...the first ball you go to as a [girlfriend] your name tag says "Mrs". Is that a self
fulfilling prophecy or what?!? (luvtheballet)
...you know your a military girlfriend when your favorite 'man' to see everyday is the MAILMAN
(what a love/hate relationship that is). (thinkinpositive)
...you know you are a military DG/DF/DW when you refer to everyone not in the militay or dating
someone in the military as a Civilian, you can rattle off the time in perfect military time without having to think and finally
you get excited when you can name the assault rifle correctly. (cl-aaj8)
...you stop shaving above the knees. (tutyfruitie)
...a 30 second phone call after no calls from him for 3.5 months leaves you full of joy and
happiness, and "No news is good news" becomes your motto. (runnershigh)
...the motto "no shore too distant " becomes your life. (estefania21)
...you could wait forever for your loved one to return home into your arms. (queenpin1231)
...you feel yourself growning more and more in love with your MM even while he's so far away.
(totally_intrigued)
...planning letters/ care packages and putting them in the mail is more exciting then going
out for a night on the town with the girls (celeste0071)
...you don't mind tripping over combat boots left in the middle of the bedroom floor. (chickie_duck)
...while enjoying an evening alone together, your boyfriend shows you all the different ways
he knows to kill or incapacitate a man, and then you casually continue cooking dinner as though it's perfectly normal, and
you find yourself learning phrases in foreign languages from letters, and aren't surprised when you realize you know how to
say, "Throw down your weapons and lay down on the ground!" in Arabic (mja34)
...you hold off on seeing certain movies so you can see them with your MM when he comes home
(nightowl06)
...you want to roll your eyes when you hear someone say "i havent seen my boyfriend in
a week!", you can be go from being happy, to sad, to lonely, to angry, to proud, and back to happy in a matter of less than
an hour, and you sleep with the phone right next to you, just in case (geminisunset0529)
...if he's deployed you don't care how your hair looks nor care about wearing make-up, and the
people at your work ask about your DB every day to see if you've heard from him (k9family)
...you start saying thing like "Wow that is a really nice box. Are you going to use that for
anything?" to total strangers. (dnkennedy)
...you can give the rates for all the long distance calling cards on the
market without hesitation. (jules511)
...the sight of any other man in a uniform makes you miss your boyfriend MORE than it makes
you drool, and you try to explain to civilians what your boyfriend does for a living, they give you a blank look because they
don't understand a third of what you just said.(mindimorris)
...you feel lucky for each second granted to the two of you. (ladybug_dsb)
...every new watch you buy had a two time zone feature. (shell_mi)
...you'll spend a total of 42 hours roundtrip on a greyhound bus just to be able to see him
for a total of 4 days. (symplime)
...you are 3000 miles apart and you dont notice the time difference and talk until 5 am his
time 2am your time on a school night, and phone kisses are just as good as the real ones if not better (ummmm real ones
are always better) (babychrissie)
...you realize you can forgive your bf for not calling you for a few weeks due to the fact he
really had to work. (sweetheart109)
...you write JavaScript programs to display how many days and hours before he returns every
time you go online, and your cell phone shows 87 screens full of the number 2 for "repeat message" after you hear he left
you a voice mail message because you missed his first and only call so far! (inzannity)
...you get used to your plans changing at the last minute and taking a trip to Germany for 4-days
with a 7-day notice seems very normal, and going 3-6 months without seeing your DB seems like a drop in the bucket compared
to other women you know and what you have been through before. (slbin)
...you have seen the following movies more than 100 times: Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Heartbreak
Ridge, The Right Stuff, Top Gun, and Apocolypse Now. (andy11371)
...you haven't heard from them in while you find yourself reading the old letters you have received
is just something comforting to feel close in a way (dillyd18)
...you don't bat an eyelash when he say's "Uh, Honey they changed when I'm supposed to return
home, yet again (for the 18th millionth time)". (jshjka)
...You might be a military DG if...you find it romantic
when your MM serenades you with cadences. (infantryDG)
AND...
According to hw35041, you know you are a Navy Girlfriend when you start hugging anything "naval
related", and you know you have been spending too much time alone with your "naval thoughts" when you start picking out clothes
that have: ships, ancors, sailors, or the ocean on with or around them.
Also according to gabbielove, you know you WERE a military girlfriend when you look at normal
guys and think, "I can't go back to dating you guys. I've been militarized!"
Thanks to all the wonderful women of Dating a Military Man for their contributions!
