Tonight I am going to tell my wife

[Habbaku]

This poem sucks.

  What is your problem?  It's not necessary for you to attention-whore in every thread.

[jamesww]

Siegy, this might not be a good idea, it might place too heavy a burden on your wife, that she can't deal with; rather than bringing the two of you closer together it might have the opposite effect ?

Wouldn't it be better to get some advice from the on-base counseling or psychological services first ?

Take a step back, open a couple of millier lites and watch some mindless tv instead.

[Martinus]

This poem sucks.

  What is your problem?  It's not necessary for you to attention-whore in every thread.

I was feeling snarky in the morning. Happens sometimes.

[jamesww]

Has Seigy posted since starting this thread and has anyone been in off-forum contact with him ?

[Siege]

What's up?

[jamesww]

What's up?

Did you ?

[Siege]

Siegy, this might not be a good idea, it might place too heavy a burden on your wife, that she can't deal with; rather than bringing the two of you closer together it might have the opposite effect ?

Wouldn't it be better to get some advice from the on-base counseling or psychological services first ?

Take a step back, open a couple of millier lites and watch some mindless tv instead.

Good advise.
It is what I ended up doing.
Didn't have the courage to tell her.
Somehow it is easier to type something than to put it in words.

[jamesww]

Siegy, this might not be a good idea, it might place too heavy a burden on your wife, that she can't deal with; rather than bringing the two of you closer together it might have the opposite effect ?

Wouldn't it be better to get some advice from the on-base counseling or psychological services first ?

Take a step back, open a couple of millier lites and watch some mindless tv instead.

Good advise.
It is what I ended up doing.
Didn't have the courage to tell her.
Somehow it is easier to type something than to put it in words.

Excellent, good man

Rather than trust my own very limited experience in these matters, I went round and spoke to an ex-British army mate of mine, he didn't see the same amount of combat you have, but he said they're was plenty of things he didn't and couldn't tell his wife; the above was my distillation of his advice.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I've always been interested by the lack of war stories. It's understandable nowadays with our small armed forces, but in my childhood the country was full of WW2 vets and elderly WW1 vets, plus I lived in army barracks most of the time because of the old man's job.............and yet very few stories.....

I guess a lot of guys who have seen action simply put it in a separate compartment, to keep us in blissful ignorance about the realities perhaps  ?

[The Brain]

If only gays would do the  same.

[Zoupa]

I've always been interested by the lack of war stories. It's understandable nowadays with our small armed forces, but in my childhood the country was full of WW2 vets and elderly WW1 vets, plus I lived in army barracks most of the time because of the old man's job.............and yet very few stories.....

I guess a lot of guys who have seen action simply put it in a separate compartment, to keep us in blissful ignorance about the realities perhaps  ?

Yeah, same here. My granps never talk about it. Just a few stories here and there, anecdotal stuff. There was an uncomfortable silence whenever i asked them about it in my younger years, so I stopped asking. Some stuff is better left alone.

[Tamas]

I've always been interested by the lack of war stories. It's understandable nowadays with our small armed forces, but in my childhood the country was full of WW2 vets and elderly WW1 vets, plus I lived in army barracks most of the time because of the old man's job.............and yet very few stories.....

I guess a lot of guys who have seen action simply put it in a separate compartment, to keep us in blissful ignorance about the realities perhaps  ?

Yeah, I have heard plenty of stories from family members, but they were civilians caught up in the shitstorm.
The only relative I had semi-regular contact with who was both old and unlucky enough to actually fought in WW2 was at the disaster at the Don river. But I only learned this not long before he died. During one of our visits, the old man (I can't say I liked him much, but I did respect him) told some stories which were rather moving, and I regret I was too young and can't remember everything. But I do recall I was shocked to see that cold and silent and tough-as-balls old man struggle with so strong emotions.

[Slargos]

Yeah, the stories I've been told have been...

Wait.

We haven't been to war for hundreds of years.

[Caliga]

My great uncle kept his war stories to himself until he started to suffer from Alzheimer's.  At that point he began sharing them with everyone within listening range.

[The Brain]

My great uncle kept his war stories to himself until he started to suffer from Alzheimer's.  At that point he began sharing them with everyone within listening range.

pls pls pls was he in the ss