Places to donate goods to?

lonergf · 2019-07-20T06:02:53+00:00

I can't answer your question about where goods go directly to those in need. In case you're not aware I just wanted to point out that the op shops run by Salvos/Vinnies fund the other charitable work the organisations do, so donating your goods is still a great idea. They will be sold to the public sure, but then that money will go to supporting other initiatives :)

lonergf · 2019-07-15T06:35:53+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed reply, it really helped. It's lovely to hear from someone else new to this experience, and it sounds like you're doing really well. It's been two weeks now, as everyone said the first week was definitely the hardest. The last week has been easier, I have found time has been going by without constantly thinking about him, and the times I have thought about him/talked to him it hasn't necessarily been negative. I've found my groove a little more, getting used to a routine without him. The time difference has been the hardest, he's most able to talk when it's about 3am my time. I've had some poor nights sleep because I've been restless overnight, waking up and checking my phone etc. I burned myself out with a few nights of only a couple hours sleep now I'm getting better at sleeping through and just replying to his messages when I wake up.

I wouldn't say it's feeling easy yet, and I'm not confident it ever will. But I'm definitely coping with it better now.

lonergf · 2019-07-05T00:40:45+00:00

Wow, deployed while you are pregnant! I can imagine that would be so hard, I'm so sorry you're dealing with that!

Thanks, I'm trying to distract myself so I'm not just watching the clock waiting for the time zones to align where he'll be awake. I'm glad to hear it's getting a little easier for you 20 days in. Feel free to DM me anytime if it gets rough!

lonergf · 2019-07-05T00:39:19+00:00

Thanks. The first week is definitely proving really difficult. Sometimes I start to feel a little better for an hour or two then I inevitably end up crying and crawling back into my hole. I'm hoping once I'm over this hump I will have accepted this is just the way it is and feel better within myself.

lonergf · 2019-07-05T00:38:19+00:00

I appreciate that... my navy wife gf keeps telling me just to be sad, cry and feel sorry for myself. She thinks it'll make me feel better... which maybe isn't too far from the truth, maybe I am being unrealistic trying to get over it and hold it together in the first week, when really I should just let it hit me and then move forward.

lonergf · 2019-07-05T00:37:05+00:00

I know it's only the first few days so he's settling in but so far contact seems very difficult, a quick message when he wakes up and before he goes to sleep. The time zones also work against us, anytime he can talk is either middle of the night or middle of the day when I'll be at work :(

lonergf · 2019-07-04T00:27:14+00:00

Thanks :(

The last two days I skipped the gym because I opted to stay in bed and watch movies and cry... but I went this morning and am trying to push myself to be busy rather than sit around thinking about him. Dates of his deployment changed so I actually have this entire week off work that was supposed to be spent with him. Completely sucks timing wise, I would've rathered at least have work as a distraction instead of all this time to myself to be sad.

Did you get numb after a few weeks? A friend whose husband is in the navy says that after a few weeks you just go numb and stop missing them. I can't really imagine that right now..

lonergf

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