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* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': [[FieryRedhead Mary Jane Watson-Parker]] struggles between her desire to support [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Peter Parker]] in his role as Spider-Man and her real fear that ''this'' time could be the night she sent her husband out to die. This is notably a factor in the ComicBook/KravensLastHunt storyline when [[spoiler:for two weeks MJ doesn't know if Peter is dead]].

-->--''"Remember! Proud, happy, and thrilled..."

* Golden Eyes (at least for the first three installments) of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill''. When her sweetheart Bill is deployed overseas to fight in France, Golden Eyes takes to selling war bonds and knitting socks for the war effort - not to mention adopting Bill's dog, [[CanineCompanion Uncle Sam]]. But when she discovers a German spy in her backyard [[CallToAdventure she's ready to ship out and join Bill in the trenches]].

* ''Literature/YouKnowWhenTheMenAreGone'' by [[http://siobhanfallon.com/ Siobhan Fallon]] is a collection of short stories focused mainly on the inner lives of U.S. military families waiting in Fort Hood. Fallon is herself a military wife.

* The poem [[http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ancient-gesture/ "An Ancient Gesture"]] by Edna StVincentMillay, also about [[Literature/TheOdyssey Penelope]].
-->Your arms get tired, and the back of your neck gets tight;
-->And along towards morning, when you think it will never be light,
-->And your husband has been gone, and you don't know where, for years.
-->Suddenly you burst into tears;
-->There is simply nothing else to do.
* In a non-romantic version of this, in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/ColdDays'', when Harry goes back to visit Chicago, he finds, to his shock [[spoiler:his Godmother, Leanansidhe]] has been keeping his obligations current during his absence. Due to the nature of the benefactor, he is more than a bit concerned.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Éowyn was ordered by Théoden and Aragon to stay behind in Edoras, she does not take it well.

* The last book in the ''All of a Kind Family'', ''Ella of All of the Kind Family'', has all the children doing home-front things during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Ella and her best friend fit the romantic side; both have boyfriends in the armed forces.

* The last Literature/AnneOfGreenGables work, ''Rilla of Ingelside'', is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI in Canada. The central character is Anne's youngest daughter, who is not really the LoveInterest until the very end.

* ''Series/ArmyWives''.

* ''Series/BombGirls''

-->And in a way, I wish I was you
-->Heading cross-country with a dream to pursue
-->I guess til now I never knew
-->How much it sucks to be the one who's left behind
-->You're off in the great unknown
-->When I'm stuck here all alone

* [[http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324.html Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers.]] "These reunion videos--for me, at least--shed a tiny beam of light on how emotionally draining being a military family can be. [[PreciousPuppies They'll also make you want a dog.]]"

-->-- '''Ivor Novello & Lena Ford''', "[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/keepthehomefiresburning.htm Keep the Home-Fires Burning]]"

* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': [[FieryRedhead Mary Jane Watson-Parker]] struggles between her desire to support [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Peter Parker]] in his role as Spider-Man and her real fear that ''this'' time could be the night she sent her husband out to die. This is notably a factor in the ComicBook/KravensLastHunt storyline when [[spoiler: for two weeks MJ doesn't know if Peter is dead]].

Lots of stories are about TheHero and their comrades on their adventures. This story focuses on TheHero's [[MyGirlBackHome lovers, family, and friends back home]], often in a LowerDeckEpisode, as they try keep normal life together and not go crazy from loneliness and worry. British examples will exhibit lots of StiffUpperLip. Romantic partners will find renewed determination that IWillWaitForYou or succumb to AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder.

* Golden Eyes (at least for the first three installments) of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill''. When her sweetheart Bill is deployed overseas to fight in France, Golden Eyes takes to selling war bonds and knitting socks for the war effort - not to mention adopting Bill's dog, [[CanineCompanion Uncle Sam]]. But when she discovers a German spy in her back yard [[CallToAdventure she's ready to ship out and join Bill in the trenches]].

* Any nation with compulsary military service for a large majority of citizens, especially if there is a powerful and hostile neighbour. The stress and anxiety of those left behind after a major deployment is intense.

* Ithaca's queen [[DeterminedHomesteadersWife Penelope]] in ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', of course.

The DeterminedHomesteadersWife can be this, if she doesn't wind up the DeterminedWidow. See also HomeSweetHome.

Lots of stories are about TheHero and their comrades as they go adventuring. This story focuses on TheHero's [[MyGirlBackHome lovers, family, and friends back home]], often in a LowerDeckEpisode, as they try keep normal life together and not go crazy from loneliness and worry. British examples will exhibit lots of StiffUpperLip. Romantic partners will find renewed determination that IWillWaitForYou or succumb to AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder.

Lots of stories are about TheHero and comrades as TheyFightCrime. This story focuses on TheHero's [[MyGirlBackHome lovers, family, and friends back home]], often in a LowerDeckEpisode, as they try keep normal life together and not go crazy from loneliness and worry. British examples will exhibit lots of StiffUpperLip. Romantic partners will find renewed determination that IWillWaitForYou or succumb to AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder.

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* {{Superhero}}es: Arguably the most stressful for families of all. Regular combat deployment with little warning or time off, since TheHero is always "on call"; enemies out for blood; and if TheHero's [[SecretIdentity identity is secret]], there are few people their loved ones can turn to for support.

''[='=]Til the boys come home."''\\
-- '''Ivor Novello & Lena Ford''', "[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/keepthehomefiresburning.htm Keep the Home-Fires Burning]]"

* Another non-romantic version: Hestia in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', who stands watch over Olympus while the other gods are off fighting. She even says the trope name in a discussion with Percy and Nico.

* [[http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1957/ "Penelope"]], a short and searing poem by DorothyParker, from the perspective of [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus's wife]].

* The poem [[http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ancient-gesture/ "An Ancient Gesture"]] by Creator/EdnaStVincentMillay, also about [[Literature/TheOdyssey Penelope]].

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* ''Series/ArmyWives''

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* Sailors (non-military): Long deployments in a dangerous profession, but with fewer enemies actively gunning for your sailor's blood. But there's always the suspicion he's got a girl in every port.

* [[http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324.html Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers.]] "These reunion videos�for me, at least�shed a tiny beam of light on how emotionally draining being a military family can be. [[PreciousPuppies They'll also make you want a dog.]]"

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* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Éowyn was ordered by Théoden and Aragon to stay behind in Edoras, she does not take it well.
* Another non-romantic version: Hestia in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', who stands watch over Olympus while the other gods are off fighting. She even says the trope name in a discussion with Percy and Nico.

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-->How much it sucks to be the one who’s left behind
-->You’re off in the great unknown
-->When I’m stuck here all alone

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* [[http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40324.html Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers.]] "These reunion videos—for me, at least—shed a tiny beam of light on how emotionally draining being a military family can be. [[PreciousPuppies They'll also make you want a dog.]]"

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* ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'': [[FieryRedhead Mary Jane Watson-Parker]] struggles between her desire to support [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Peter Parker]] in his role as Spider-Man and her real fear that ''this'' time could be the night she sent her husband out to die. This is notably a factor in the ComicBook/KravensLastHunt storyline when [[spoiler: for two weeks MJ doesn't know if Peter is dead]].