You know your an Army Wife when...
by Armywife035
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1. You can unpack a house and have everything in place in 48 hours.
2. You string constantina wire to keep the neighbor's kids out of your flower bed.
3. Your husband's work and dress clothes cost more than yours.
4. You've changed more oil and mowed more lawns than your husband b/c he's never there to do it himself.
5. You use a crook-neck flashlight with a red lens during power outages b/c its the only one you can ever find in the house.
(mine actually had a blue lens)
6. your children say "hooah" or "roger that" instead of "ok".
7. You know that its normal to light shoe polish on fire and that the best way to spit-shine boots is with a cotton ball.
8. Your husband does a route recon and takes a GPS for a trip to the mall.
9. You only write in pencil b/c EVERYTHING is subject to change.
10. You need a translator to talk to your civilian friends only b/c they have no idea what DFAS,AER,TDY,ACS,NPD,PCS,and ETS mean.
11. You have a larger selection of curtains than Wal-Mart does.
12. You can remember where you kept the Scotch tape in your last house, but unfortunately not in this one.(yep.
guilty of this one)
13. You mark time in duty stations, not years.
(guilty here too)
14. You refer to friends not only by name but by the state they live in. Or by thier last name only. ( Hey honey meet my friend Smith..uh Janet i mean)
15. You know that "back home" doesn't mean at the house you live in now.
(true)
16. You tear up when you hear "Proud to Be an American" even though you've heard it 100 times by now.
(yep)
17. You know that a 2 month separation IS short no matter what your civilian friends say. (no kidding.
Quit whining! Try 15 months!)
18. You Always know when payday is and get ticked off if there are more than 2 weekends during that pay periond.
19. You know better than to go to the PX or Commissary between 1130 and 1300 unless its a life or death emergency.
(I avoid them altogether)
20. You show your military ID to the door greeter at Wal-Mart.
21. You know that reference to "sand" or "box" describes NTC at Ft.Irwin, not your kids' backyard toys.
22. You know that Ft.Puke is a completely accurate description of Fort Polk.
23.
You find yourself explaining your husband's LES to him
24. You have enough camouflage in your house to wallpaper the White House. (Its like a digital explosion in here!)
25. You don't even have to think about what time 2130 is.
(9:30) lol
26.
You've ever been referred to as "household 6" (another reason not to live on post)
27. You start ripping open MREs looking for M&Ms when you run out of Halloween candy.
28. You can't remember the last time you saw a DR who wasn't wearing BDUs.
(sad but true)
29. You've ever had a pet named Tank, Ranger, or Sergeant.
30. You stand for the National Anthem at a movie theater.
(In Germany, we had to)
31. It only costs you $25 to have a child. (free for us...on post)
32. You find that a large number of your clothes and household items are digital, even though you never planned it that way.(Why digital??? Is there anything GREEN in Iraq???)
33. You pick apart uniforms on TV and movies even though you used to yell at your husband for doing the same thing.
(Yep!! So true)
34. You wish you could go to CIF to DX your old stuff like your husband can.
(No kidding!!)
35. You've learned to sleep through the sounds of tanks, planes, helicopters, and artillary simulators.
36. You give your kids a hand receipt when they take your tupperware to school. ( no comment.
LOL)
37. You can hate military life but be terrified to leave it all in the same breath.
38. You defend your lifestyle no matter how bad things get b/c you know there's no other life for you.
2. You string constantina wire to keep the neighbor's kids out of your flower bed.
3. Your husband's work and dress clothes cost more than yours.
4. You've changed more oil and mowed more lawns than your husband b/c he's never there to do it himself.
5. You use a crook-neck flashlight with a red lens during power outages b/c its the only one you can ever find in the house.
(mine actually had a blue lens)
6. your children say "hooah" or "roger that" instead of "ok".
7. You know that its normal to light shoe polish on fire and that the best way to spit-shine boots is with a cotton ball.
8. Your husband does a route recon and takes a GPS for a trip to the mall.
9. You only write in pencil b/c EVERYTHING is subject to change.
10. You need a translator to talk to your civilian friends only b/c they have no idea what DFAS,AER,TDY,ACS,NPD,PCS,and ETS mean.
11. You have a larger selection of curtains than Wal-Mart does.
12. You can remember where you kept the Scotch tape in your last house, but unfortunately not in this one.(yep.
guilty of this one)
13. You mark time in duty stations, not years.
(guilty here too)
14. You refer to friends not only by name but by the state they live in. Or by thier last name only. ( Hey honey meet my friend Smith..uh Janet i mean)
15. You know that "back home" doesn't mean at the house you live in now.
(true)
16. You tear up when you hear "Proud to Be an American" even though you've heard it 100 times by now.
(yep)
17. You know that a 2 month separation IS short no matter what your civilian friends say. (no kidding.
Quit whining! Try 15 months!)
18. You Always know when payday is and get ticked off if there are more than 2 weekends during that pay periond.
19. You know better than to go to the PX or Commissary between 1130 and 1300 unless its a life or death emergency.
(I avoid them altogether)
20. You show your military ID to the door greeter at Wal-Mart.
21. You know that reference to "sand" or "box" describes NTC at Ft.Irwin, not your kids' backyard toys.
22. You know that Ft.Puke is a completely accurate description of Fort Polk.
23.
You find yourself explaining your husband's LES to him
24. You have enough camouflage in your house to wallpaper the White House. (Its like a digital explosion in here!)
25. You don't even have to think about what time 2130 is.
(9:30) lol
26.
You've ever been referred to as "household 6" (another reason not to live on post)
27. You start ripping open MREs looking for M&Ms when you run out of Halloween candy.
28. You can't remember the last time you saw a DR who wasn't wearing BDUs.
(sad but true)
29. You've ever had a pet named Tank, Ranger, or Sergeant.
30. You stand for the National Anthem at a movie theater.
(In Germany, we had to)
31. It only costs you $25 to have a child. (free for us...on post)
32. You find that a large number of your clothes and household items are digital, even though you never planned it that way.(Why digital??? Is there anything GREEN in Iraq???)
33. You pick apart uniforms on TV and movies even though you used to yell at your husband for doing the same thing.
(Yep!! So true)
34. You wish you could go to CIF to DX your old stuff like your husband can.
(No kidding!!)
35. You've learned to sleep through the sounds of tanks, planes, helicopters, and artillary simulators.
36. You give your kids a hand receipt when they take your tupperware to school. ( no comment.
LOL)
37. You can hate military life but be terrified to leave it all in the same breath.
38. You defend your lifestyle no matter how bad things get b/c you know there's no other life for you.
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