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Corbin
I'm sorry to say that you are right. Right now he is probably safer over there than here given Carl wants to wring his scrawny little neck.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 9, 2006 at 4:49 AM
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Bel....
Well, at least tha's a good thing......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on July 9, 2006 at 4:46 AM
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Corbin
The tour is scheduled for 18 months but that is how most orders read from Michigan. Carl's unit was scheduled for 18 months and was quickly reduced to 12 months. So I am guessing about another year. The baby will be here before he gets back and then I hope he simply leaves them both alone.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 9, 2006 at 4:43 AM
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How much longer will he be
over in Iraq?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on July 9, 2006 at 4:41 AM
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Justi
Will do! Thanks!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 9, 2006 at 4:38 AM
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Azur
She tried with all that she had. Now I just want to see her get through this pregnancy with as little craziness from him as possible.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 9, 2006 at 4:38 AM
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Avant
That is the way I see it as well.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 9, 2006 at 4:37 AM
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bel
It is a hard thing to consider giving up on. But, I think in some cases everyone is better off apart. She won't be healthy around him, and now she has a child to tend to.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 9, 2006 at 2:43 AM
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No one can blame her for having the courage to try to make it work
but it is tough. A first pregnancy is scary enough without all of this
posted by
Azur
on July 9, 2006 at 1:58 AM
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Bel
I am so sorry. I will be praying for her. e mail me and let me know her name if that is okay and I will put her on some prayer lists. Terrible situation.
posted by
Justi
on July 8, 2006 at 11:07 PM
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Blanche
you may be right about that rite of passage.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 9:36 PM
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Passion
Of course she has family...just because he is lowlife doesn't negate that she is an Army wife. We take care of our own!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 9:35 PM
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BlackPearl
Thank you so much!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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Rumored
Given he hasn't bothered to be in touch with his wife...which means he doesn't know she is pregnant it is likely that he is either in Kuwait or Iraq by now. This man gives my troops a bad name which only further pisses me off.
As for weird: I like your kind of weird!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 9:33 PM
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where is this guy who has the nerve to call himself a man???
if he's within driving distance, I'd like to have a few words with him.....grrr!
am I weird being married to my wife for 38 years? No!
posted by
Rumor
on July 8, 2006 at 8:39 PM
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bel,
I will say a prayer for your friend and her situation. I'm sure it's tough, and that she has many mixed feelings. God bless her through it all.
posted by
BlackPearl1
on July 8, 2006 at 8:34 PM
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Poor girl!
God bless her...I hope she has family to help out.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 8, 2006 at 7:42 PM
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Loving but misunderstood, sensitive guy? Seen it, fell for it, bought the
meorial tshirt. Sometimes I think it's almost a rite of passage. They should give Academy Awards for the biggest Scum of the Year. .
posted by
Blanche.
on July 8, 2006 at 6:07 PM
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Timmy
Scum says it quite well. She is young and has not exactly had an ideal life. He comes across as the loving but misunderstood man. Personally, Carl wants to misunderstand his a$$ with the steel toe end of his boot.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 5:52 PM
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bel
She sat back and gave him support while he cheated??? SCUM
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on July 8, 2006 at 5:50 PM
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Blanche
The loser almost had ME convinced and I knew better. He sat in front of me with those big watery green eyes and a quivering lip. I almost wanted to hug him and promise him it would be OK. Something in my gut told me better, but even someone who has been around was darn near sucked in.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 5:46 PM
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Bel, you're an angel to this girl,
Yes, I've met the kind of predator who preys on women like that. Some are more suave and harder to spot than others. I don't know how about this guy, but some come on really charming, especially when they promise to change. It's all b.s.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 8, 2006 at 5:43 PM
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Blanche
She has been through her own kind of hell before she met him. In an odd way he was kind of what I call the "natural course of things". He saw a vulnerable woman who wanted some to love her and he took FULL advantage.
So for the moment I have tried to put a lighter note on the whole and told everyone I am the daddy and that other guys was just our beard. It cracked her up so I guess it was good thing. Both she and that baby will have all the love they can handle and Uncle Carl is already hoping for a boy so he can teach him bad habits.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 5:30 PM
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Bel, that's a tough situation for her
I know how manipulative people can really play with someone's mind, so I don't blame her at all for staying and wanting to make it work. I think we women especially are prone to wanting to try to fix what can't be fixed. I will surely keep her in my thoughts and prayers, with a baby on the way, she's going to need love and support. I hope she finds her own faith to strengthen and comforrt her through all this.
As for him, well, least said the best probably there. There are all kinds of messed up people in the world.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 8, 2006 at 5:17 PM
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Maggie
That is a nicer word than I used for him.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 4:27 PM
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Homegirl
I don't disagree but knowing her history is it par for the course.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 8, 2006 at 4:26 PM
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her acceptance of his shit
is the result of having a father who is at least verbally and emotionally abusive.... she doesn't know any better
posted by
homegirl
on July 8, 2006 at 4:25 PM
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That's really tragic for her. Some men (and women) can be so rotten,
can't they? She ought to take him for everything she can, when she has the opportunity. He's a rat!
I see, he's in Iraq serving in the military, but he's still a rat!
posted by
MaggieMae
on July 8, 2006 at 4:14 PM
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