In my time as a military wife I have had my share of encounters with both civilian and military personnel. About 80% of them have been horrible! Lying, cheating, spitefullness, and women trying their hand at stealing the attention of my husband...they failed miserably!
I don't buy into the lie that this is just "my husband's job" and that me and the kids are along for the ride. To those that say this their intent is to make me feel like a controlling person for wanting to fight for my husband and my family, and I don't feel bad! My job is to be there for my family, and if that means taking on some military person because they think that their rank gives them the right to lord over me or my family then they are going ot find out that I don't scare easy!
I have reached out recently to some of the wives, hoping in vain that they may tell me who I can go to for a problem with someone my husband is working with. I posted anonymously on a facebook page and they were downright mean! Telling me that I need to just let my husband take care of it, and if I went to someone about it that I would turn into "that woman" and make my husband's life hell. This is the reason for not posting my name! I have seen them rip people apart for things, and if they knew who they were talking to they would probably be nicer...but I guess I was asking for advice, not nice.
So, for the military wives like me who know that just because people like to throw around the phrase, "that's just the military for you"...generally thrown at you by civilians who have never actually lived the life we lead...I'm with you! It's a bald face lie! There are still people in the military who lie and try to sabatoge people, and yes there is something that can be done in most of these cases.
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