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Forces sweethearts

If you have a family member in the Royal Navy, RAF or army, find support from other Mumsnetters here.

Read this very well put article in today's Guardian

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denbuilder · 22/01/2011 19:47

This article is a worthwhile read!

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/22/afghanistan-iraq-army-families

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Rocinante · 22/01/2011 21:31

I think she's put it all down very well. I remember the emotional tension when DH went for his first tour - I felt like an elastic band stretched to its limit, always worried that the slightest emotional wobble would make me snap.

loubielou31 · 24/01/2011 19:47

That is almost the exact conversation that I've had today with a friend. Maybe more articles like that would alert the wider public to the realities of being the spouse left behind when a soldier goes away on operations.

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