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In cultures with a tradition of adventuring, there is often a yearly tragedy in which families are temporarily split up because some of the men have to be away [[Intrepid Merchant|trading]], or [[Proud Warrior Race|fighting]] or [[Cattle Drive|bringing animals to market]] or the like. This brings in the character known as My Girl Back Home. She is almost [[Always Female]] (hence the title), though a child or an old man would work. The male version of Girls Back Home waiting for female adventurers are only a recent storytelling innovation, as adventuring was mostly masculine work in most cultures and time periods and stories reflected that.

Girls Back Home tend to be spouses or lovers though anyone with whom [[The Hero]] has a close relationship will do. Expect a Girl Back Home to be [[The Woobie]], though she will likely hide her emotions under a shell of [[Stoic Woobie|stoicism]], at least until she is [[What You Are in ~~The~~ Dark|alone]]. In the meantime, The Hero will always worry about her and feel guilty for leaving. That never persuades him to stay home, of course, because after all he is The Hero. Another trait of Girls Back Home is that they often occupy only a small part of the story except in the thoughts of The Hero.

Girls Back Home tend to be spouses or lovers though anyone with whom [[The Hero]] has a close relationship will do. Expect a Girl Back Home to be [[The Woobie]], though she will likely hide her emotions under a shell of [[Stoic Woobie|stoicism]], at least until she is [[What You Are in the Dark|alone]]. In the meantime, The Hero will always worry about her and feel guilty for leaving. That never persuades him to stay home, of course, because after all he is The Hero. Another trait of Girls Back Home is that they often occupy only a small part of the story except in the thoughts of The Hero.

Also, no matter what happens, if you have a girl back home, '''DON'T''' [[Fatal Family Photo|show a photo of her]] to anyone!

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* Winry in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' can sometimes be this.

** Gracia was this for Hughes during the war, he unfortunately never heeded the warnings regarding the [[Fatal Family Photo]].

* Ange Ushiromiya from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'' starts out as one of these. She takes a few levels of badass as the series goes on.

* Ange Ushiromiya from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' starts out as one of these. She takes a few levels of badass as the series goes on.

* Kaya from ''[[One Piece]]'' could be considered this.

* Cattleya from [[Rave Master]] is this. Especially when Haru quotes her every time he has the chance.

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== Literature ==

* Penelope in ''[[~~The~~ Odyssey ~~(Literature)~~|The Odyssey]]'': [[Ur Example]]. She waited ''twenty years'' for her husband to return.

* Penelope in ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'': [[Ur Example]]. She waited ''twenty years'' for her husband to return.

* Both of the wives of ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]''.

* The Gaffer and Rosie in ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''.

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* In ''Captains Courageous'', there is a poignant scene in which the Gloucester fishing families gather at a church to listen to the yearly casualty report and several newly widowed women burst out in tears.

* The [[Aubrey-Maturin]] novel series, being a story of British Navy men, naturally has these for the lead characters - Jack Aubrey, of course, has his wife Sophie, and Stephen Maturin has Diana Villiers and, after Diana's death, Christine Wood.

* In ''[[Memory Sorrow and Thorn ~~(Literature)~~|Memory Sorrow and Thorn]]'', the diminutive [[All Trolls Are Different|troll]] Binabik is betrothed to the daughter of the King and Queen of his people, but is forced by his oaths to his master and to the League of the Scroll to embark on long missions in the lands of the big people. Sisqi is not pleased to be kept waiting, but when, upon returning home, he is condemned to death for his apparent betrayal of his duties, she aids in rescuing him and later joins him as an emissary of their people.

* In ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn|Memory Sorrow and Thorn]]'', the diminutive [[All Trolls Are Different|troll]] Binabik is betrothed to the daughter of the King and Queen of his people, but is forced by his oaths to his master and to the League of the Scroll to embark on long missions in the lands of the big people. Sisqi is not pleased to be kept waiting, but when, upon returning home, he is condemned to death for his apparent betrayal of his duties, she aids in rescuing him and later joins him as an emissary of their people.

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