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#78 MY GERMANY LIFE WITH MY EX/FIRST HUSBAND
What it’s like to be a US Army officer’s wife (but not a good one)
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#77 A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS: STARTING LIFE WITH MY SECRET NEW HUSBAND, THE SUBTLE CUES OF ‘HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE’, AND ATTENDING MY COUSIN…
Our first trip to England together and meeting my family
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Elaine R. Frieman
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BONUS MATERIAL: THE EMAIL I SENT TO BRITTANY ABOUT MINE AND BENOIT’S JAUNT TO ENGLAND
It’s a long one but I emailed Brittany a practical step-by-step of the moving process from the US to Germany (plus a trip to England to see family)
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Elaine R. Frieman

October 2024

#76 THAT TIME I GOT SECRETLY MARRIED: OUR COURTHOUSE ELOPEMENT IN GEORGIA
Why we had to keep it a secret I have no idea
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#75 BUYING A HOUSE IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA AND GETTING ENGAGED: SHOULD I HAVE NOTICED THESE RED FLAGS?
Hindsight vision is perfect, right, but even knowing what I know now, I’d have made the same choices again
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#74 THE GUY I WENT ON A DATE WITH AFTER MEETING MY FIRST/EX HUSBAND
An absolute gem of a guy who came along at the wrong time (like so many before him)
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Elaine R. Frieman
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PRESENT DAY SNIPPET: WE MADE IT!
Gaddings Dam, walks in the hills, my husband’s new photography skills, the Yorkshire Dales, Bettys Tearoom, and our ‘staycation’
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Elaine R. Frieman
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#73 THE FIRST DATE WITH MY EX/FIRST HUSBAND
Wined, dined, lavished with gifts, grinning like a Cheshire cat, the journey began
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Elaine R. Frieman
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September 2024

#72 HOW I MET MY (EX) HUSBAND, AKA THE FOURTH PERSON I MET AT STARBUCKS
The guy who swept me off my feet…and later discarded me like last week’s rubbish (but first, our meeting)...
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Elaine R. Frieman
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PRESENT-DAY SNIPPET: SUBSTACK SUMMER: BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DOING THESE FUN THINGS AND I LOVE A SPOTIFY WRAPPED
What I read on Substack in Summer 2024 – also, Michael always 'messes up' my Spotify Wrapped because we share the same premium account much to Spotify's…
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Elaine R. Frieman
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PRESENT-DAY SNIPPET: ONE YEAR IN, THE THINGS I SUBMITTED, READING, BANK HOLIDAYS, AND TAKING THE RING TO MORDOR*
*Just kidding…it was just a very long walk
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Elaine R. Frieman
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BONUS MATERIAL: THE KIND CAPTAIN BEGINNINGS
Was I in an alternate library in Beauty and the Beast or in some in-between world?
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Elaine R. Frieman
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