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 Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:29 am
This is kind of along the lines of the "annoying questions" thread, but I saw it on this great army shirt site and it made me laugh and think about you guys...so here they are! The top ten things to never say to someone who has a soilder deployed!!
10. Do you miss him?
9. I don't know how you do it.
8. I know just how you feel.
7. Are you scared something may happen to him?
6. I would die if my husband left me for that long.
5. Has he had to kill anyone?
4. Aren't you afraid of him now?
3. Aren't you worried he's going to cheat on you?
2. Are you excited he's coming home?
1. Why couldn't he just get a real job?
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:49 pm
An_Army_Wife This is kind of along the lines of the "annoying questions" thread, but I saw it on this great army shirt site and it made me laugh and think about you guys...so here they are! The top ten things to never say to someone who has a soilder deployed!!
10. Do you miss him?
9. I don't know how you do it.
8. I know just how you feel.
7. Are you scared something may happen to him?
6. I would die if my husband left me for that long.
5. Has he had to kill anyone?
4. Aren't you afraid of him now?
3. Aren't you worried he's going to cheat on you?
2. Are you excited he's coming home?
1. Why couldn't he just get a real job? Anyone who has a husband or son in the armed forces at this time has already gone over in their minds all these questions. We know they are going to be different when they come back. If you are old enough to remember Viet Nam, then you know what I'm talking about. My own dad did the Korean thing, but never saw any action. My son is fresh from Infantry school. We all knew it wasnt going to be easy, but you just have to stand behind the man you love and trust him.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:41 pm
people just dont understand the situation like we do and so they have to question every little thing that goes on. im a bit of a freak cause i will sit there and watch the news day in and day out even though i know i shouldnt do it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:31 pm
Oh dear...I'm sure I've said one or two of those things before. ><
Well, next time, I'll remember. gonk
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:35 pm
My brother's best friend is also my best friend, and he asked me once, while ChrisPY was in Iraq, he said "So how many people has he killed?"
I was disgusted. I had to explain to Eric that if he even mentioned that kind of thing around my brother I was going to kick him where it hurts. That's entirely insensitive, and immature.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:25 pm
It's especially stupid when they arent going to be in a career that actually kills people. like my sister, she isnt going to be killing, but people ask questions like that and it's like, "are you stupid? not all of them go to kill genius."
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:20 am
I didn't see much of a difference in my husband. He's seen action, he's killed and he's almost been killed. Of course, I was in basic and AIT throught half of his deployment so maybe I didn't see change because I've changed in much the same way.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:15 pm
that jsut bad to ask a soilder too man i can;t beleiev how many times i have been asked some of those
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:36 pm
man of course all those questions have gone through my mind. And it didnt help that my parents seperated right before he had to go. so my mom kept telling me that he was gonna die and that he was gonna be all evil when he came back. I just didnt like it when my friends asked those questions just because it brought back the thought that he might not come back. But of course they always do. ^^
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:46 am
ha i have heard everyone one of those. i have even heard the "i know how you feel" one from another military wife whose husband has never gone to iraq or been away from her longer than a week
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:53 am
inuyome1008 It's especially stupid when they arent going to be in a career that actually kills people. like my sister, she isnt going to be killing, but people ask questions like that and it's like, "are you stupid? not all of them go to kill genius." yeah i say that as well, my husband is a corpsman, so he is there to SAVE lives, and people are still saying to me that he is a baby killer and all that bullshit. He was called to save a baby that had been choking for 15min. before they called him. by the time he got there it was too late and he couldnt save it. he called me crying saying that it was the worst day of his life.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:09 pm
Not a day goes by
I hated when people would ask me those questions when my boyfriend at the time was deployed.
Number 8 always pissed me off a lot because they'd relate their boyfriend visiting some family for a week or whatever and it's totally different because their boy was SAFE while they were away from him.
Number 5,4 and 3 always pissed me off a lot too
The other ones just were annoying.
That I don't think of you
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:22 pm
I guess I haven't heard them enough to be bugged by them yet, or maybe living in a military town keeps as many people from asking.
As for #5, my husband was a machine gunner, now hes a team leader for a gun team, my husband has killed, and will kill again, it really is in his job description
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:01 pm
I agree completely. My friend's husband was recently deployed. I'm happy to say I'm not guilty of saying any of those. Of course they miss them. Some people ask her and myself if we miss our loved ones as if it's never crossed our minds before.
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:23 pm
wow
im kinda glad i restrained myself from asking those questions to my friend whose was dating my friend who left for basic last year....
my mum keeps putting crap on me saying that my boyfriend is going to change for the worst, only because her brother (my uncle) became an alcoholic and an *pardon my french* a** after the veitnam war
and even before he left, my friends were like surprised h your gona miss him huh...im sorry!" blah blah blah
pissed me off alot....
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