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A friend of mine posted this... I listened to it, and while some may think I have no right to respond, I got so heated I couldn't stop myself!
You'll never understand... I didn't until I married into the military either. Yes, the military community is cliquey, but it is legitimately necessary. Civilians may wish to empathize, but they can't... even if they try, about halfway through the conversation, their attention wanders.
If everyone else risked their lives, they might get a free dress too...
Yup, half of them don't do anything... The other half are faithful and work their asses off... If you can be faithful and supportive to YOUR SPOUSE while they are deployed, you'd see its definitely doing something. The difference between being a military wife and another hardworking wife is that being a military wife is something people can point to and say, "Shes making a sacrifice"... Work is work, but the sacrifice of a year of your family and your time and other inexplicable things is something that deserves to be recognized.
The point is, civilians will NEVER understand what military wives and families go through... Gifts like these are gestures of respect and recognition. Soldiers get significant recognition... I will be the first wife/person to say a lot of wives don't deserve shit and they mooch off their soldiers, but the well-deserving wives who support their husbands give more than anyone will ever know, and they deserve something simple like a dress.
Yes, when you marry into the military you know its going to be hard. IDEALLY>> But you don't do it because you want to. You do it because you decide the man is worth it. You do it because you decide your love is stronger than that. You don't have to like it!
Granted, wives don't run around in full battle rattle (do you know what that is?) or carry an AR-15, but we/they do A LOT.
Yeah, Danielle (on the show), everythings free... Except for the part where the love of your life might DIE. And, um, the military does have bills. Thanks. And paycheck to paycheck is a lot more common than anyone would think.
A friend of mine posted this... I listened to it, and while some may think I have no right to respond, I got so heated I couldn't stop myself!
You'll never understand... I didn't until I married into the military either. Yes, the military community is cliquey, but it is legitimately necessary. Civilians may wish to empathize, but they can't... even if they try, about halfway through the conversation, their attention wanders.
If everyone else risked their lives, they might get a free dress too...
Yup, half of them don't do anything... The other half are faithful and work their asses off... If you can be faithful and supportive to YOUR SPOUSE while they are deployed, you'd see its definitely doing something. The difference between being a military wife and another hardworking wife is that being a military wife is something people can point to and say, "Shes making a sacrifice"... Work is work, but the sacrifice of a year of your family and your time and other inexplicable things is something that deserves to be recognized.
The point is, civilians will NEVER understand what military wives and families go through... Gifts like these are gestures of respect and recognition. Soldiers get significant recognition... I will be the first wife/person to say a lot of wives don't deserve shit and they mooch off their soldiers, but the well-deserving wives who support their husbands give more than anyone will ever know, and they deserve something simple like a dress.
Yes, when you marry into the military you know its going to be hard. IDEALLY>> But you don't do it because you want to. You do it because you decide the man is worth it. You do it because you decide your love is stronger than that. You don't have to like it!
Granted, wives don't run around in full battle rattle (do you know what that is?) or carry an AR-15, but we/they do A LOT.
Yeah, Danielle (on the show), everythings free... Except for the part where the love of your life might DIE. And, um, the military does have bills. Thanks. And paycheck to paycheck is a lot more common than anyone would think.
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