Today, I was at a Remembrance Day service when an old widow told me I had my "grandad's" medals on the wrong side of my coat. I told her that I was an Afghanistan veteran and that they were mine. She then berated me in front of the WHOLE service for "lying". FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to a veterans' reunion party with my grandpa. While there, a guy started yelling at me for having an unapproved haircut. It was my grandpa's old drill sergeant, and he thought I was in the army too. Everyone just smirked as he forced me to drop and do push-ups. FML
Today, I found out my extremely anti-war relatives hate me because they think I served in the Army, after hearing I was "a vet". I'm a veterinarian. FML
Today, I was working at a retirement center, when an old woman came to me and asked if I would like her old clothes. I politely said, "I'm sorry, but I'm a guy." She then said, "You could have just said no, instead of rudely lying to me." FML
Today, a fake soldier tried to chat me up at a bar. I know he was fake because one of his medals is only given posthumously to soldiers who died in combat, like my own dad, yet this creep was claiming he earned it himself. When I confronted him, he busted out my front teeth before running away. FML
Today, I was pretending to be a veteran for the US Navy at a local outlet, because I was desperate for cheap stuff. All was going well, until an actual vet pointed out that the ship I had on my naval hat was a fictitious one. Shit. FML
Today, while making small talk with a veteran, I made the mistake of using the phrase "Cost an arm and a leg". He was a double amputee. FML
Today, my grandfather told me that I was ugly. When my mom found out, she said that, "Old people are allowed to tell the truth." FML
Today, I, a 20-year-old man, was ridiculed and called "Granny" for having a coin purse. Said coin purse actually belonged to my late grandma, and she gifted it to me last year when she realized she was going to die soon. She really meant well and I appreciate it, but I wasn't ready for judgmental strangers. FML
Today, I, a retired U.S. Army soldier, was shouted down and called a liberal snowflake and even accused of stolen valor. Why? I admitted that I absolutely hate Trump. FML
Today, at the airport, my mom began talking about how useless the war in Iraq was, and how dumb the soldiers that serve there were for enlisting during the war. The soldier at the vending machine near us caught my eye. I mouthed, "Sorry" and he mouthed, slowly, "You fuckin' better be." FML
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Horde 8
Give the bitch a hand grenade to play with
stolentrix 0
disrespectful bitch. My cousin served in Afghanistan for the Canadian Army. Today we remember all who have fought & died in their country's honour. may they rest in peace. and I hope that lady get's what she deserves. HOORAH!
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Suree 0
Wasn't she just senile or something?
EMR_fml 0
Thank you Aussie OP. We appreciate your help.
maisie2 0
I don't. Australias involment in Afganistan is ridiculous. We're only there because Howard would lick the shit from Bush's asshole.
MissMae93 23
Don't be a dick.
mickyblueeyes 0
WOW, you are an idiot. Australian troops are still in afghanistan, and last time i checked Kevin Rudd is the current PM of Australia and Obama is the President of the US.
Phoenix_GAD 0
Bush is gone, you idiot. catch up on current events smartass.
avoidthegirl 6
Congratulations on not only having incredibly flawed logic, but also lacking the capacity to keep up on current events!
maisie2 0
Well I know who the current leaders are, but Howard wouldn't have sent the troops there if Bush hadn't asked him too. I can only hope Rudd isn't so easily influenced and removes the troops as per his election promise. Although Rudd's current handling of the refugee situation isn't a good indication of his future leadership. Perhaps I shouldn't have used such harsh language, but I truly believe that Australian troops have absolutely no role in Afganistan.
LilaBear 2
maisie2, learn a thing or two. Rudd is in charge of Australia now, and he is still sending troops into Afghanistan. I know a guy over there right now, and one of my friends is deploying in January. Unlike Iraq, most people think Afghanistan is a worthy war. They threw the first punch, so to say, by flying planes into buildings on foreign soil and killing thousands of innocent people. Last I checked that is a pretty legitimate reason to go to war. WW1 was started over the assassination of a prince, so I think a war on the Taliban over the deaths of thousands of innocents is legitimate. And we are the US's allies, allies help each other during wars. Most of the Australian troops over there at the moment are part of Reconstruction Task Forces and are helping to train the new Afghan military and helping them get back on their feet and run their own country. Our soldiers did not ask to be sent to war, they are doing their job. So shut your face and stop being so disrespectful to people who are only doing their job, and risking their life to do so.
naughtypanda 0
The USDoesnt have any involvement in haiti, but we donated millions of dollars. just cuz u don't have a personel stake in something doesn't mean u don't help.
SenGaeriel 3
She probably had Alzheimer's. Ignore her. And, thanks for serving!!
Darthbane2007 19
You mean to tell me that you were the only afghanistan veteran there and nobody else came and backed you up?
czforester 0
In australia? Probably the only afghan vet in the whole country.
LilaBear 2
there might have been other afghan vets there, but who's to say they served with him and know who he is??
annoyingbrother 0
My cousin is an Afghanistan Vet you prick
fuxxx_fml 0
Thanks for acknowledging our country's support!
kernelkat 16
Tell her she looks to old to be alive but that hasn't stopped her.
UncombedCoconut 0
One 'o' short of WIN! Thanks, OP.
wellinever 5
You know the truth. Wear your medals with pride and simply ignore a confused old woman. She has probably had to deal with more people disrepecting what her husband did than you can imagine. In fact you may well face more of that yourself over time. This uncaring society doesn't pay it's due to those of you who have served. Those who do salute you.
ILIEKGIRLS 5
you should've shouted "TERRORIST" and tackled her to the ground. now THAT would be awesome.
loat 0
So ******* awesome.
starwarsguy330 0
HELLA YEA
i_luv_cheese 0
thank you for your service. you are a hero
Darthbane2007 19
For all the people calling the old woman a bitch, she may very well be senile, if she thinks that the OP is wearing the service dress and medals her husband ( deceased I presume) wore several decades back. They may even look similar..
Starayo 1
I think you're reading too much into this. The OP is obviously young so the old woman assumed they belonged to one of his elders, she wasn't his grandmother or thought that she was.
FPsLife 5
#21 isn't saying she was his grandmother, just that the medals may have looked like something people from her generation (husband, brother, etc.) received after coming back from a war. And since the OP IS likely young... his grandfather or someone would likely be from that same generation.
IdolChatter 0
That sux but I'll say thank you for your service