"My husband Jay and I got married in our early 20s after a whirlwind, long-distance romance - he was a sailor in the Navy, stationed in Virginia, while I lived in Florida. We met in February, got engaged in June, and married in October. During that time, we relied on daily phone calls and frequent letters to get to know each other."
"Getting married didn't end the long-distance part of our relationship. Jay was still in the Navy (and would be for another 25 years) and was often gone more than he was home. But we continued to write daily letters - snail mail, that could take weeks or months to arrive - and squeeze in phone calls whenever he was on shore leave, counting down the days until our next reunion."
"We committed not just to marriage, but to truly being each other's port in a storm. No matter what the challenge, we turned to each other first rather than seeking advice or validation from friends or family. Communication, which was the backbone of our long-distance relationship, is still important to us. From long, daily letters and brief, expensive phone calls during long Navy deployments, to today's constant texts, emails, and hours-long conversations at night and on the weekends, we've always found ways to stay connected."
My husband and I met in February, got engaged in June, and married in October after a whirlwind, long-distance romance. He was a sailor stationed in Virginia while I lived in Florida, and the relationship relied on daily phone calls and frequent letters. By the wedding, we had spent only about two weeks together in person. Marriage did not end the distance, as Navy service kept him away much of the time for another 25 years. We continued daily snail-mail letters and squeezed in phone calls on shore leave, always counting down reunions. An "us versus the world" mentality and a commitment to being each other's port in a storm kept us close through letters, calls, texts, emails, photos, and long conversations.
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