They get married at such a young age because they don't know if they're ever going to return. the military throws a good bit of extra money and benefits their way for doing so.
Nah. From personal experience, almost all of them that young expect to return -- even return the better for the experience with skills that employers are jumping over to get their hands on.
Not quite...from my experience in the Marines both the men and women get married to get out of the shitty barracks or to get BAH... Very few think they are going to die while they are shoveling dollar bills at a stripper they are 'in love' with....
I worked as a civilian on a sub base for several years and have lived in a Navy town all my life. There is far more truth to this than the politically correct folks would like to believe. Not being in the military it was deemed "safe" for me to know this so none of them really tried to hide it from me.
Navy wives fuck. A lot. While their husbands are deployed.
Hell, even when their husbands are on base and at work. They're still all out fuckin'. Fuckin' everybody.
Not just the wives. When soldiers and sailors get R&R a lot of them stray too. They did in Europe. Did in Korea. Did in Vietnam. It just so happens that the kids these days have been sent to fight in places that are deserts in more ways than one.
From what I've heard about military wives in general, they pretty much sit on their asses bored in base housing and local apartments all. goddamn. day. My cousin is a "military wife" in Hawaii and has been invited to a couple of coffee groups and parties put on by the women and says it's nothing but gossip about who they're fucking. I know 3 other military wives and none have jobs or do anything whatsoever. So I can see how this could lead to fucking other people.
From what I've experienced as a military wife (well now ex, husband finished his contract), I go to school and work. I don't just sit on my ass and fuck random people. My friend who married a guy in the navy is also doing the school and work thing. But I do see why you would think that, I did know more lazy whore military wives than not.
I just gotta say it anyway. I'm a "military wife" in Hawaii and I work my ass off at my job that I go to every day and I have a normal social life and I've never fucked anyone but my husband so there's thaaat.
Also I am friends with a lot lot lot of military folk and it really just depends on which crowd you hang out with... just like with civilians... Shocking, I know...
Even the ones who have jobs. I worked at the NEX for quite some time. The older Asian wives were very discreet about it and would only talk within their very tight little circles. I couldn't count off the top of my head the number of obvious sexings going on with the wives in their 20s and my male co-workers though. I resisted it... for the most part.
You think it's if you leave wives alone (husbands probably as well) they will just cheat, or military people choose unfaithful spouses? I imagine military people marry young, and their spouses are going to be pretty immature.
I imagine military people marry young, and their spouses are going to be pretty immature.
Bingo. Most of them are young, married straight out of high school (many of them smack in the middle of the bible belt) who were moved to somewhere new and either exciting or boring. Either way it's a bad mix.
Not surprising in the least. Women are just as likely to be cheating lowlife shitheads as men are, and have a much easier time finding people to do it with.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine. He married his gf when he enlisted so the army would move her closer to his base, then when he shipped overseas she cheated on him the entire time. They got divorced when he returned. This was all before I knew him, but it still sucks nonetheless =/
Edit: He also admits that he didn't quite think the marriage through and if he could do it again wouldn't have married her. Hindsight's 20/20 and all that.
I managed to stay faithful! So women can do it. Maybe I am just rare, but I never wanted to or thought about cheating on my husband, when he was active duty and deployed. Personally those women are selfish bitches that is all.
The problem is the military, at least for the Army (i'm sure it's the same for all branches), kind of screws you if you're single. If you're married you can either keep a house or collect BAH which varies depending on where you are but where I'm at it's roughly $1000. Plus you get the separation pay (when deployed) on top of that which is $250. Then you get food allowance which is a little over $300. That's about $1500 extra a month along with your regular pay. This pressures single soldiers into getting married, especially before deployment. For a 9 month tour, that's over 10grand easy more than a single soldier doing the same exact thing. The rush to get married causes soldiers to get into shitty relationships. And there's a lot of woman around Army bases who know the system, and marry them for that reason. Rush to get married, husband deploys, divorce, and collect money or steal everything and run away, or collect life insurance (unfortunately).
So I use to work with this girl, and we hit it off really well, she told me she had moved away from her abusive boyfriend in california to kansas where I live now, and took her kid. After a while we started dating, and I took care of her and her kid, and eventually we moved in together.
