Just Being Nice
Whatever happened to that concept? First, let me start by saying that I know I’m not without fault myself. I have made rude comments or said things I shouldn’t have as well but I try to catch myself when I do it (not always successful).
It just seems that the internet gives people a way to be overly rude and say things they normally wouldn’t dare say to someone’s face. Why cut people down? What have you actually gained by that? Do you brag to others that you ruined someone’s day or made someone feel like crap? Is that really what you want to be known for?
I see comments being made and things being said about others and it just makes me sad. Even if that other person is being annoying/stupid/irritating/degrading/any other negative term, maybe what they need is just a kind word from someone else. Perhaps if you were nice to them, it would change their outlook at least for a bit. Wouldn’t you rather know you had a positive impact on someone than a negative one?
Why don’t you go around bragging about that?
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I was recently divorced to a man who had been in the Army in the mid 80s to early 90s. He was in about 7 years, maybe more, but certainly not as many as 10.
He received a medical discharge and (per him) opted for VA disability instead of military retirement. That did not sound altogether rignt but I am not familiar enough with military pension to know for sure.
We were together almost 8 years and about 2 years ago he started abusing Rx drugs (and everything that went along with that).
He seemed to be reliving his “glory” days of military service and got very involved in fringe military organizations. (Veterans’ groups, ex paratrooper groups).
He started doing weird things, he put together a current uniform and wore it out to dinner on July 4. Most people don’t know at a glance how to spot a fake uniform so everyone just “thanked him for his service”. Don’t get me wrong – he did serve, just not recently. He definitely deserves the respect of a veteran.
Then he started signing emails, etc. Staff Sergeant, Retired. and his phone voice mail was…This is Staff Sergeant…
It all got too weird to me and for so may reasons we divorced. It has continued to bug me though…is it appropriate for him to identify as “retired” and use his rank at time of discharge? Is it appropriate for him to wear a uniform?
I think he may be suffering from some mental disorder but I just don’t know. He claimed he was going to get psych treatment at our local VA Hospital but I don’t think he went through with it. As far as I can tell from our limited contact now, the drugs are in the past but the military glory is still being relived.
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