Being a military spouse can have its perks. We’re a different subculture of military life. Therefore, there are certain problems that only WE could understand.
Here are 27 problems only military spouses will understand.
- Finished doing my makeup. USAA commercial comes on… so many tears.
- Finding a military ball dress that no one else will have
- Trying not to meanmug the girl that has your same dress at the ball if point #2 was not successful
- Dread filling out background checks because you’re trying to remember every address after so many moves
- Forgot to pack one thing during packout, now you have to lug it around with you on your PCS trip
- Root for your branch during the Army/Navy game, have no idea how they’re actually doing during the season otherwise
- Finding a job after you PCS
- Find a great job, then being told your family is up for orders
- Find out about a great event on base AFTER it already happened
- See your spouse’s coworker off base but you only know his last name and feel weird calling him by that
- Favorite set of furniture doesn’t fit in new place.
- Struggling to keep up with service member’s story about work due to the all of the acronyms
- Talk to them for 30 minutes while they’re deployed, realize you forgot to ask the one thing that you HAD to tell them after you hang up
- Getting one homecoming date. But then getting it changed.
- A frozen screen during a skype date
- Knowing your spouse’s social security number, forgetting your own
- Feeling awkward doing nothing while the movers pack your stuff
- Can’t watch a military movie or TV show without noticing the flaws
- Too many support groups/facebook pages to follow
- Procrastinating important stuff because you’re watching a facebook fight go down
- Forgetting how hairy your legs can get because you don’t shave that often during deployment
- A simple trip for groceries turns into a trip for care package goodies
- Trying to cram that last object into the care package
- Keeping a poker face to the postman about what’s REALLY in the care package
- Show up for FRG meeting, food is all gone
- Eloquently telling your new potential friend that you are not interested in her home sales
- Mad rush to get rid of half-opened food and supplies after packout