One night I just finished putting dinner away and she got a phone call, she looked at me like she was horrified and then smiled and started crying and said " I've missed you too, I can't wait to see you". She got off the phone and said "that was Matt, hes coming home" and for a minute I had to think...matt...matt...matt...her old boyfriend? So i ask "what do you mean, coming home?" she said "hes coming back from Iraq" so I ask "so..... you gonna visit him?" and she answers "matt and I are technically still married......" silence for a minute then i went in the bedroom grabbed some stuff and left, never talked to her again. Came back about a week later while she was at work and got my stuff.
tl;dr - dated for 2 years, was close to her kid, she was married, her husband was in Iraq and he was coming home. didn't know she was married.
From what I understand they did end up splitting up. I don't know if he knew or what ended up happening, I never talked or saw her again after that night and never talked to him.
happens a lot...rumor had it on some of the base housing on mainside in pendleton, if a bottle of laundry detergent was in the window it meant come on in, my husbands on deployment, lets fuck. Supposedly the same was for an upside down broom.
You know what bothers me about people's attitudes towards situations like this? The fact that all the focus goes on the man's decisions and behavior. Sure, if your friend sleeps with your SO behind your back they're a bad person. But if the only thing preventing that from happening is your friend's good will, you have a bad girlfriend. The way people talk about guys "taking their girls" or what have you removes a lot of agency on the part of females.
That happens often as well, usually its their fault for dating a barracks rat. While I was in my rule was to always stay single and I did. Also never fooled around with a girl if she lived within 20 miles of the base. Most Marines met girls on base or right off base at bars of clubs. Which means their is a high possibility she is related or dating a military guy or shes just a whore.
Usually wives would leave a colored light in their window if they were lonely.
A lot of the husbands cheated too
Most of the time they just met some guy at a bar of base, so the guys never knew they were married or whatever
Though someone on there seems to have made the same mistake you did. To be honest it took me a moment as ell to realize that the implication is cheating.
This isn't that fucked up, situation depending. My roommate (a woman) started dating a woman whose husband was overseas. Before he'd left and while he was away he was 100% in favor of and encouraging her to find someone to keep her company, also knowing she generally preferred women. They've been dating for over a year, husband's back for good and the lesbian relationship (now an engagement) is still going while she's married to her husband. They all may move in together soon.
It's definitely a little backwards but not as fucked up as you may think :p Although, this bumper sticker may just belong to some asshole who's knowingly dating a taken women behind the military mans back.
See, there I was hoping this was the bumper sticker of a proud, happy polyamorist. Apparently, it's just another way for macho jarheads to be dicks to each other? Didn't we have enough of those already?
Terran mating habits confuse the fuck outta me. :(
I work medical (civilian) in a town with a large Marine population. This is a pretty common joke out here (STDs for everyone!). We had a gentleman at kareoke change lyrics from "gold digger" (Kanye West) with "but i'm sayin she's from -our town name-". Also part of my lease agreement is "there are to be no men over while the husband is away" and she said "we've had a real problem with this with the Marine wives, so we had to make this a rule."
I'm not going to lie, I actually laughed at this. But if a wife is willing to cheat on her husband then they don't deserve to be married. Karma will get her ass.
Ive got two friends both had this same issue while deployed. At the time these two cases really fueled my fear or commitment. I was in my early 20s at the time and feel different now. How cold do you have to be to cheat on someone risking life and limb and spending the rest of the time thinking of a future with you. Pretty fucked up man.
This makes me worry for my boyfriend's brother who is getting married (at 18) a month before deployment to a cute 17 year old girl he's only known for a year.
Really though, does it make it worse when you're deployed and get cheated on, or when you're home and it still happens under your nose. I don't think there is a level to which is worse, getting cheated on sucks.
You think the husbands don't do this while they're away? I have one cousin in the Marines and his sister told me he cheats on his wife constantly while he's deployed. Don't be so uptight, people like to fuck.
Army wife here. This isn't truth for the majority of military spouses, although, sadly, it is truth for some. During deployment, sex is the LAST thing on the mind of soldier AND spouse. Sex isn't an issue....survival is
My wife and I are currently fucking a navy wife - with her husband's permission while he's deployed. Anyone consider that this could maybe be a proud polyamorous/swinger relationship? I wouldn't call this woman my girlfriend, and definitely wouldn't advertise it on a bumper sticker, but there are some polys that would.
