My husband is coming home after a very long deployment and I can wait to get together.
I will need to get some advice and ideas after more than seven months on "dry dock".
Please help!!

Hi amapola

I was in the Navy when I first got married and on our first year of marriage spent 9 straight months at sea on a carrier. After the first year I was transferred stateside so was home most of the time before I was discharged a year later. So I know what you your hubby is going through.

Not sure what your concerns are as I am assuming both of you are counting the minutes to hold each other tightly in your arms once again. The main concern really should be on the adjustment to your lives - he is used to a military protocol and you are used to being on your own. So there will be some adjustment made by the both of you to get used to the homelife once again. Also you need to be sensative to any issues he might have from his deployment. What I mean here is if he was involved in any combat situations or saw some bad things he will be dealing with stress and the hurt of the situation. I was lucky that I never had to deal with the ugly side of war and never saw any of my friends killed or anything like that. But if you hubby has some things he had to deal with that were unpleasent then just work with him to get through the problem.