My spouse travels a lot for work. Right now, he’s on his 5th international trip in seven months. For various reasons, we are only able to communicate two or three times during each trip–this includes email and phone calls. The fact that he is gone, and I can’t talk to him, makes me a little [...]
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Getting beyond “What do you do?”
February 27th, 2012 
Emily We went to a dinner party recently, nothing too fancy, just board games, pizza and new friends. But the inevitable “What do you do?” came up. I hate this question. Often it’s meant as a conversation-starter, or an ice breaker. But if you’re talking to someone who is unemployed or unconventionally employed, you immediately push [...]
So, what is a trailing spouse?
February 19th, 2012 Emily Hi there! Last March, my husband found out that he had won a prestigious fellowship, which would allow us to spend a year in Germany. The fellowship included private German lessons for him and a guaranteed job placement in his field. It also included a place on the contract to add my name: ______________(the trailing [...]