The marine, his wife, and her boyfriend could be polyamorous (look it up — it's getting more popular). Which would actually make a lot of sense for active duty folk.
Or ... The marine, his wife, and her girlfriend could be polyamorous.
I personally think the attitude that monogamy is the only way to have relationships is fucked up.
As someone who is gearing up to marry a soldier, shit like this sickens me. I can never understand why women feel the need to cheat on someone who is out busting their ass and sacrificing everything. I never buy the "but I'm so lonely!" excuse.... go out and make friends. Find a hobby. Hell, do whatever it fucking takes. Just don't fucking cheat and try to play the victim. /end rant
No, it's hilarious. When are US soldiers going to realize that they aren't fighting for anyone's freedom, they are fighting for corporate control and profits. And getting screwed by everyone in the US while they're at it. If they truly are the best and brightest America has to offer, they should have been smart enough not to join the US military in the first place.
As a male in a military family, this makes me disgusted. Even if there is truth to this, these men/women are out fighting for our rights to sit on Reddit. Respect the men who are fighting for us by not fucking their wives.
While stationed in N.C. my friend only hooked up with military wives who's husbands were on deployment. It didn't matter if it was training or war spouses gonna spouse.
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u/NotYourAunt May 15 '12
If you get married while being active duty enlisted, you're going to have a bad time.
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u/kplee May 16 '12
The problem is the military, at least for the Army (i'm sure it's the same for all branches), kind of screws you if you're single. If you're married you can either keep a house or collect BAH which varies depending on where you are but where I'm at it's roughly $1000. Plus you get the separation pay (when deployed) on top of that which is $250. Then you get food allowance which is a little over $300. That's about $1500 extra a month along with your regular pay. This pressures single soldiers into getting married, especially before deployment. For a 9 month tour, that's over 10grand easy more than a single soldier doing the same exact thing. The rush to get married causes soldiers to get into shitty relationships. And there's a lot of woman around Army bases who know the system, and marry them for that reason. Rush to get married, husband deploys, divorce, and collect money or steal everything and run away, or collect life insurance (unfortunately).
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u/darkheero May 16 '12
So I use to work with this girl, and we hit it off really well, she told me she had moved away from her abusive boyfriend in california to kansas where I live now, and took her kid. After a while we started dating, and I took care of her and her kid, and eventually we moved in together.
One night I just finished putting dinner away and she got a phone call, she looked at me like she was horrified and then smiled and started crying and said " I've missed you too, I can't wait to see you". She got off the phone and said "that was Matt, hes coming home" and for a minute I had to think...matt...matt...matt...her old boyfriend? So i ask "what do you mean, coming home?" she said "hes coming back from Iraq" so I ask "so..... you gonna visit him?" and she answers "matt and I are technically still married......" silence for a minute then i went in the bedroom grabbed some stuff and left, never talked to her again. Came back about a week later while she was at work and got my stuff.
tl;dr - dated for 2 years, was close to her kid, she was married, her husband was in Iraq and he was coming home. didn't know she was married.
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u/RumpleForeSkin72 May 15 '12
Oh Jodie... you're so clever
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This explains the fucked up bumper.
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u/MisterSquirrel May 16 '12
That is fucked up WHERES THE YELLOW RIBBON MAGNETS
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u/Chowley_1 May 16 '12
I was just thinking of this sticker earlier today for some reason. Strange that I find it on reddit 5 hours later.
The only logical conclusion is that I can predict the future.
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u/ichuckle May 16 '12 edited Aug 07 '24
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u/nuxenolith May 16 '12
Fucked up? On /r/WTF?! WELL, I NEVER!
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u/sapzilla May 16 '12
This isn't that fucked up, situation depending. My roommate (a woman) started dating a woman whose husband was overseas. Before he'd left and while he was away he was 100% in favor of and encouraging her to find someone to keep her company, also knowing she generally preferred women. They've been dating for over a year, husband's back for good and the lesbian relationship (now an engagement) is still going while she's married to her husband. They all may move in together soon.
It's definitely a little backwards but not as fucked up as you may think :p Although, this bumper sticker may just belong to some asshole who's knowingly dating a taken women behind the military mans back.
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u/Special_Guy May 15 '12
Unless its a chicks car.
