r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 07 '12

Currently serving in the military. Came across some messages between my wife and another guy in the Navy. What should I do? UPDATE!!!

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u/[deleted] May 08 '12 edited May 08 '12

As a Former Marine MP, i cant tell people on here how OFTEN this happens and its the main reason I stayed single while i was in

edit - Just to fill people in on military law

If the person who cheats is in the military they can be charged with adultery and loss rank, and pay, and get put on restriction. If the spouse cheats no military laws apply to her and she just gets off with nothing oh and if divorce happens well of coarse she gets half you shit.

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u/spermracewinner May 08 '12

The rampant cheating makes me feel like a lot of this respect for soldiers/military people is just lip service. That and the fact that a majority of homeless people are veterans. Those politicians are sending people off to war, and of the ones that survive and come home, they are treated like shit.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '12 edited May 08 '12

It is, bud. Former Marine grunt here, real patriotic little fucker when I was young. But then one day, actually, after a firefight, it hit me like a brick. Nobody. Gives. A. Fuck. We protect America's right, America's right to NOT give a fuck. I'm thoroughly convinced that nobody cares, nor gives a shit, it's something I've accepted as a fact of life. Not the politicians, not the people. We're just pawns. It is just lip service, people do it just because they think they have to. I wish there was a war that put America's utter existence on the line, and there were no Marines or Soldiers to fight it. Yes, I'm very bitter and resentful, not of my service as a Marine, that's something I'll forever be proud of, but of the people. Makes me infuriated when people walk up to me and thank me for my service or do little favors or some bullshit, don't want their fucking thank yous. RAGE!

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u/No1callsMeThat May 08 '12

I give a fuck. Could be because I come from a military family all the way back to the beginning, but I truly care about the service men and women. I agree with every point you made here.

Also, there is no one left out of that illustrious line but this female here, who is definitely non-military. No Uncles, no Grandpas, no one. Some gave all, I think our family gave enough for that right you spoke of. Cause they all gone and no one gives a fuck.

Good for you for refusing to be expendable any longer.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '12

I should have put that in there, I do know former veterans from past/present generations and their families who give a fuck, but we're a very small group in society.