Army Wives

Has anyone seen the movie "When we were Soldiers", it had Mel Gibson in it and was filmed here at Fort Benning. I want to know were those wives are!! What happened to us as a whole? When did it become ok to disrespect each other in the commissary, online in blogs or flat out anywhere!!

I don't want to start this blog out as a rant or me being my usual bossy self (just ask my kids they will tell you how bossy I am, LOL) but why as army (because my husband is army), navy, marines, air force, coast guard, or national guard wife decide that bashing or giving out your personal opinion as criticism in any way ok.

I want back those days where wives didn't wear rank, when someones washer went out someone offered to give them a helping hand? Why does it all have to be about me? I think that to many military wives feel entitled and I'm not really sure why. I have spent 18 years married to my husband and his mistress  who we call the army but in no way do I feel entitled to anything. Yes my husband is enlisted but I don't feel the need to wear his rank and tell you or anyone they are a bad person because they have tattoos or tell someone how they should put make up on to met the "hubs" command. That crap makes us look bitchy, then military wives wonder why we all have a bad reputation. Don't get me wrong I don't want to sit around holding hands and singing Kumbayam but to have some common decency when we interact with each other.

Our unit is very small we don't even have an FRG. Anytime we had meetings it was prior to the guys leaving on a deployment. The wives didn't have much interaction with each other unless they hung out during the week. But when the guys would go I would call on the wives I had information on and check to see if they were ok or need anything. I tried to send as many goodies to the guys in the unit when I wasn't in school or taking one of the kids to the doctor. I sure there are wives that would say I was trying to be a busy body or what not. That's fine but I felt that it was my duty to look after the wives, when they deployed call that silly and it probably was but I just wanted to bring back that camaraderie. You know where everyone was kind, thoughtful and caring after all our husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends or wives were leaving for a year.

Please remember once you say it, it can't be taken back!! Everyone watch  the movie lets bring back the wives that had pride and respect for one another! So when someone talks about army wives it doesn't leave a bad taste in the mouth!  What's your thoughts? Am I asking too much?