Advice on submariners?
Hi again, hoping to get more insight from you guys! My partner has been gone underway for about 3 weeks now. I still haven’t received his emails but mine are finally not bouncing back anymore. Every time he’s at port tho, he calls me. I found it he got to one yesterday but I didn’t get a call or text. They usually ship out the next day.
Am I overreacting? I’m new to this and I don’t know what his schedule is like or if he’s even allowed off the boat every time they’re at a port. Plus he doesn’t have his phone with him (he’s called me from 2 different numbers so far). He’s never given me a reason to doubt him so I don’t want to jump to conclusions. But, I also don’t want to be naive if this amount of communication isn’t normal. I would’ve thought the emails would be working by now but I have no way of knowing. At what point should I start to assume it’s possible I’m being ghosted? He gave me his mom’s number and said I should reach out to her if I don’t hear from him or have questions. We’re not exactly close yet so I’d hate to bother her with his if her son is just avoiding me lol.
It’s never occurred to me that that could be the case, but this is the first time he’s been at port and hasn’t at least texted me. I was so excited to see that his boat was coming in just to not hear from him. That plus not getting any emails (though he does say he’s been sending them). I hate to doubt him when we’ve never had any issues in our relationship, and I know what he’s going through probably isn’t easy. I’m hoping some insight will help me make more informed guesses and relax a little bit. He was an E4 Nuke when he left if that makes a difference. Thank you friends 🖤