My far RW, "disabled" Vet, racist neighbor just did me an incredible favor--not sure how to

[sarge43]

46. Thank you

My husband: 20 years. Two tours in Vietnam. Twelve years all up at bases that didn't authorized families. Hearing shot to hell from working EOD and flight lines. Uncle won't pay for the kind of implants he would need. Post trauma from the fun and games in VN. He makes about 15K a year off that "teat".

Me: 21 years. No combat. Back then, "girls" were banned from combat zones. I was a REMF who worked more than few hours 'overtime' making sure the heroes were paid, fed, their families taken care of, in short supporting the hell out of them. Still waiting for a thank you from them. Yeah, waiting for hell to get frosty too. Almost forgot, living out of duffel bags and not knowing from one day to the next where I'd be and what I'd be doing. I make a bit more off the 'teat' than the spousal unit, but not that much.

"Yeah. Lifers have it made. If it's so goddamn great, why didn't you step up." Wish I had a dollar for every time I said that in the past 46 years. I wouldn't be so worried about the fed defaulting.