Helping My Lady...

[Ammonthejarhead]

My girlfriend took me to a V.A. appointment today and she cried when she saw the young Marines and Army( not bagging on service just what she saw brothers) who lost their legs and arms... I just wish I knew how to explain it to her, but I am lucky to have her. Too many broads hit the road when they knew what I did. She has been a "Marine" and taken on my battle!
If I didn't have her I don't know what I would do. She thinks every American should spend a day at the V.A. hosp... because it opened her eyes to our sacfice.
I love all of you brothers, even if we were on opposite sides of the gun. We did what our nation ask of us... I just wished I knew how to make my lady feel better. -Ammon

 

[Zipperhead]

Sounds like a good day. Maybe my turn will come someday. My wife is still in "poor me" mode. It's killing me. Glad you have a strong woman there. Cheers

 

[Jimmy1]

Sometimes I imagine the shoe being on the other foot.

Imagine coming home to a wife who had totally changed, started drinking, had anger issues, isolated and shut down, wouldn't it be hard.

 

[Ned]

Too many broads hit the road when they knew what I did. She has been a "Marine" and taken on my battle!
If I didn't have her I don't know what I would do.

You've got a good partner there, mate. And it takes away some of the pain. To make her feel better? I don't know, just tell her you appreciate it, I should do that more often myself............

 

[JarHed]

Anyone that would stick with you through what we go through is a 'keeper' in my book. I'm soo lucky, I can talk to my wife about anything and she to me. Guess that's why we've been together for so long. There's a lot of luck involved in a good mate. Trust as well. Everyone deals with this stuff differently, there isn't a good or bad way to it. Humans are best at covering up their true feelings. Somethings we've learned over the eons.

 

[Need an Oasis]

Ammon, not so much from a woman's perspective, but maybe from knowing how my fiance feels... just tell your girlfriend you love her. My fiance says I don't say it enough. It just doesn't come easily for me, and although he knows I do, he needs to hear it from me. When I say it, he lights up. I know he puts up with so much shit from me, and I feel bad for not being a "lovey dovey" person.

I just wish I knew how to explain it to her, but I am lucky to have her. Too many broads hit the road when they knew what I did. She has been a "Marine" and taken on my battle!
If I didn't have her I don't know what I would do.

Tell her, just like that... (y)

 

[tho9900]

I agree with Need an Oasis... tell her "Semper Fi" cuz she deserves it... (former Devil Doc here and ya she does) My significant partner and I have been through a lot together and I think she suffers as much as I do... I acknowledge her pain, she does the same for me... I act up, she is there, I look for pity, she tells me she will be waiting when I am ready to come back to planet earth...

Above all.... let her know you appreciate she is still there... and don't fret the times when she is quiet... she has her own shadows to deal with... which intertwine with yours... maybe Nic isn't always there when I need her... but I always know she is there... hard thing to come to grips with but it works..