Saturday, August 25, 2012

Military Wives are Vultures

In the nearly 4 years my husband has been active duty, one thing that is so apparent is some military wives are viscous creatures.

I don't want to even acknowledge them as human beings, because in my eyes, there are many who are scum. Scum in so many different forms.

I have found, at least here at his first duty station, it is hard to find people who are genuine, true friends and true to their significant others. On top of that, there are some extremely nosy scum out there and love to get mess twisted to start rumors.

Here are the different vultures I am referring to:

a. You have the tag chasers. And by tag chasers, I mean the girl who just bounces around from service member to service member. The girl who doesn't care if the service member is in a relationship.. it just ups her game. The girl who doesn't even love her significant other, but is rather obsessed with the lifestyle and the "glory" she perceives this life to be.

b. You have those who are so fixated with the lifestyle. I understand there is "excitement", but then there is overboard. When my husband joined, I was overly proud. I'm overly patriotic and always have been. But at some point, you have to recognize the military is his job. Yes, this is a lifestyle to adjust to, but this is HIS job. By fixated, I'm making reference to those who feel as if they, themselves, are "Military". I understand when people refer to non-military families as "civilians", I understand it because it's the easiest way to refer to it. But we do need to realize as wives, we are not active duty.. or even in the reserves, no special rank.. no rank whatsoever- we are a civilian. Relish in the fact that you, unless you enlisted, are not government property.

c. You have bullies. It's sad to say, but I know 8 year olds who are more mature than a lot of the ladies I have met in the past 4 years. I don't understand why so many spouses to active duty military feel the need to belittle and bully other spouses. "Oh you're fat, You're ugly, Can you believe she wore that to the commissary, someone's been eating too many twinkies".. etc. I've read some extremely ridiculous posts belittling people on Facbook as well as in the blog world, It's disgusting.

d. Those who think we are owed something for our SO being active duty. You aren't owed anything. YES, this life has challenges- but so do non-military families aka "civilian families". Every single person in this world has their own set of challenges to face. I for one, am grateful for the ease of life I have now compared to what I had before my husband joined the Navy. By ease, I don't mean there aren't challenges, but I'm happy where I'm at and I'll gladly wait for him through a deployment vs. go back to eating peanut butter sandwhiches every day, 3 times a day to pay rent. And to clear things up, I married my husband before he joined- just to stop the vultures that say, "You married him for the military/ money".

e. The cheaters. Yes, I know there are men in the military who cheat- that is a different tangent. I'm talking about those who are "SO in love" with their husband, but after 5 months of a deployment, find themselves in bed with another man. Seriously, cheating is NEVER an accident. YOU can prevent yourself being put in a situation that could lead to cheating. My husband has been deployed a few months, and the fact that I have heard of several gals cheating is insane. WHY did you get married? I mean, if you truly LOVE someone, you wouldn't cheat. Staying faithful shouldn't be hard.

I could keep going, but I'm going to leave it at that. Find your own identity, not your significant other's job status.

16 comments:

  1. Yes! If someone asks if we as a family are military, I always reply with, "My husband is in the military." It is his job, and while it does come with different circumstances than other jobs, it is still a job. Someone said my job is now Navy wife, and I had to quickly correct them. I am just a woman married to someone in the Navy.

    Don't even get me started on the cheating. That angers me so much.

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    1. Same here!
      Same with, "Where are you stationed?".. my reply, "We live in XX, my husband is stationed here."

      You and me both about the cheating. I want to stab people in the eye with a fork!

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  2. ahh there is none worse than a cheater just saying from my experience. I have come across only one other Navy wife who doesn't even just test the dangerous waters of being overly flirty with men who aren't their husbands and truth be told it boils my blood a bit. I haven't encountered the others but then again we've only been mingling with other military families a bit over a year. I'm sure I'll have the opportunity! OY!!

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    1. Sadly, I've encountered a few! It's sick! Makes me want to just stay at home and be unsocial. I don't understand these people!

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  3. I'm sorry but i don't fit into any of your categories except "military wife "

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  4. I'm sorry but I really don't agree with your descriptions unfortunately. :( I don't fit those categories you described, but am still a military wife & definately not a vulture

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    1. Anchor's Aweigh, I think you missed the whole part about their being few "genuine" military wives. Like you, I do not fit into any of those categories either.. because if I did, this blog wouldn't be about how dedicated I am to my husband. Like the post stated, the few personas I mentioned, are those of MANY of the spouses to Military men of which I have had the not so much pleasure of coming in contact with. So, before you disagree.. read above the "vultures".

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  5. Can I borrow you to write this on my blog? When I started taking my boyfriend he was shocked at how laid back I was about dating a Marine. He asked if I wanted one of his shirts and I told him I'd only wear it to sleep, that I'm not one of those women who tends to wear their mans job. The fact that in another month I'll be enlisted (and soon out-rank him) and I grew up in a very military family probably helps. I've seen how awful some women can be. It's a job. It's his job. It's not a lifestyle. It's not my rank.

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  6. Awww I'm sorry you have to deal with all of that there! I know we're different branches (Air Force), but living out here in Italy in such a smaller community of the military, we see a lot of the drama. However! I'm anxious to see how your next station will be—they're all unique and different and hopefully the vultures will ease up a little bit wherever you go next!

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  7. you hit everything right on the money... im new to military life and havent been anywhere yet but my husband has been away at school for longer than a deployment but i have gotten to visit him and i see some things just visiting...well just wanted to say awesome post and i have all the same feelings you do!

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  8. So it's true...This is the reason why my boyfriend said he doesn't really like to hang out with the guys he works with and their wives. He said that he doesn't want me to get mixed up in the drama and that Navy wives are vicious, nasty people. He also said that because he's enlisted, he doesn't want the women treating me badly because of his job (even though he is 30 y/o WITH a college degree and has been in the Navy for 10 years and I am 30 y/o with a Master's degree). Apparently some wives consider themselves the same "rank" as their hubbys.

    It makes me nervous about the inevitable, becoming a Navy wife myself. I'm glad to know however, that the couple wives that I have met seem to be pretty down-to-earth good people. Gives me a little hope I guess...

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  9. I've been rather fortunate to have met and become friends with the faithful kind of military wife (you being one of them :) ) But I have heard some horror stories of the nasty women and I'm just thankful that the Lord sheltered me from that during my time as a military spouse. I'm also thankful that the few women that I became friends with still keep in contact. :)

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  10. yes yes yes yes yes! out here especially!

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  11. When my husband was in the military and gone on deployment, I wanted to stay away from those described Vultures. But to stay informed, I felt like I needed to go to the monthly meetings. I definitely prayed before going because I didn't want to get caught up in some bad friendships. God protected me and thankfully I made some pretty decent friends. Thanks for writing this!

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