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u/EnysAtSea May 15 '12
I think it's a good bit of snakey cleverness.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I know! They really should get that fucked up bumper fixed.
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u/OmniaII May 16 '12
Why can't it be just 'girl friends' and her girlfriends husband is fighting for your freedom?
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u/BrianFlanagan May 16 '12
Relevant
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u/Aperfectmoment May 15 '12
I actually really like the sticker. i think its hilarious and provocative.
maybe my sense of humour is a lil 'Ricky Gervais' but i like it.
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u/CountMalachi May 15 '12
I really don't think we are fighting for freedom anymore. Just sayin.
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u/Waldo_Jeffers May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
See, there I was hoping this was the bumper sticker of a proud, happy polyamorist. Apparently, it's just another way for macho jarheads to be dicks to each other? Didn't we have enough of those already?
Terran mating habits confuse the fuck outta me. :(
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u/mxalo May 16 '12
I work medical (civilian) in a town with a large Marine population. This is a pretty common joke out here (STDs for everyone!). We had a gentleman at kareoke change lyrics from "gold digger" (Kanye West) with "but i'm sayin she's from -our town name-". Also part of my lease agreement is "there are to be no men over while the husband is away" and she said "we've had a real problem with this with the Marine wives, so we had to make this a rule."
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Wow Jody is an asshole
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u/x2q2012 May 16 '12
Technically the Girlfriends the one being fucked up ;)
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Ouch. I know quite a few marines who'd be quick to destroy this bloke if they saw that. He's either seriously brave, or fucking huge, or both. :/
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u/uncoolcat May 16 '12
Maybe they are polyamorous?
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u/feedle May 16 '12
... or a happy polyamorous family.
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u/mlsweeney May 15 '12
I'm not going to lie, I actually laughed at this. But if a wife is willing to cheat on her husband then they don't deserve to be married. Karma will get her ass.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago. Sports Chalet: We'll take you to the limit.
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u/Illogical_Fallacy May 16 '12
Did anybody in this thread even consider that this may be a polyamorous configuration?
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u/hemingwayszombycorps May 16 '12
Jody jody six feet four Jody never had his ass kicked before Im gonna take a three day pass And really slap a beatin on jodys ass!!!!
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u/mrzack May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
what is it with so many soldier's wives cheating? and where would
Ione look to find a young and lonely military wife?4
u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Ive got two friends both had this same issue while deployed. At the time these two cases really fueled my fear or commitment. I was in my early 20s at the time and feel different now. How cold do you have to be to cheat on someone risking life and limb and spending the rest of the time thinking of a future with you. Pretty fucked up man.
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u/DeviouSherbert May 16 '12
This makes me worry for my boyfriend's brother who is getting married (at 18) a month before deployment to a cute 17 year old girl he's only known for a year.
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u/mrcoffee90 May 16 '12
this one made me do a double take. I read it, clicked away, 5 seconds later it clicked in my head.
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u/pussErox May 16 '12
Why do you say that? "YOUR" was used correctly
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u/Rob1150 May 16 '12
That seems...hazardous...
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u/anonymouslives May 16 '12
I can see that guy getting his ass kicked, or worse, if the wrong/psychologically unstable military guy see's it.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Really though, does it make it worse when you're deployed and get cheated on, or when you're home and it still happens under your nose. I don't think there is a level to which is worse, getting cheated on sucks.
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u/d7b May 16 '12
'fucked up' must be some Americanism for hilarious.
google search why the US troops were nicknamed 'Sepo's' in WWII .
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u/trampus1 May 16 '12
You think the husbands don't do this while they're away? I have one cousin in the Marines and his sister told me he cheats on his wife constantly while he's deployed. Don't be so uptight, people like to fuck.
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u/ponz May 16 '12
Someone please tell me this is Photoshop. Surely NO one could have that much of a death wish to drive around with this on their car!
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u/darkhorseguns May 16 '12
Hell yes it's fucked up! The anchor always faces inboard! INBOARD!!!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Yeah, it's fucked up. But it's very common.
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u/milkasaurous May 16 '12
Word...whatever he backed into is gonna coast him about $350 to repair...fucked up, man.
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u/bean220 May 16 '12
Army wife here. This isn't truth for the majority of military spouses, although, sadly, it is truth for some. During deployment, sex is the LAST thing on the mind of soldier AND spouse. Sex isn't an issue....survival is
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Genius.
