't do anything until he has my orders and I won't get my orders until the day I leave, which is no bueno. I don't want to make a plan that is contingent on the entitlements of paperwork that I haven't seen. Leaving my wife with no peace of mind and a whole house to move by herself is not something I'm comfortable with. Is anyone in a similar situation? I understand most people wait to move until they have orders to San Diego, but we have to be out of our house before then. Any help is greatly appreciated, you can send me a PM here. (I'm not on the forums very much)

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Old 11-04-2009, 08:46 PM
lovemyfrogman lovemyfrogman is offline
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Default Re: Moving question.

@crc762 - to begin with, and not to be too harsh, I just wanted to address this quote
"Leaving my wife with no peace of mind and a whole house to move by herself is not something I'm comfortable with."

If you aren't comfortable with that, sorry to say it, but this is just the begining. There's going to be a WHOLE lot more that woman is going to have to do on her own without you there if you make it through. Thats the next big thing I want to address. There is a large chance you don't make it through, I hope you do, but just being honest here, so you might want to think how you go about this. I'm not sure where you both are from orig. and how far you are from san diego, but you have a few options in my point of view.

1- Find a place in SD to rent and have your wife pack up all of your stuff and she can drive it out to san diego maybe with a family member or a friend. Honestly, I did it on my own, its not that bad, she may b**ch about it a bit but, in the long run, like I said, its just the begining and she'll be fine and so will you. That way you will have her there and not have to worry about it when your starting BUDs.
2- Wait to see how you do. If you don't make it through, you don't even after to worry about it. I'm not saying necisarrily waiting until you get pinned, but maybe until you get through pool comp. Then you could even try to fly home on a friday and you two could drive all night friday sat and sunday (depending again where you are coming from)

San Diego is a amazing place to live. She'll have a wonderful time there while you are going through hell Not sure if this helps if even at all. The biggest thing I would have to say is your wife is going to have to get used to doing pretty much everything on her own. Its not a bad thing, its just the way it is. It 100% is a adjustment for both spouses, and you just have to work together to figure out how to make things work. Good luck to you and your wife, and good luck at BUDs
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:02 AM
lelee28 lelee28 is offline
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Default Re: Moving question.

I have to agree. If she can't move by herself and if you can't let her move by herself than maybe you guys aren't cut out for this life. Even at a team DH is so busy that I pretty much make all the decisions about the house. He helps when he can, but I can't really count on him being here to do xy&z whenever something breaks or needs to be repaired around the house or with the cars.
As to whether or not she should move out there that's up to you. DH and I lived apart until he got to his team. It worked for us, but some people like living in SD. Moving out there for training doesn't really increase your chances of getting a WC team, but can make it harder to leave your friends in SD. IMHO.
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