an ungodly phone bill

OMG! Tell him to use the DSN line, or get a cheap phone card, it is much cheaper spending money on phone cards than on cell phone bills. I have been having expensive cell bills but not to that extent. I don't know what service you have, but Alltel offers my circle. I put my husbands numbers he calls me from on the DSN line in and allel doesn't charge me for those calls. If he calls your home phone it wouldn't matter. Him using his cell phone over in Iraq is what is costing you so much, because he is calling you from overseas. He needs to stop using his cell and get a calling card or use the DSN lines. I know it sucks, but it beats those cell phone bills. My hubby calls me three times a week and we talk on instant messenger too. So, it's not so bad, I miss him and I know what your going through trust me. For the amount of money I would take a small loan out to pay your phone bill through AER or if there is a loan company that works with the military like Pioneer Services they only take a cuople hundred bucks out a month until it is paid off. I know it sucks but we have had to do it a while back. I hope this helps!

wow is that for a year :) I dont know how it all works in america but in australia its cheapet to call from home phone than mobile. Use sms when you can to avoid extra cost. I know you want to talk to him I was the same when my husband was in the army I would get the "craving" to call 10 times a day I would say to my self wait 20min then call him then I will start doing something and forget about calling him for few hours. That helpes me hips.

If it was my husband he'd say "I don't care." really just tell him when you speak to him what the bill is. If it matters to him he will cut the calls shorter. At least down to about $1000 dollars. At least the pay is great. Can he use the internet at all? You could email each other or instant messager.