-Someone asks when your husband will be home, you say July or August instead of 5 or 6pm
-You live on your own and by yourself more after you're married than before you were married.
-Most of the married women you know or meet are under 21, and most have kids.
... -You know all of your husband's coworkers by their last name, and rarely know their first n...ame.
-You say "I'm going to the commissary" instead of "grocery store".
-You need your I.D to buy groceries
-You are called "Ma'am" at the age of 18 by every MP that comes into contact with you.
-You've never given a haircut in your life but you've perfected the medium fade, 6-8, skin.
-You really want something but you say "damn, well I'm going to have to wait for the 1st or 15th for it
-You ask someone "what's your rank?" instead of "what's your job?!"
-Half of your wardrobe has some kind of Military insignia on it and once belonged to your husband.
-The sounds of helicopters, and Jets flying over your house shaking your windows, surprisingly soothes you!
-Your husband's work and dress clothes cost more than yours do. -
You only write in pencil because EVERYTHING is subject to change.
-You know that a 2 month separation IS short, no matter what your civilian friends say.
-You know better than to go to the NEX or commissary between 11:30 and 1:30 unless it's a life or death emergency.
-You know that any reference to "sand box" describes a deployment to Afghanistan, not your kid's backyard toys.
-You don't have to think about what time 21:30 is.
-You pick apart uniforms on TV and in the movies for being inaccurate with your husband.
-You are asked to stop talking in acronyms and translate it all to English.
-You end up being a single parent for 7 months out of the year
-You live on your own and by yourself more after you're married than before you were married.
-Most of the married women you know or meet are under 21, and most have kids.
... -You know all of your husband's coworkers by their last name, and rarely know their first n...ame.
-You say "I'm going to the commissary" instead of "grocery store".
-You need your I.D to buy groceries
-You are called "Ma'am" at the age of 18 by every MP that comes into contact with you.
-You've never given a haircut in your life but you've perfected the medium fade, 6-8, skin.
-You really want something but you say "damn, well I'm going to have to wait for the 1st or 15th for it
-You ask someone "what's your rank?" instead of "what's your job?!"
-Half of your wardrobe has some kind of Military insignia on it and once belonged to your husband.
-The sounds of helicopters, and Jets flying over your house shaking your windows, surprisingly soothes you!
-Your husband's work and dress clothes cost more than yours do. -
You only write in pencil because EVERYTHING is subject to change.
-You know that a 2 month separation IS short, no matter what your civilian friends say.
-You know better than to go to the NEX or commissary between 11:30 and 1:30 unless it's a life or death emergency.
-You know that any reference to "sand box" describes a deployment to Afghanistan, not your kid's backyard toys.
-You don't have to think about what time 21:30 is.
-You pick apart uniforms on TV and in the movies for being inaccurate with your husband.
-You are asked to stop talking in acronyms and translate it all to English.
-You end up being a single parent for 7 months out of the year
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