Right now our husbands are in Iraq. Tomorrow one of the younger wives is moving in with me for the next 5 months so I can teach her how to can, cook and shop smart. She also wants to know about credit, compound interest and saving. (Her husband’s an E-2 and they are BROKE.)
She wants to learn, so what the heck. I don’t have anything better to do and I could use the extra set of hands.
That is AWESOME, Marie! I mentor my niece as much as possible. I’m currently teaching her to crochet, and she loves to bake and is an avid reader so I send her wholesome, moral books disguised as “entertainment.” ;)
My three boys all know how to hunt and fish and can put together a meal if they have a pot and a can opener, LOL! They’d rather cook anything on the grill or over a bonfire than be in the kitchen, though. The youngest one can sew on a button; the other two need wives, but none currently on the horizon. (They’re still in their early 20’s, so no rush. College and starter careers, first!)
I remember those days as a Navy Wife and the long separations. It’s not easy. My then-husband would go on West-Pacific tours for 6 months at a crack. Luckily, I could move back home during those deployments to be near his family and mine.
There’s hope for the next generation, thanks to people like you! :)