Living without your spouse. Many army wives live without their spouses for extended periods of time. They have to become self sufficient, and they have to learn to not resent their spouse for being gone. It can be really hard to deal with raising your family by yourself, and being signed up for a life by yourself when you married someone. However, if you let it cause resentment and frustration, your marriage will suffer, and the time you spend together will not be as good.

Keeping relationships strong when you aren't together. It is important that you find ways to keep your relationship strong even if you aren't together. It might mean that you need to invest some money in some high-end technology that allows you to video chat, and stay connected, email, text, send pictures, etc. You can create video logs every night so that even if you don't talk for several days, you have a way to catch up when you do talk. Sometimes men are deployed for months at a time with little or no contact. Keep journals, writing down things you would want to tell one another, so that you can tell each other when they are home. Take pictures, etc. The point is, you do not want to miss out on big parts of the life you are supposed to be sharing. So, stay as close as you can.

Avoiding temptations. Of course, one of the important things you need to do when you are an army wife is find ways to deal with the temptation of other men. Infidelity is a common problem among army spouses, they go weeks and months without seeing one another. So, how can you avoid temptation? First, commit with one another to not cheat. Then, don't make friends with people of the opposite gender, as it becomes too big of a temptation if you do. If need be, consider investing in some toys, or other tools for helping each alleviate some of the tension you may be feeling because you do not have a spouse there to help. The important thing to do is talk with your spouse about these needs, and how you intend to fill them, so that you can both feel comfortable with it.

Being an army wife is hard, but you have a whole support system of other army wives, and you can find other things to help keep your mind off the fact that your spouse is away and you are on your own. So, stay strong, and keep your relationship strong.