PirateWench8 wrote:neonneon wrote:PirateWench8 wrote:
Sorry I guess we struck a nerve. I'll put it too you this way. My adopted son and oldest nephew are the 6th generation in a row in my family to serve in the US Military starting in the Union Army in the Civil War. My husband is a retired Marine and I'm retired from the Air Force. We were not married to each other when we were in the Armed Forces. I live with a man who suffers from PTSD who I watch suffer every day who I have to take care of along with our children. If calling me a boomer or saying my family or I wasn't military was supposed to be an insult thank you for the laugh I needed it.
Hm guess I struck a nerve there, too.
So we can all agree that being a military family is hard and nerve racking?
And yes, I have said this before and I will say this again, I wish my husband would/could get out of the military. I personally have a hard time handling the uncertainty and all the risks and dNgers that come with the military life.
I genuinely look up to everyone who is seemingly doing alright in this life model. Because it is not for everyone. And that is my whole point. I stopped talking about my feelings to other spouses because of this exact reason that everyone gives you shit for not being able to handle certain situations regarding my husbands career, saying I'm not supportive or I should have known better than marrying him then. So yes, comments like those certainly struck a nerve for me.
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I completely understand where you’re coming from regarding your situation. My husband always says if he knew in 1998 that we would go to war in Afghanistan he wouldn’t have stayed in. He was the only one of his team who made it back alive. His best friend died in his arms. Our second son’s middle name is Micheal in memory of that friend. I was a senior in high school during Desert Storm and my father was deployed there. Us kids were all older then and completely understood what was going on and the danger our Dad was in. We made our poor Mom’s life a living hell! What set me off with Rachel was when she complained about Harold standing at the casket of President Bush and not being home with her to help with Leo. Her lack of respect to a President who spent his entire adult life in service to his country just really ticked me off. Something tells me that Rachel won’t be happy even when Harold leaves the Army. She just strikes me as that type of person. The way she belittles him and talks down to him really bothers me. I love my husband dearly and hearing someone talk to their husband like that who they claim to love really upsets me. I would give anything to take my husband’s pain away. She’s just so fortunate he hasn’t been deployed to a war zone and all she does is complain. She should be thankful he has stayed
here in the states during his service and has stayed out of harms way. So many of us have not been that fortunate. She calls Leo a wild man quite often. I hate to tell her this, but he is actually a really good little guy for only being 2-years-old. Both of the boys are adorable. I think they both look a lot like Harold. I noticed in today’s vlog I saw Harold’s dad in Leo. That was the first time I’ve seen that.
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I'm sorry you and your family had to go through all this.
I don't watch them regularly so I don't really see how she's talking to him.
And I'm not saying at all that she's not whiny. I was pregnant the same time she was with leo and I was working a full-time, actual job and I was stressed out too and things were hard but I sure didn't whine about it the whole time.
I think a lot of her whining comes from how she was super sheltered as a child, at least that's the impression I get. She was probably always being taken care of and her parents would try to do as much for her as possible.
Not sure about that whole president situation you're referring to. I guess she might just not be super patriotic? I think typically most Americans are very proud of their country and all so I understand how that was disrespectful of her. There's things you can think but maybe shouldn't say out loud, I guess.
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