120.The First Year of Spouse Life, Long Distance & Future Plans

<p>In this week's podcast episode, I talk to new spouse Mika about the first year of defence life and making long-distance work.</p> <p> </p> <p>Mika and I also talk about;</p> <ul> <li>Starting off as friends and building strong foundations</li> <li>Making the decision to start dating while Alex was away at training</li> <li>Having big discussions about future plans early on</li> <li>Not seeing each other for 7 months due to COVID and border closures</li> <li>How being separated helped with their communication</li> <li>Staying flexible with plans and accepting what you can’t control</li> <li>Making the decision to stay separated until Alex is posted to one location</li> <li>What being a Submariners partner is likely to be like</li> <li>Looking forward to being part of the tight-knit Submariner community in WA</li> <li>Plans to build strong support networks once they do post to WA</li> <li>Why their relationship is yet to be recognised by defence</li> <li>Making sure they both have their own interests to focus on</li> <li>Their excitement to be together and start living defence life</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Ready to join the ML community? Click through the link to get connected xx     <a href= "http://www.militarylife.com.au">www.militarylife.com.au</a></p>