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I love a man in uniform, I really do. For the longest time I was sure I was going to the Army. But after this "war," I tell you I am scared to death of a military man.
I was talking to an Air Force veteran the other day. He said he's like 30 and has been married 3 times...and is on the brink of divorce with the current one. I told him, "It's that military in you." He said, "You know what? I think you're right. They all say I have no emotion. They're right, but they knew that coming into it. I'm not romantic at all. I make em laugh, i make em cry; that should be enough."
Now, dearie, that's a trained killing machine. And for years that man (or woman) has been surrounded by unimaginable death and destruction. Are you really surprised he or she may not be romantic?! These people are in a state of constant paranoia where they don't know who the enemy is - but they do know ANYone could be the enemy - man, woman or child. They have to be alert 24/7, and the people they are fighting alongside could be blown to bits in the blink of an eye...And you want them to come home and be romantic? I think these people need automatic and extensive transitional counseling to ease them back into civilian life. I am terrified I'll be laying in bed next to a Marine and his ass might wake up in the middle of the night with a flashback and snap my neck.
I am not involved with a military man, and I don't want to disrespect anyone who is. I can only imagine what it's like for y'all, but after all the hell you've been through, hell naw, I wouldn't ask for romance! I love a man in uniform, I really do - but y'all sitting on the edge of crazy, and unfortunately it's not your fault!
2 comments:
Yeah.
I like'em too.
But I won't fuck with them either. For the same reason. I know women who have almost have gotten their necks snapped by their crazy military men.
War is nasty business and it really fucks people up.
My nephew went to the Iraq war and he came back a violent woman abuser. There is a spirit over there that is unlike we have ever experienced in America. But my nephew is emotionless and is straight by the book. I love a man in uniform for some reason as well, Miss D, but a man is just a person and is subject to all the influences and evils and goods that exist in life. But I say we just need to pray for military men, women and for those who go off to war because what they witness on a regular basis is not something that you can just switch off and go back to be "normal."
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