You know You're Married to the Military when......

From February 23, 2008

You know you're married to the military when......

you don't mind a phone call waking you up at 3 a.m....

you tell people that ask that he's "only" been gone a month....

the smallest contact (even a short email) from your man makes your entire week!...

you cry over an email that says nothing more than hi and I miss you....

those recruitment commercials on TV make you cry because you are so proud!...

your sentences start containing more acronyms and numbers than actual words....

you sleep in PT attire, cuddled up in a poncho liner, because it's the closest you can come to being with your military man....

you're sitting at home and you realize that you haven't talked to your husband in over a month....

you get super excited just knowing that your husband tried to call but wasn't able to get through....

the first ball you go to as a girlfriend your name tag says "Mrs.. Is that a self fulfilling prophecy or what?!?...

when your favorite 'man' to see everyday is the MAILMAN (what a love/hate relationship that is)...

when you refer to everyone not in the military or dating someone in the military as a Civilian, you can rattle off the time in perfect military time without having to think and finally you get excited when you can name the assault rifle correctly....

you stop shaving above the knees. What's the point? ;)...

a 30 second phone call after no calls from him for a month leaves you full of joy and happiness, ..."No news is good news" becomes your motto....

the motto "no shore too distant " becomes your life....

you could wait forever for your loved one to return home into your arms....

you feel yourself growing more and more in love with your military man even while he's so far away....

planning letters/ care packages and putting them in the mail is more exciting then going out for a night on the town with the girls....

you don't mind tripping over combat boots left in the middle of the bedroom floor....

you find yourself learning phrases in foreign languages from letters, and aren't surprised when you realize you know how to say, "Throw down your weapons and lay down on the ground!" in Arabic....

you hold off on seeing certain movies so you can see them with your military man when he comes home....

you want to roll your eyes when you hear someone say, "I haven't seen my boyfriend/husband in a week!"....

you can go from being happy, to sad, to lonely, to angry, to proud, and back to happy in a matter of less than an hour....

you sleep with the phone right next to you, just in case....if he's deployed you don't care how your hair looks nor care about wearing make-up, and the people at your work ask about your husband every day to see if you've heard from him....

you start saying things like "Wow that is a really nice box. Are you going to use that for anything?" to total strangers....

you can give the rates for all the long distance calling cards on the market without hesitation....

the sight of any other man in a uniform makes you miss your husband MORE than it makes you drool, and when you try to explain to civilians what your husband does for a living, they give you a blank look because they don't understand a third of what you just said....

you feel lucky for each second granted to the two of you....

every new watch you buy has a two time zone feature....

you are half a world apart and you don't notice the time difference and talk until 1 p.m. his time and 2 a.m. your time on a school/work night....

Going 3-6 months without seeing your man seems like a drop in the bucket compared to other women you know and what you have been through before. know and what you have been through before....

you haven't heard from him in while and you find yourself reading the old letters you have received because it's something that makes you feel closer to him....

you don't bat an eyelash when he say's "Uh, Honey they changed when I'm supposed to return home, yet again."...

you find it romantic when your military man serenades you with cadences.

BUT MOST OF ALL....You know you're Married to the Military when you can stand next to your man and feel a pride you've never felt before and know that some people will just never 'get' it.