By broooooock - 16/07/2009 01:04 - United States

Today, it dawned on me that I've been married for 6 months, but because of the Army I've spent only around 12 days total with my wife. FML
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dotVillain 1

Last time I checked, we were free before we were in this war. We actually invaded THEM. Not to say I don't have respect for the troops, but we are fighting in a war that isn't ours. And for my pre-determined response to the people that will ramble on about how they attacked us first: Not one Iraqi has ever killed any of our people on our soil. 9/11 was mainly Saudi Arabians. As for OP, I'm terribly sorry for you. I don't think your life is fuckable, nor do you deserve it at all. You have a wife that loves you enough to stick by you for long periods at a time without seeing you. Be happy you have her, she sounds like a great girl.

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girlnexdoor 0

So this guy is crazy about me, but we haven't ever been on a date because he went to the marines before he contacted me again. He was supposed to come back in June but it was postponed till August. So I know how that sucks for you. Hopefully things will get better. (I support you for being in the Army, btw)

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Griffith_fml 0

Shoulda joined the Marines there bud, oorah! Hahaha But really, deployement sucks. FYL

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Mgx_fml 0

You have my support for being military. I live in Hawaii so most of my friends are AD.. or military wives. Hopefully you'll get to see your wife soon, and she'll be a good wife - it does exist.

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arienh4 0

Shouldn't have joined the army then. Flame me all you want, I've had this discussion in another thread. Point is, anyone who has helped DESTROY countries gets no sympathy from me.

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christopherlove 0

I just don't understand. Did you enlist first or get engaged first? Either way, you are serving by choice. I'm not saying it's a bad choice, but... were you expecting more or less time with your wife? What's the problem?

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flex_able 0

this is a good comment

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ichwillkeinengel 0

This is THE good comment, there are no others.

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ausathlete 0

Eh, certainly sucks that you don't see your wife, but it does kind of come with the territory. And that's coming from the son of a naval officer. It's kind of like an aeroplane pilot complaining about the travel... sucky situation, but you knew what you were in for when you signed up. Hope your tour finishes soon and you come home safe.

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Pastor_Rich 0

thanks for your sacrifice, someone has to protect our freedom

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sonnyv 0

I APPRECIATE all military personal that fight to protect our country, If they didnt other countries would take advantage of us. number #40 can go suck a nutt youve probly been bitchmade your whole entire life.

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bollywood_rocks 0

Have you ever opened up a book? What other countries? If my history serves me, Iraq was minding their business until we went in there to "bring them democracy". Yet when we try to fix the mess WE MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE, suddenly we're heroes?

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sonnyv 0

ive been married for a year and so far ive only been with him for 2 months. dont worry hopefully it wil all work out and you didnt marry a *****

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divineinstrument 2

"YDI for joining the army" is a load of shit. Stop posting that people. Okay, I disagree with other end of the scale too- you don't instantly become a hero just for joining the army. But yeah, OP, that's pretty sad. Still, think of it this way. Things that are rare are usually precious. So if it's rare for you and your wife to spend time together, that will make it very precious. But yeah, you don't want her cheating on you... buy her a vibrator or something

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Seti_fml 0

You Deserve it for choosing a career that is obviously going to take you over seas. I'm not going to get into the whole "should we be in Iraq or shouldn't we" because, while i have my opinion on that, it's not really relevant to the fml. The point is that you chose a career in the army that you knew would put you into places where you wouldn't be able to easily have a personal life, so... the way i look at it, it's entirely your fault.

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megarock 0

So let me get this straight: You think that because he is in the military and has job obligations that take him away from home that he doesn't deserve to be happy or shouldn't be able to sleep in his own bed? Speaking as a fellow service member I can tell you that the morale of the troops directly impacts the success of the mission. You wonder why so many snap and do messed up things? It's situations like these where you don't get to unwind and spend time with the ones you love. Everyone deserves to be happy, especially those that sacrifice for you. You don't have to appreciate that, but at least you should be able to respect it.

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Seti_fml 0

If he was forced into the job it would be one thing, but the OP chose this as his profession knowing fully what the consequences would be. He deserves it in so much that he put himself in the situation knowing what joining the army entails. It sucks for him, and i feel for him, but he did put himself in the situation through his decisions. The OP knew there was a war going on, he had to have known that he would be doing tours of duty in the army and he can't expect to be able to lead a civilian life with his wife due to his obligations.

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tib_fml 0

#50 has a completely valid point. When a person joins the military, there is pretty much a guarantee that they will be gone for a period of time at some point. Bottom line. The exact same thing can be said about businessmen/businesswomen who travel, entertainers, athletes, doctors on call, etc. There so many careers that demand a person be away from their loved ones at times. Is is fair that the OP doesn't get to see his wife often? No. But they were (hopefully) well aware that this could happen. Either way, it sucks.

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