minority wife.......

Trying to make friends as a civilian military wife with no children isn't the easiest thing in the world to do because every woman in the military is either enlisted, has children, or both. I try my darndest to fit in with these ladies to aquire some girlfriends but I just can't come out looking anything but socially awkward. I try to relate to the moms with anything I can muster but usually just end up putting my foot in my mouth. And trying to follow the office antics and jargon of military personnel leaves me frustrated as my head tries to follow the conversation like the crowd at a tennis match. I miss my girlfriends who got my jokes, enjoyed a bottle of wine any day of the week, a pathetically sappy flick and a good shopping trip. But mostly I miss my girlfriends who got my jokes.