My Boyfriend just left for the Navy...I am very sad..I really dont no how to handle it!..I just keep crying!....I am very Happy for Him...I guese I am just being selfish....But I was with Him EVERYDAY!...We did everything togther... Its like everything I look at or listen to it reminds Me of him!...Does anybody no what I can do...or how to handle it?

Write letters and stay busy. This is only the beginning of many long seperations. I know you don't want to hear that but it is the truth. Focus on you and what keeps you happy. Boot camp is just a short seperation

Find a hobby if you don't have a job get one
when my dh joined I was still in HS but we had been together for over 4 years then
Maybe make a scrapbook for his graduation.
Write him often!
Try to stay busy and don't "wait" on the call
When did he leave? literally today?
I was good till the night he left then I broke down but I stayed busy and time flew by

We were already married with 2 kids, so our situation was a little different.
I wrote my husband every day. Granted, it took about 2 weeks before I got his address, but I sent him a huge package with letters starting form day one. I went to the gym everyday I could after our daughter turned 6 wks old and that passed the time. I went to the IL's house so that my older son could play with his cousins and I could get a break from the baby.

Keeping yourself busy really is the key. If you create a goal for yourself while he is gone, that may keep you preoccupied also. I had my weeks planned so that the days flew by. It just made it that much easier. Good Luck.

My df just graduated bootcamp dec. 22....so i know how you are feeling. I wrote him a letter every single day...and worked and went to college. I stayed so busy but it was the best thing i could have done. At night is when it was bad...that was always mine time to just cry and let it all out becaus i also had a journal i worte in for myself. But other then that with time things will get better. I wish yall the best ever. When you see him at graduation you are going to die! it is the best feeling in the world!!! we just cried and cried! ahhh best moment ever!!!

i had a journal that i wrote in as if i were writing to dh. keep busy. force yourself to go out with friends and make the best of it . kyms right this is only the beginning so don't mope even though it's easier.

Keep yourself busy. my b/f just graduated from bootcamp in oct. it drove me insane but i didnt keep myself busy i never had anything to do. just write him letters and keep yourself occupied. greatest feeling in the world to see him again and be with him, it'll be time for him to graduate b4 you know it!! hang in there!

i just wrote a letter a day and sent him them EVERYDAY i didnt miss ONE, not the whole time, I knew his address 6 days in and i sent him the first 6 letters all at once... they need letters just as much as you need to write them.. stay busy!

totally agree with the ladies... the beginning will be hard but that's just part of the military life. Stay busy and write letters, they will keep you busy and cheer both of you. THings will get better as time goes by. Its not easy but you will get through it. ((HUGS))

Find something to do with your time. Write him letters or write in a journal. I find that before i go to bed is always the hardest time for me but if you feel busy time will fly.

Thank You so much..EVERYBODY!...I am trying to stay busy...but at Night it just REALLY GETS TO Me!...But I guese it makes me feel better that there are other people that went through it...But He left only 1 Week ago..So I still got along way to go!

when my husband left I felt like he had died and him leaving on the plane was his furneral (sp?). I cried and cried and cried. I thought it was the worst decision we could have ever made. I started writing the day after he left. It was a little different for us since we've been married for 4 1/2 years and have 2 kids but I imagine the feelings are the same for everyone. Just like the other girls said write every day. I sent them once a week, postage is spendy! My husband just graduated Jan 13th. It was so wonderful to see him again!

Thank you...You guys dont know how much this has HELPED...Knowing there are People that have experienced...and that have made it!....Thank you...so much...If there is anybody that I cant talk to personaly PLEASE Write Me a Privite Message!...THANK YOU ALL AHAIN....

My b/f left almost four weeks ago. I definetely know how you are feeling too. I am really missing my boy as well. :( But, thanks to the great advice I got from the girls on here, I have kept myself busy and time has flown by pretty quickly. (at least as fast as it can) I have written my b/f several times and mailed a bunch of letters for his first package, because I had to wait on getting his address. I have also started a scrapbook for us. Also, I wrote a poem the other night for him. (I don't write poetry, so it took me like 3-4 hours to write :) ) Take care and try and keep yourself busy.

Here is the poem if you would like to read it.

The Heart of A Sailor’s Girl
By: Melissa Peterson

I believe that there is a girl, who is called to play a very special part.
Great strength and courage is what makes up, this Sailor’s Girl’s heart.
She is faithful and brave, and prepared to fulfill her sailor’s every need,
She stands by her man in his time of need.

She understands that there are times when her heart will break,
Because she will have to let her sailor take,
His stand on the Sea, to protect their freedom life,
Even through the toils and strife.

Her love runs deep for her sailor, Blue.
She wants him to know her heart is True.
She feels that her life would seem incomplete; without him now.
She hopes they can be together somewhere, somehow.

She knows that her sailor’s job is ever changing, and it can take him far away,
She keeps him in her heart no matter what, and prays for him everyday,
It feels like their world is being torn, when they have to part,
But she knows that their souls are connected within their hearts.

While her sailor is gone she waits everyday,
For those letters from him that will come her way.
The letters that this courageous girl and her sailor send,
Make them only grow closer to one another until the end.

The letters she receives may be few and far between,
But in them, love can clearly be seen.
She is very proud of her sailor and his commitment to protecting the lives of others.
And knows, that they will always be there for one another.

She keeps her chin up and a smile on her face.
And knows that he is protecting their freedom and keeping them safe.
She knows that her sailor’s heart is strong and that his love is true
And she never forgets that he is missing her too!

hi sweetie! First, you need to know that missing him, crying, and feeling selfish is ok.. we all go through it... but you have to find something to do to keep yourself busy... im not saying u have to be moving all the time, but when u aren't, do things that make u happy in knowing that he's not gone forever and such... it seems like the next time u see him will never come, but it does!!

It's really tough when they leave :(. The best advice anyone can give you is to stay busy!! I had a fantastic support group behind me the whole time my hubby was away (thank god I did too, since I found out I was 5 1/2 months pregnant a month after he left!!! And he didn't get to see his son for the first 4 months.. at all.). But I had my friends at work that I hung out with as much as possible and my mom and I got really close while he was away. I actually wrote my hubby more letters than any other guy's wife or gf during basic- lol! He got at least 2 or 3 letters a day...

Hope you're hangin' in there though! The time really does fly once you get used to him being away

stay busy and make sure you write him a ton of letters because i know that WH loved getting letters in bootcamp!

I know exactly what you are going thru. I went through 40 days of him being at bootcamp, then he got medical discharged. but just stay faithful if you love him, and trust me that day will come when you can see him again. keep writing him letters, he'll love it, my boyfriend was the guy who got the most letters from his girlfriend while he was gone:) hehehe. i loved writing, like everynight i wrote and every morning on the way to school i dropped it off in the mailbox. my phone was always on, even at school (I dont recommend that tho lol) I usually got a phone call on Sundays and letters on Thursdays. It takes about 3 weeks at first before you start getting letters. the first 3 weeks suck, but it does get better i promise. if you need anyone to talk to, PM me.