Gets my Goat!!!

[keyholekatebaron]

Why do some service wives or partners,girlfriends etc.,keep on moaning about their other half being away from home on duty bla bla bla when they knew what to expect? Bet they enjoy the decent pay,married quarters,perks etc.
Ex WRNS. Now I've stirred you lot up!! Putting the wooden spoon away. Goodnight All.

[mike11111]

Plus, of course, when the cat's away the mice will play (ex RAF).

[bednobs]

how is this stirring? you said that before too on one of your posts. i don't get it

[boxtops]

who keeps on moaning? There has been one ABer recently who has fallen for a serviceman who came on here asking for advice, she got lots from those who understand the situation. It ain't a bed of roses, wondering where your other half is, if they are in a war zone.

[Prudie]

I hadn't thought this was about an ABer, more likely just watched TA and the Taliban?

[boxtops]

Not seen it, Prudie - some context from the OP would have helped.

[Prudie]

I'm only guessing boxy, as you say we really don't know.

[boxtops]

The pay's not that decent either, considering their lives are on the line.

[sherrardk]

We live near an army camp and most of the army wives I talk to rarely moan about it, they just lump it and get on with it (some of them don't even know where their husbands actually are and some have had babies whilst their husbands have been away, some have had children with life threatening conditions to look after too). I've got a lot of admiration for the majority of the camp wives, upping sticks and keeping the kids happy whilst their husbands are away. Can't be easy.

[hc4361]

Decent pay. That's a laugh.

[milly143]

Enjoy the decent pay and married quarters? You've clearly never been involved with the forces.

And just because you know your husband/partner/Dad is going to be away for months at a time, it doesn't mean you aren't allowed to miss them.

[ummmm]

Wow....that really bothers you?

[B00]

And why do they want his goat?

[tommy-h]

crawl nback into your hole kate

[ChuckFickens]

Company?

[RATTER15]

Well said Milly!!

Keyholekate, do you really expect these woman to be happy that their loved one are not at home, often abroad with a bunch of nutters trying to shoot them or blow them up!!

They accept and are very proud of their husbands and what they do but they still have a daily worry, will they ever see their loved ones alive again? they cant smile all the time.

Stupid post if you ask me.

[bondgirl007]

well said ratter

[bondgirl007]

thats exactly what she wanted to do redhelen start a arguement

[bednobs]

"Now I've stirred you lot up!! "
yes. Well done you.

[Carakeel]

Keyhole, you so obviously have never had anything to do with the military and hence have no understanding of military life. Not a good position from which to make judgements like this. I grew up with many friends among US and British military families. My father was an Irish civilian employed the US government to a bit of an unusual job in Germany. For a while I went to a military high school. I can assure you that military families do not have it easy at all. Yes, the wives / husbands do know their OHs may be deployed far away from the family at times. They love their husbands / wives just as much as civilians do and hence miss them just as we do, with the difference that they also have to live with the fear of a knock on the door and an officer telling them that their OH has been injured or even killed in action!! At that point not only do their hearts break, but they also soon after lose their homes in most cases!

Pay is not good, especially considering the danger these brave soldiers put themselves into for people who obviously do not appreciate their efforts, including you, keyhole!

It isn't easy on the children either! Changing schools and languages and not knowing where their Mum or Dad is for long periods, not being able to communicate with both parents on a day to day basis ... need I say more?

When we were living in Germany many years ago, the American Forces soldiers were not doing too badly for themselves. At that time, on the European military scene, the British Forces were seen as not looking after their own very well ... rubbish accomodation, low pay, few if any perks etc. Hence so many of the British soldiers' families used to shop in the American PX and Commissaries. I only know one person who is in the Brish Army now and she says not much has changed.

We owe these soldiers and their families the greatest respect and it does annoy me when people try to put them down, who have no idea of what their lives are like!!