2. You must be lonely. You have to come visit us sometime!

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3. Aren’t you scared your husband/wife will die?

annoyed

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Why, did they leave the porch lights on again?

 

4. Don’t you feel like a single parent?

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I feel like a parent. 

 

5. I’m friends with [insert random military spouse’s name here]. (Usually followed by, “Do you know them?”)

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6. What’s your spouse’s rank?

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Captain HeyDadWhere’sThatThingILostLastYearAlsoTheCarNeedsGas. 

 

7. [To military husbands] Don’t you think your wife should be home with the family?

nope

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She’s a little busy protecting our family. And yours. And America.

 

8. [To female service members] Oh, is your husband in the Army?

rabid

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9. When does he/she “get out”?

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10. I can’t stand my husband/wife. I wish they would deploy.

stop-talking

 

11. Don’t you miss him/her?

kanye-mtv

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12. (To Navy spouses) What boat are they on?

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13. What’s the worst part about being married to someone in the military?

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Right now? This conversation.