Fidelity anyone?

A soldier deploys, leaving behind his wife. He works hard knowing his first deployment will be his last while she keeps herself as busy as possible and hangs out with friends, always returning home to an empty bed. She wouldn’t have it any other way.

A soldier deploys, leaving behind his wife and three kids for a year. He busts his ass wanting nothing more to come home, while the wife works equally as hard taking care of the kids, bills, and life stateside while waiting for his return.

A soldier deploys, leaving behind his wife and kid for a year. He immediately starts getting ass from another soldier overseas. She’s married too.

A soldier deploys, leaving behind his wife and kids. Several months into the deployment, the loneliness is just too great to handle so she seeks out someone to keep her husband’s side of the bed warm.

A soldier deploys, leaving his wife and kid. He returns home for R&R to visit his family for a week, after spending a week with his girlfriend first.

A soldier deploys, leaving behind her baby with her husband. She finds several men to make time go by faster while her husband raises their child in her first year of life.

A soldier deploys, leaving behind his or her spouse. Only the strong survive, it seems.

I have now been submerged into the crazy Army life dynamic for a year and all I can say is- it’s awful how poorly people treat each other. It blows my mind just how widespread infidelity really is. Just a couple of weeks after Shane deployed, stories started popping up of soldiers cheating abroad, and wives cheating here. Why get married in the first place? The numerous stories I’ve heard make me sick, and while everyone has their reasons for doing what they do, the fact remains that it’s depressing. I am proud to say I love my husband and believe in what I have enough to successfully make it a year on my own. Kudos to all the other strong women I know out there.