AWTR Show # 945: A Surprising Way to Make AND Keep Milspouse Friends

On today’s episode, Lindsey makes her debut podcast appearance to talk about milspouse friendships. For many of us making milspouse friends is a new and unique experience. In the civilian world, most people make friends based on shared interests. One of the most beautiful aspects of milspouse life is making friends with people who have different interests than you. Lindsey offers some tips to unlock the secret to making and keeping milspouse friends.

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When Friends Circle Back Around

I love how when you are in the military long enough, friends from past duty stations start circling back around to you. Though I’m not an avid social media user, I am thankful to have it. At times, it’s the only way I’ve discovered where old military friends land again. And sometimes they land with me…or near me….or I travel near them…or some interesting situation brings us back together.

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OCONUS Military Spouses Build Community

After you PCS, do you ever arrive at a new location and feel completely lost? In my time as a military spouse, this feeling was further exacerbated during our OCONUS tours. When we moved to Japan, my twins were three, my spouse was immediately gone off on deployment, where he remained for most of the tour. I couldn’t figure out the language, let alone the basics of this new life we had been thrown into a million miles from the comforts of home. 

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Is It Me?

I have a tough time trying to connect. Is it me?

We’ve been at our new duty station for about a year and three months. Let me start by saying that I love our home, and I love having all the space I need in our home. The area is nice, but being stationed in a remote area makes me miss having a military community nearby. I say that because we all know that, no matter what, you can find a few friends with a common interest. You can spend time together and have fun and get to know a person fully and without judgment.

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Building Connections with Dungeons & Dragons

With the world on lockdown from COVID for much of the past 18 months, an activity that pulls together players with similar backgrounds couldn’t have arrived at a better time.

For more than a year, Dungeons & Dragons has been part of Hope For The Warriors Team program, receiving rave reviews from those involved, both clients and staff members.

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Food For Thought

When was the last time you truly connected with yourself? When was the last time you took a few moments to remember what makes you, you? We as humans need to take time (even if it’s just five minutes) to connect with our souls and remember what makes us genuine and unique. It’s a little bit of food for thought for all of us because it’s hard to focus on that part of ourselves at times when we’re wrapped up in so many other things and/or focusing our energy somewhere else.

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