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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EmpireState 0
you should feel so proud. I hope that women goes to hell for that remark.
bookman796 0
Right...which would place them on the left hand side. The old bird was complaining that they were not on the right hand side, being his granddads...so from her (wrong) perspective they were on the wrong side.
steevy831 0
She was probably a dirty muslim. You should have kicked her in her dry old pussy.
Drain_fml 0
Imo anyone who willingly puts them-self in harms way is a moron. Wars are fought for stupid reasons, from leaders not liking each other, to commodities such as oil. That said, I'm glad they do, so i dont have to! I would never let my family join =3 too much of a risk.
bookman796 0
Just to let you know, I am one of those morons. You really do make some valid arguments, especially for countries such as the U.S. or the U.K. There are also wars of conquest, and wars to extend opression, and wars for genicide. In this I agree with you. However, there are other countries, and other armies. I was personally involved in 3 conflicts. One was in Namibia, where we went into a mess, and left with them being a free democratic country, with a security force capable of protecting themselves. One was Cyprus, where we stood between the Greeks and Turks and prevented them from killing each other. The last was Bosnia, where we protected civilians of all three sides, from genocide. In none of these cases was there any benefit whatsoever to my country (Canada). There was no oil, no resources, no industry to speak of. We went becasue we were asked, and we were needed. The OP served in Afghanistan with the Australian army. There is no benefit for Oz in being there either. The reason his country, and mine have forces there, is for the following reasons: Women who vote, have their fingers cut off. Little girls are punished for the crime of going to school by having acid thrown in their faces. Women who are raped, are killed after...because they allowed themselves to be raped. And becasue teenaged boys are conned into wearing suicide vests and blowing up countless innocent people. If you think this is moronic of us to try and stop, really, I can only pity you. Yes, people like myself, and the OP put ourselves into harms way, but no greater love hath he then that lay down his life for his brother. I have not served in Afghanistan...too old now. But I honour and respect the OP for doing what I can no longer do. He isnt a moron.
annoyingbrother 0
120# You obviously are a selfish prick who hates their country
lauraohyeah 0
Oh wow :| that is actually terrible. As are some of the comments on here >:[ just because you don't agree with the war, doesn't mean you have to be so disrespectful to people that are fighting for their country. As far as the old lady goes, what she did was terrible, especially during and infront of the service. Much respect to the OP for fighting for what they believe in
steevy831 0
Since when is war over resources a bad thing? Resources such as oil, food, land, water and sweet sweet stem cells. I'm an American and I will not rest until all muslim cockroaches are dead or dying, and not a precious drop of black gold remains in that festering shit hole.
tisiphone_fml 0
Yeah, I feel you. Everybody has the idea that vets are 60 year old men. Most of us aren't anymore. You're by far not the only one this has happened to.
muzician 0
Thanks for serving your country! God bless!
yeahiknow0 0
Also arranged marriages are part of the islamic culture. Nobody can stop them it's really stupid
Apparatus333 0
Uhm, no they're not...
yeahiknow0 0
Steevy831 you obviously don't know anything about islam you ******* idiot. Get ur facts straight about muslims before you go hating and calling them cockroaches. Die in hell.