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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Zamax 0
I've noticed that Canadians don't really fight too much. Sure they have an army, but they rarely use it. Canadians are cool like that. Even though I am not Canadian, I respect them. :)
kazkazkazkaz 0
Uh, we're using our army right now in Afghanistan. We've been there since 2001. The government has announced they're going to start pulling the Armed Forces out, but they won't be gone until 2011. Before that, we were doing NATO missions all over the world and various peacekeeping/human rights missions. Before that was the Gulf war, the Cold War, and the Korean War, and then WWII and WWI.
bookman796 0
Pardon? We (Canada) has participated in more conflicts than your country lol. Just between the Korean war, and the Afghan war, we participated in 57 seperate conflict operations, mostly under UN auspices. The reason you do not hear of this, is becasue your media does not report it. The major difference between our armies is not the amount they are used, its the how and why. Our military is used becasue we are asked by other countries to intervene, not for *Canadian interest*. We go to the places without oil, and without industry, or without exports. We go becasue we are needed, and becasue we are asked. Then we come home. I personally havnt served in almost 20 years, but the lads today do just as much good as the lads in my day, and I'm proud of them.
Brendan3693 0
participated in more conflicts my American ass! we have not only fought for our freedom, not only have we beaten the heck out of such evils as the Taliban, but we saved your sorry arses from having to go to Europe in ww2 to stop the Nazis. you could NOT have done that without our help you insensitive Canadian. so shut up...oh and btw America could kick your arses any day of the week and that's how long it'd take: a day.
soupy55 0
thanks
Ky_123 0
I don't know what number you are, but, Obama may be president, but he sure as hell isn't my president, he's worthless, and he's putting our country into a worse crisis, I'm sure if anyone reads this they'll dog on me, but I refuse to accept obama as my president
FATTY_MCDOOGLE 29
same here. and if people want to talk shit, let 'em.
headboarder 0
Err... heads up, now that he IS president, you don't exactly get a choice in the matter of "accepting him" as your president or not. He's the president, grow a pair and live with it. As to "he sure as hell isn't my president", read above. Also, how the HELL can Obama be putting the US into a worse crisis than Bush managed? Please, explain.
jack_squat 0
Headboarder - I trust you were also against the people who proudly rejected Bush as their president. Also, Obama seems to be steering towards a possible huge debt crisis and is looking at restricting individual liberties even further - but other than that, he isn't really doing anything different from Bush on the 'crisis' front. Not that he isn't doing any good things, but that's not what your question was. OP: You have my respect for restraining from tearing her a new one - either figuratively or literally. I know several soldiers who wouldn't have kept as composed as you evidently were. Thanks for your service, and stay safe.
headboarder 0
You would be correct. While I don't believe Bush was a good president, he was still elected twice by the nation and that would make him the president, whether some people liked it or not.
kazkazkazkaz 0
OP you are awesome. Don't let that crazy old bitch get you down.
tutlens 0
While I may not necessarily agree with the politics that brought the world to Afghanistan in the first place, you can't rag on the vets. They don't make the decisions on where and who to fight. They just do teir jobs. And no matter how you feel about any given war, you have to give them that. Thanks, OP, for doing your duty. And...well, you know. Some people, right?
rawr98 0
Hear hear!
CallMeHush 1
The old bitch should have been at home praying for a happy death instead of giving vets a hard time . Thanks for your service!
jelsew 0
That's stupid. Thank you for serving, though!
OMGLysses 0
Don't worry about it too much, she was probably senile. But thanks for your service nonetheless! Hopefully more people are more respectful than that.
penisface69 17
you should have yelled right back at her for being so disrespectful.
CoolHipDude 0
All women over 30 are stupid bint *****!!! Nuff sed. :))