Hang in there. If he doesn't call today, just look forward to tomorrow for the call. Go to the gym and keep your mind on relieving stress. Good luck with your interview too! Im sure youll do great. I know how you feel, everything is foreign with him being gone. We did absolutely everything together. It will take some adjusting, but it wont ever feel the same as it did. Ive been camped out on the couch in the living room since he left three weeks ago.

I am 7 months in to my husband's sentence, and I can tell you that it doesn't necessarily get "better". It does however become manageable with time. I agree that nothing will be normal until they come home to us.

My husband and I did everything together. I am not originally from Florida and have only been living here for a short time. I have 1 friend here, so it has been really hard. But...I can honestly say that I have found myself and I am okay standing on my own. However, I can't wait for the day that he comes home to me. I miss my best friend! Only 431 more days to go! :-)

Hang in there, time will start moving faster for you both and you will soon find that he is going to want you to go out and do things. He will want you to enjoy life and will welcome hearing all about it.

I work two jobs and tomorrow I am going to the gym. I miss A terribly, all the time, and I find that keeping myself impossibly busy helps pass the time. I stay as focused as I can on the idea that he's coming home to me. I don't know how much harder it's going to get when his phone calls are limited- right now, and for the past seven months, he calls at least once a day, but next month when he goes up he might go to a facility that only allows two ten minute phone calls a month. We'll see how strong I really am when that comes!
I agree with lwayne. It doesn't get easier, but you'll gain coping skills as time passes and you start to recover a bit. I think keeping busy is a good thing to do.

I'm waiting on a phone call as I write this. My last call was Monday morning and even though we had a nice long visit Sunday, it still sucks having to wait. You would think they would be more diligent about calling, what else are they doing with their time? But sometimes they really do get distracted and lose track of time. And sometimes, just like us, they have a bad day and don't call because they know it will end up going the wrong way. Especially if the last few conversations haven't gone well. Everyone needs time to cool off. Hang in there and try to keep yourself distracted. He'll call, give him time and try to be patient. Even though I know how hard that is! Uuugghhh they do love to keep us waiting don't they!!!

The infrequent phone calls are a big challenge. I get a call about once a week sometimes once every two weeks since he's in prison now. It's hard adjusting from getting a call everyday to infrequently. I was so pleasantly shocked when I received 3 calls in a week last week. All I can say is write more letters once the calls get infrequent. And the Pro to it is that you really appreciate each other more not getting to talk as often. Good luck!

Staying busy working its one thing. ..but you need to make sure your needs come first before his. You need to not just work but balance out like treat yourself..working will just burn you out when that happens it will just makes it worse. Take care of yourself first and if u have kids take care of them. Your bf needs to a knowledge and accept his consequences. ...and all you can do is just be their for him..but you can t be there for him if u don't take care of yourself first.

There is always HOPE in every situation.

But, sometimes we have to look for it and try to find it; it is not always obvious.

For all the older posters here, just think back. At one time you were confused about your guy going to prison. BUT at some point the picture began to get clearer and you found the HOPE that was always there in the first place.

Sometimes people are so emotionally overwhelmed and confused by their situation that they are not able to understand that there is indeed some hope present. In those situations, it is valuable to talk to someone who has been there who can realistically analyze the situation.

Many people who have loved ones in prison are traumatized in the beginning and don't know where to turn.

This is what this great support board is for---to helps us all, but to shield the newbies from all the confusion that is bound to happen in situations where a loving mother, wife, or girlfriend is patiently waiting for their guy to come home.

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