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Military Spouse is a publication by, for, and about U.S. military spouses, regardless of rank and service affiliation. It aims to be entertaining and insightful while addressing the interests and current events that are relevant to a military spouse's daily life.
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Military Spouse is a publication by, for, and about U.S. military spouses, regardless of rank and service affiliation. It aims to be entertaining and insightful while addressing the interests and current events that are relevant to a military spouse's daily life.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Falls Short of Its Potential,
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This review is from: Military Spouse (Magazine)
I was so excited that this magazine was coming out and I subscribed without bothering to see the first isssue. I'm sure some people will find it beneficial, but I want more. I'd save my subscription money and perhaps buy it off the rack if it is relevant on occasion.
I will not be renewing because I'm very disappointed in the content and quality of this magazine. It has so much potential, but falls drastically short. The content rarely, if at all, has enough information to be valuable in any category. The articles are short and not in depth enough to make an impact. The advice columns border on irresponsible and tacky. In some cases, I can't believe that the advisor is a qualified expert as they state. I still think Military Spouse could raise itself up and be an excellent magazine, but I will not buy it until I see that it has done so.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Boring Magazine/Misguided Online Forum,
This review is from: Military Spouse (Magazine)
The magazine itself is nothing special. It is very repetitive with not a lot of useless information. It's mostly just filled with pictures and articles with no substance.
The magazine has an online forum which I went onto and posted a few things. The other spouses in this forum were rude, closed minded, misguided and paranoid. They had Islamic bashing sessions (along with bashing others who weren't Christian by saying that non-Christians have mental disorders), they mistrusted ANY prior service women (which I happen to be) or active duty women because they think that ALL women in the military are out to "steal their men." They condone infidelity by saying that anyone that has been cheated on should just go to marriage counseling because it was an accident (even if it was a regular occurrence in the marriage) and you should NEVER leave for that reason because you should ALWAYS make your marriage work after infidelity, including multiple offenses (but in reality it seems that they were saying that you loose benefits and might have to get your own job if you get a divorce). If this is what the magazine represents, I would NEVER recommend it to any military spouse!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Troubling aspect of the publication,
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This review is from: Military Spouse (Magazine)
Military Spouse holds itself out as a sort of "Self" magazine tailored to the military spouse (well, wife, for the most part). The articles themselves are innocuous, uncontroversial and upbeat, as you'd probably expect. One disturbing thing in the most recent issue caught my eye: in a Christmas-gift section, the authors write, "Is his Christmas list bigger than your wallet this year? Stop saying Bah Humbug, and try a payment plan! Freedom Furniture and Electronics can set up military families with per-payday allotments ...." In civilian speak, you authorize the finance office to direct a portion of your pay to the company each month on a layaway type of arrangement.
Here's the problem. This company and others like it prey on young military members by advertising ultra-low "per payday" prices for the items they sell. They hold themselves out as offering special deals to military members (they like to use words like "Freedom" and "Patriot" in their company names). You have to hunt around the website to figure out how to calculate the actual price of what you're buying, because they never post the total price of anything. Everything is based on the purchaser getting a line of credit with the company, and that credit line is at a whopping 19.96% APR. If you search enough, you'll find out that you need to multiply the "per payday" price by 48 to determine the total price. They advertise a grill that costs $980, but you can buy the same thing from Amazon for $330 ... they have tripled the price. They advertise an Acer laptop which comes to an absurd $1,673, when that same laptop is being sold for less than 25% of that price on overstock websites. But, at $10 or $20 a payday, it sounds like a great deal, until you figure out the final cost would be $480 or $960, respectively. The military spends a great deal of time trying to educate its young servicemembers that they're getting fleeced by companies like Freedom Furniture, and it's mindboggling that a magazine that holds itself out as supporting military families is endorsing getting involved with such shady marketers. What this tells me is that the publishers of Military Spouse are more concerned with product placement and ad revenue than they are with military families. No one should be encouraging our members to pay 3 to 4 (or more) times the going rate for merchandise. And they definitely shouldn't be pitching this as a gift-buying solution for people who are already short of cash! I say avoid this publication.
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