I'm planning on sending a new friend a care package when he deploys soon.
Idk what to send
Is it wrong that I'm sending a package to a guy that isn't FI?
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Re: Care package
[QUOTE]I like to think there shouldn't be a problem since they all serve together, you're supporting the cause, etc. DH and I sent some together to guys from his old battalion. Granted he was friends with them too but, if your FI is home, why don't you ask him to help pick stuff for in it and you can both send it together. Then there's less chance for hard feelings. Other than that, DH's favorite thing was baby wipes.
Posted by Sammy0709[/QUOTE]
FI isn't his friend nor has FI ever been deployed. So should I just ask FI what he would like if he was deployed?
Comforts from home that we cannot get while deployed are always appreciated. Junk food is a personal favorite. Also, magazines, and personal hygiene items (to include baby wipes) are always great. Don't worry about sending something that he may not like, usually, when a package comes in, everyone shares anyway.
On a side note, I think it is great that you are sending something, and as long as you talk to your FI about it, I do not see why it would be an issue.
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[QUOTE]I'm planning on sending a new friend a care package when he deploys soon. Idk what to send<strong> Is it wrong that I'm sending a package to a guy that isn't FI?</strong>
Posted by KendallR10[/QUOTE]
No! Not at all. I've sent stuff to people I've never even met, and atleast you're friends with this person :P
I think it's really nice of you to think of him. Care packages are huge morale boosters and would be greatly appreciated.
As long as your FI is okay with you sending a care package to another dude.. My H can get super jealous so that's definetly something I would ask him, but if your FI isn't like that just call him up.. or go see him, or whatev!!
And my FI would not be my FI if he had a problem with something like that... most of my close friends are guys, and when I visit the cities they live in, I tend to stay with my guy friends. Now that's something most guys probably wouldn't be okay with, but my guy is very confident and trusts me 100%. I personally can't handle irrational jealousy in a relationship, and I'd never give a guy a reason to be reasonably jealous. I'm not a particularly jealous person myself.
Anyway, I've never understood weird boundaries like that. He's your friend, he's deployed, and you want to send him a care package. It's not like you're sending him love letters, or treating him better than you treat your FI. Still, make sure he's aware of what you're doing so it doesn't feel sneaky or anything.
Also, my FI said he loved getting the little Chef Boyardee cans. His reasoning was that when you can't stand food at the dfac (dining facility) anymore, you can just pop one open and eat it without having to warm them up.
Edited for clarity
[QUOTE]I only asked because I don't wanna be seen as a wh0re or a<strong> tag chaser</strong>
Posted by KendallR10[/QUOTE]
My personal fave pejorative is "Barracks Bunny."
Not that I am saying you are even in the same universe as being one, at all, that's just my favorite term I've heard for that type of laydee so far.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Care package : My personal fave pejorative is "Barracks Bunny." Not that I am saying you are even in the same universe as being one, at all, that's just my favorite term I've heard for that type of laydee so far.
Posted by divinemsbee[/QUOTE]
If we lived on or near a base I would have totally used that. But the nearest base is like 4 hours from here