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I think I will end up with a blog post about this as well.
But I just went to check out another group on here I find that I just can't connect.
I feel that any post I would put forth would be so negative it would come across as even more bitchy than the bitch I am. lol Totally would be taken wrong.
But "normal" wives just have no concept on the life we live and the hardships we deal with all the time. I know I deal with this locally, but it was the first smack in the face I've had online.
I shouldn't be surprised. This is the reason I started this group! We deal with so many emotions in a 24 hour period that most women will thankfully have no comprehension. I don't wish it on anyone. But then I'm married to the man of my dreams and my best friend, so I would walk through hell for him if need be.
But I just went to check out another group on here I find that I just can't connect.
I feel that any post I would put forth would be so negative it would come across as even more bitchy than the bitch I am. lol Totally would be taken wrong.
But "normal" wives just have no concept on the life we live and the hardships we deal with all the time. I know I deal with this locally, but it was the first smack in the face I've had online.
I shouldn't be surprised. This is the reason I started this group! We deal with so many emotions in a 24 hour period that most women will thankfully have no comprehension. I don't wish it on anyone. But then I'm married to the man of my dreams and my best friend, so I would walk through hell for him if need be.
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Permalink Reply by Gail Klanchesser on -
Sorry for the online smack in the face! I find I don't connect well with some groups, but I'm also an older mom with young kids. Some groups w/ moms my age have older kids and the younger kids have younger moms, etc. That & I used to work PT as a FF/EMT-I (paid call dept) so I have a cynical/sarcastic edge most of the time. I still work PT as a dispatcher which keeps my sarcasm on high most days! But I find this group understand the schedule/OT variations we live with and we all understand that even on days off when there is a big fire or major accident he is going to go back in. That's just the life we lead and most other moms can't comprehend the schedule & emotions that go with it. It's like being a single mom sometimes!
I have a beautiful garden still growing in peat pots on my porch. Still waiting for a both a day off and a sunny day to occur at the same time to put my new boxed garden bed in. I think however I may end up having to build it myself this week! Any other group I'd probably get an email about why he doesn't do it, but in this group you're all nodding your heads because you know exactly what I mean.
Take care!
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Permalink Reply by Connie on -
Heck, I think we have it easy! Granted, I've been married 26 years and we've been together 30, so it's really the norm around here, but I'm thankful every day he's not a police officer or soldier. There are so many more dangerous jobs - yes, he's in a really cruddy district and yes, they were bullet-proof jackets and they deal with the dregs of society, but he comes home every-other-day and isn't off in Iraq or Afghanistan or wearing a bullet-proof jacket and carrying a gun. I've told him many times I'd never make it in the military or as an officer's wife.
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Permalink Reply by Val on -
Connie, I know why you posted that and I'm working so hard not to pay attention to the tv tomorrow. I know my blog posts come up on here so many have seen that we lost a firefighter in the town next to us and I was caught up in the procession when they brought her body home last night. Then my good friends are cops and working in Seattle tomorrow so their brothers can be in the procession and go to the memorial. It happens in 3's and I'm hoping that the horrific tragedy in Ft. Hood was the third today.
But watching the procession for the Seattle officer will send me into uncontrollable sobbing tomorrow. I'm very thankful that hubby will be home. Either he can distract me or hold me. I didn't have either the last time a procession this size happened in our state 15 months ago and I was in it :(
It's weeks like this that I do worry. You never know when that meth head they are helping will come undone, or someone in the house is on drugs and goes beserk. It's an unknown and the only thing I do know and treasure is that he loves every minute of his life, from to home!
I sadly took this on a very sad move, but this week has been a low point for the services in the Seattle area for Connie and I. It's a smack in the face on how much we have.
I say this and you can all laugh with me as my skylight leaks to HIGH HELL because hubby hasn't fixed it! It's been months, but alas it really rains hard and leaks when he is at work so it isn't a top priority for him. I swear I'm going to just rip the skylight out myself and then he has to fix it. lmbo
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