How do you cope with a spouse who’s bad at communication during deployment?
He's always been a bad/dry texter. Same with calling. You usually have to do the first step whether it's with me, friends of family. I knew this and expected this but now it's been a little over a month since he left for deployment and I am struggling hard. It never bothered me as much in the past cause we used to see each other often then moved together.
I don't mind not texting constantly, but it's more so the fact I need to initiate it and the conversations. We still haven't facetime since he left.
It bothers me in the sense that I feel like I'm alone in this as all the other spouses around me gets phone calls every 1-2 days, constant texting. If I'd have friends around me in similar situation, I think it would make it better. And it's not because he's too busy, he does actually have time to text but he spends his time either napping (which is fair, he does work long days), or watching TV
Anyone in a similar situation or has been in one? How do you deal with it? I do have hobbies but any downtime, I just constantly think about it.