Partner in RAF

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My boyfriend has recently been accepted to become a driver in the raf. We currently live in Scotland and he would have to be based in England so I would need to think about moving which is scaring me a lot.

Has anyone experienced being with someone in the raf? Is it hard? Can you give me any advice?

I just hate the unknown really😬

Croquembou Could be worse....I was rather merry at the squadron Christmas do last year, and apparently told the CO that I liked him much better than the last one, because he’s so much nicer to look at
Luckily he was flattered!

@ThePolishWombat Our lab chased the station commander's beloved cat up a tree...they had to get some lads off the station to rescue it when it still hadn't come down two days later. My husband didn't get a promotion that year which was a mystery 😬

@thebakerwithboobs
I just tell myself that they are just people - and I’m no longer employed by the military so they aren’t my bosses!!!

@ThePolishWombat absolutely spot on. It's the fuckwittage that got on my nerves in camp. I can remember my eight year old (at the time) being properly told off by a Naval officer for walking on the grass because he's 'not allowed.' Erm, no love, YOU'RE not allowed.' And we proceeded to dance on the grass verges all the way home. And that was the day we decided to buy our own house 😂

I live next to one of the biggest RAF camps (came here due to the RAF) and I would be surprised if you got a quarter here as there always seem to be in shrt supply.

You'd be looking at a minimum of £800 per month to rent...so would be cheaper to get married

I can’t believe I forgot to mention that every camp has its “Susan” who wears her husband’s rank like a shiny tiara Oh yes, I knew one recently who we used to call 'The Wing Commanders Wife@ as she couldn't resist telling you. When thats choir man on telly said "we have people from all walks, including a Wing Commanders Wife" I bloody well knew who it was

@Oldraver that’s hilarious
I’ve only encountered one such type at our current posting.
Dh’s old boss’s wife was a proper game-for-a-laugh, rowdy Geordie bird who would make friends with anyone. She’s was ace. Then at a summer function one year, Mrs Shiny Rank Tiara asked her why she was friends with so many “non-commissioned wives”
From what I hear, she told her where she should shove her Rank Tiara and to fuck all the way off

Well, I don't know if the OP is reassured but I am. I've put off moving for a very long time and am still nervous but...it'll be grand

@ThePolishWombat

I was at WingCo wife's house for one of those selling parties and there was stilted small talk

I was pointedly asked by a couple of woman who lived in her street (and therefore officers wife)
Where I lived. I just knew she was trying to figure out what class I was based on what side of the blue bridge I lived 😀

@Oldraver Gah! It was shit like this that really did me in. For a while, my husband commuted whilst we sold our house and I travelled up on a Friday afternoon for the summer ball. At the start of the evening one of the other officer's wives (Dogmella or something) asked if I had 'had a pamper at the spa' today. I said no, I had worked half a day then driven up so I had been a bit thrown together. She audibly gasped, looked me up and down and said 'oh. You have a JOB!' I don't know which one of us was more incredulous! I informed her I also have a PhD, my own bank account and I can go out on my own without permission too! We never spoke again and that is a mystery.

Omg @thebakerwithboobs You should have worn your very own shiny rank tiara and insisted everyone called you “Dr” all night “I OUTRANK YOU ALL!!”