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re: "As a spouse, you serve too" - USAA commercial
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:57 am to SECdragonmaster
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:57 am to SECdragonmaster
quote:Honestly, raising children to be good people has a pretty big fricking impact on America......
I thank my wife everyday for raising our kids and I constantly remind them to do the same. This weekend will be all about mom in a big way.
But that has nothing to do with the rest of America.
An America full of well raised children looks a lot different than America full of children who were raised by deadbeats and shitheads
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 7:58 am
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Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:59 am to lsupride87
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I guarantee you my two year old son would have you crying in a matter of hours. Throw in the newborn with him and you would be begging to see the golden sand of Baghdad
This level of hyperbole from parents is yet another example of how out of touch they are.
I almost feel inclined to discuss the atrocities of war (WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc) and what it does to people. But there's no way you actually believe what you're saying.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:59 am to lsupride87
quote:
Honestly, raising children to be good people has a pretty big fricking impact on America...... An America full of well raised children looks a lot different than America full of children who were raised by deadbeats and shitheads
^ This
It’s like it pains some people to acknowledge that someone else is contributing to society in a meaningful way.
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 8:01 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:00 am to SECdragonmaster
quote:
I thank my wife everyday for raising our kids and I constantly remind them to do the same. This weekend will be all about mom in a big way.
Why not just treat her like a queen all the time then if you're so thankful. Why wait for just one day out of the year?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:02 am to Pecker
quote:I think for alot of men, they would rather serve in the current millitary and do a tour than have two small children at home alone.....
This level of hyperbole from parents is yet another example of how out of touch they are.
It is just natural for men to be out and about. Biology and shite
quote:I didnt know we were currently in WW1 or Korea.......
I almost feel inclined to discuss the atrocities of war (WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc) and what it does to people
Your fear of women and children is fascinating
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 8:17 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:03 am to Bunk Moreland
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My pops was basically the equivalent of the doctors in M.A.S.H. at Camp Pendleton for a year or two, so I served, too! And get the sweet USAA coverage like 40 years later.
I was eight years old when my dad retired out at Quantico... 25 or so years later the fine folks at USAA hold my auto, home owners, and flood insurance policies.
As far as insurance companies go, I don't think there are many better than USAA.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:05 am to Pecker
With the exception of one year, I got to live in Hawaii until I was 12. It was a great place to grow up, especially since we'd basically have the beaches on the Marine Base to ourselves. A few months ago, I was talking about how nice it was growing up in Hawaii and Dad laughed and said "yes, and I got to go to Vietnam three times."
I remember a couple of Marines I knew as a kid on base getting killed in Vietnam while my Dad was also out there.
I remember a couple of Marines I knew as a kid on base getting killed in Vietnam while my Dad was also out there.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:05 am to StupidBinder
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^ This
It’s like it pains some people to acknowledge that someone else is contributing to society in a meaningful way.
Being a good parent is important at the micro and macro level. Some would even say it's your duty to raise your children in a responsible way or as best as you can. You know, what most parents have been expected to do throughout history. You're not a hero for raising your kids, sorry. My parents were great parents. They didn't however risk their lives for millions of people, and generations of people they will never meet.
brb going to war so I don't have to change a diaper
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 8:06 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:06 am to Pecker
quote:Why do you keep bringing up WWI?
brb going to war so I don't have to change a diaper
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:07 am to Pecker
quote:agreed. My wife has been gone for a week and I've had the rugrat alone. My routine hasn't changed at all other than waking up a little earlier to feed him.
This level of hyperbole from parents is yet another example of how out of touch they are.
Of course I'm an involved father who doesn't expect my wife to do 99% of the child rearing
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 8:15 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:10 am to Pecker
quote:
Being a good parent is important at the micro and macro level. Some would even say it's your duty to raise your children in a responsible way or as best as you can. You know, what most parents have been expected to do throughout history. You're not a hero for raising your kids, sorry. My parents were great parents. They didn't however risk their lives for millions of people, and generations of people they will never meet.
brb going to war so I don't have to change a diaper
I’ve never said that parents are heroes. I’m saying that they are, in fact, providing something of great value not just to their families, but society as well when they are good parents.
I think that’s pretty indisputable, but there seem to be a lot of guys in this thread who are going out of their way to say otherwise.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:10 am to Displaced
quote:I just disagree
My wife has been gone for a week and I've had the rugrat alone. My routine hasn't changed at all other than waking up a little earlier to feed him.
When I first had kids, even more so when the multiples hit, I have no idea how true single mothers/fathers do it. I gained as much respect for single parents as anyone
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 8:11 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:13 am to lsupride87
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I have no idea how true single mothers/fathers do it. I
They put the kid on drugs and throw an iPad at it.
Respect is not the term I would use for my feelings about most vocal single parents.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:14 am to lsupride87
quote:
When I first had kids, even more so when the multiples hit, I have no idea how true single mothers/fathers do it. I gained as much respect for single parents as anyone
It really depends more on the temperament of the kid than anything else.
With our first two, I could have swung being at home with them for weeks at a time. They’re really mellow, not needy, fairly well behaved.
Our two youngest? Screw that. After two weeks I’d be a barley functional alcoholic.
Some kids are easy. Others are hard.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:14 am to Displaced
quote:If you couldnt infer I have respect for the good single parents, and not the ones that are deadbeats, I cant help you young padawan
They put the kid on drugs and throw an iPad at it.
Respect is not the term I would use for my feelings about most vocal single parents.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:14 am to lsupride87
quote:
Why do you keep bringing up WWI?
You may find this hard to believe but I can find gruesome pictures of every war we've been a part of or are currently a part of. Regale me with heroic stories of diaper changing.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:16 am to Pecker
quote:Do you have nightmares of women in powerful roles?
You may find this hard to believe but I can find gruesome pictures of every war we've been a part of or are currently a part of. Regale me with heroic stories of diaper changing.
Or a parent winning an award?
Do these dreams wake you up in a cold sweat?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:17 am to lsupride87
You guys totally don't understand pecker. He respects women more than most of the baws that post here.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:17 am to Pecker
quote:Also, do you get just as mad when someone in the military who never once saw anything close to action is called a hero?
Pecker
Do you need to go on a crusade against that to?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:18 am to Displaced
quote:He respects women that have no feelings and think like men
He respects women more than most of the baws that post here.
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