Sonia's blog

I have found a chance to go through Sonia's blog. Her post named "Is being a 'Navy wife' the toughest job in the world?" on Sunday, September 12, 2004 has attracted my attention. I did not know she was married. On one hand, learning that she has a husband she loves that much made me happy about her. On the other hand, the fact that they have to be separate from each other frequently because her husband was in the Navy made me sorry. And then, after reading it in her post that his joining the Navy was a decision of both of them and reading in her "ABOUT" part that her future goals included joining the Navy, too, I admired Sonia's idealistic personality.

Sonia asks:
1. Can being a Navy wife be considered as a job?
2. Is the term "dependent" appropriate for a Navy wife?

My opinions are:
1. From a materalistic perspective, at first sight it might not be considered as a job. Although getting paid for this reason seems a little funny, its beneath lies a noble fact: A woman and a man who love each other very much accept to be separate for long times because of their ideals. Therefore, from a humanistic perspective, being a Navy wife is a very hard thing and it really necessiates some compensation.
2. It changes from Navy wife to Navy wife:) In Sonia's situation, the term is not appropriate, of course. Yet, she should still get the stipend.