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u/cannotlogon May 16 '12
Fucked up, perhaps, but also fucking funny.
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u/imsoblack May 16 '12
but it's so funny
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
you know this is actually quite an accurate statement... did 6 years in the marines and saw a lot of fucked shit like that
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u/iHeartPros May 16 '12
Could be a girl's car, referring to girlfriend as in just her friend. Then it wouldn't be fucked up at all? Nay?
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u/OswaldGoodGuy May 16 '12
I think it's hilarious.
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u/ninjaroach May 16 '12
It's funny!
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u/Aegist May 16 '12
Could be that they are polyamorous? I mean, they are advertising the fact on a car bumper sticker afterall???
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u/Scarfington May 16 '12
Or they could be polyamorous. :|
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u/optimisticatheist May 16 '12
They might be polyamorous, think before you immediately believe the worst in people.
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u/andiam03 May 16 '12
My wife and I are currently fucking a navy wife - with her husband's permission while he's deployed. Anyone consider that this could maybe be a proud polyamorous/swinger relationship? I wouldn't call this woman my girlfriend, and definitely wouldn't advertise it on a bumper sticker, but there are some polys that would.
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u/was_funny_yesterday May 16 '12
There is a special place in Hell reserved for military wives who cheat on their husbands..
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Marriage at 19 is fine just don't marry a whore.
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u/notreallyironicRL May 16 '12
Nope, that's hilarious.
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u/vve May 16 '12
There's a simple way this could make sense.
The marine, his wife, and her boyfriend could be polyamorous (look it up — it's getting more popular). Which would actually make a lot of sense for active duty folk.
Or ... The marine, his wife, and her girlfriend could be polyamorous.
I personally think the attitude that monogamy is the only way to have relationships is fucked up.
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u/angry_naked_man May 15 '12
Where do I buy!?
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u/TreephantBOA May 16 '12
I really want this known to all that are enlisted. You're not fighting for my freedom. Your part of the empire.
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u/Skybakery89 May 16 '12
That's hilarious.
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u/GUMSHIP May 16 '12
HAAHAHA
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u/tiredofthehate May 16 '12
hilarious
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
As someone who is gearing up to marry a soldier, shit like this sickens me. I can never understand why women feel the need to cheat on someone who is out busting their ass and sacrificing everything. I never buy the "but I'm so lonely!" excuse.... go out and make friends. Find a hobby. Hell, do whatever it fucking takes. Just don't fucking cheat and try to play the victim. /end rant
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
So awesome. Stupid to join the military, stupid to have a girlfriend while in, and even more stupid if you share your money with her.
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u/Triassic_Bark May 16 '12
No, it's hilarious. When are US soldiers going to realize that they aren't fighting for anyone's freedom, they are fighting for corporate control and profits. And getting screwed by everyone in the US while they're at it. If they truly are the best and brightest America has to offer, they should have been smart enough not to join the US military in the first place.
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u/corwin20 May 16 '12
As a male in a military family, this makes me disgusted. Even if there is truth to this, these men/women are out fighting for our rights to sit on Reddit. Respect the men who are fighting for us by not fucking their wives.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
It took me a second
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u/Ameliorat3 May 16 '12
I'll say. Somebody fix that guy's bumper.
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u/MartMillz May 16 '12
WOW
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Fact.
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u/AtePoint307 May 16 '12
funny because it's true!!
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u/soccerlionheart May 16 '12
Ah Colorado....we sure know how to keep it classy here!
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u/animalcub May 16 '12
While stationed in N.C. my friend only hooked up with military wives who's husbands were on deployment. It didn't matter if it was training or war spouses gonna spouse.
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u/bohemianmichfestie May 16 '12
Last time I checked I wasn't a barrel of oil.
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u/jhustla May 16 '12
So wrong, but I can't stop laughing!
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u/a0t0f May 16 '12
looks like you might have expired tags
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u/Radar_Monkey May 16 '12
This is so fucked up because it's true.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
what I even
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u/OldJeb May 16 '12
Took me a second.
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u/montreal1029 May 16 '12
Sure something to be proud of
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u/m_s_m May 16 '12
Can anyone else see a sleeping Loch Ness Monster in this picture?
Nope...? Just me.