7. Fraternization Among Spouses
This one is really simple. There is no rule here. You can be friends with any person you want to be. An E-1 spouse can be best friends with a Four-Star General spouse. Its ok. Now for the giant but (because if I don’t say it, someone will yell at me.) Friendships between officer and enlisted spouses, or instructor and student spouses, or commander and NCO spouses can have hurdles. In situations where the service members cannot fraternize, the spouses have to take this into consideration. For example, my friend the General’s Wife would never invite my whole family to her Christmas party, beause my husband could not attend. I know that, she knows that, it’s ok. However, my same friend could easily invite me to Bunco at her house. See my point? We have to make sure our friendship leaves enough room for our service member’s rules. But we can still be the best of friends.
