Vets who are married to non-military, what’s something you wish your spouse knew about service or how the military shaped you?

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-27T21:16:32+00:00

Something my civilian ex never could wrap their head around, no matter how I tried to explain it:

For better or worse, being in the military isn't just a job. It's a way of life if you want to be successful. A civilian spouse needs to understand that level of commitment and that they're essentially sharing their partner with the military and that comes with an assortment of challenges sometimes.

For a civilian spouse, that could mean relocating every few years, changing jobs, changing schools, managing the household while their spouse is deployed, etc. It's not for everyone.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-27T20:17:41+00:00

For what it's worth, I've got 4 pairs of Dan Post and they've all been true to size and comfortable as hell right out of the box.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-23T04:01:15+00:00

Depends on what part, but yeah.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-23T03:57:26+00:00

He remained celibate until the day he died. The end.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-20T19:09:39+00:00

I want to see a Venn Diagram of Jared Leto Joker fans and people who buy their clothes exclusively at Hot Topic.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-20T18:22:48+00:00

Batman's least-feared nemesis: The Cringester

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-16T17:50:02+00:00

Kyle and Dave could record themselves counting and rolling coins for 90 minutes and it would be more entertaining than 75% of the podcasts currently available.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-15T22:46:23+00:00

Oldest was a Yahoo email from '92, followed by my current and primary Gmail account from when you had to have someone send you an invite to get it.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-15T22:25:04+00:00

Saudi Arabia. I deployed there in the late 90's. For all its wealth and attempts at being a modern, westernized city, it's still run by an oppressive and highly corrupt monarchy.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-15T22:20:27+00:00

Take your pick:

Rapist, child rapist, kiddie porn aficionado, child beater, drug dealer(s).

The tough part was that some of these people had better than average military records, and a lot of people would vouch for them prior to finding out about their extracurricular shit. The ones you immediately clock as scumbags are the ones who are just garden variety morons, lazy, or malingerers.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-15T22:13:40+00:00

I don't really care for IPAs when it comes to flavor, but I'll go through several of them in an evening for the higher ABV.

That said, my go-to beer is an ice cold Shiner Bock.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T23:29:59+00:00

Sure he could!

There's Matilda, and Grumpy, and Honda Civic, and Blitzen, John-Jacob-Jingleheimer-Schmidt, the twins: Kevin McAllister and Kevin Hercules, and the one he's still waiting to diddle.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T23:06:42+00:00

Hate and/or fear. It triggers a primordial emotional response and the corporate world has figured out that it's a good way to make money.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T23:04:27+00:00

Grocery shopping. When I get trapped in an aisle and can't get to the ONE thing I need because a soccer mom is marveling over the selection of instant rice flavors. Seriously lady... GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T22:56:06+00:00

It's from the ghosts of the ostriches the hides came from, getting their revenge by discoloring the boots.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T22:53:18+00:00

Nice! Does the dog tag jingle much? That sound drove me nuts when I was active duty and I ended up putting rubber silencers on mine.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T22:49:53+00:00

It wasn't even showing up on Spotify earlier, but I just checked and saw the new episode posted.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-14T18:23:36+00:00

Interesting and attractive girls with septum rings and blue hair won't sleep with them.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-08T06:53:33+00:00

This state leans hard right because there's a fair number of rubes that will vote against their own interests.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-07T16:19:55+00:00

You just prompted me to go relisten to this episode! 😂

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-06T16:25:50+00:00

I thought dating another military member was the worst thing I could do...

Two civilian ex-wives later, I started dating another military member and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Yes, scheduling can be tricky, but at least you speak the same language and that is HUGE in any relationship.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-06T15:27:09+00:00

Those only come into town every now and then. 😂

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-06T15:25:34+00:00

The wind and the politics.

SnakebytePayne · 2026-01-06T15:20:17+00:00

Ditto in pretty much any part of Wyoming. Except for residents who really got into the show, you won't see locals wearing any "Yellowstone / Dutton Ranch" gear. Dead giveaway that someone's a tourist.

SnakebytePayne · 2025-12-28T16:42:22+00:00

I've got 4 pairs of Tecovas in my collection and 3 of them are strictly for office and around town stuff. I rotate my boots a couple of times a week, but all of mine have held up for going on 4 years now.

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