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  • as an army wife you can be expected to be a lone parent for long periods of time, its what you sign up to, even if you live where he is posted he will go away - a lot!
    you marry a soldier - you marry the army!
    get a grip
    xx
  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    as an army wife you can be expected to be a lone parent for long periods of time, its what you sign up to, even if you live where he is posted he will go away - a lot!
    you marry a soldier - you marry the army!
    get a grip
    xx

    In that situation you may well have to live on your own with the children but that doesn't make you a lone parent.
  • skibadee
    skibadee Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    There is also the point that, if you did, for arguments sake shall we say, both commit benefit fraud by doing what you are thinking OP, and got caught, not only would you both be prosecuted your possible future husband would quite possiby be prosecuted by the Army too and possiby lose his job.
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