Anger Management and Big Guns!

I have been trying to write a post about army life without sounding pissed off or crazy or like a martyr.... it's harder than it looks.
The truth is, to come out of this with your sanity in tact... you have to be a little bit crazy to begin with. It sounds counter intuitive, but really it makes a lot of sense. The guys who are a bit messed up before going to Afghanistan rarely come back with PTSD. I would imagine a Psychopath would be wonderful at all this.  But on the off-chance that you do have feelings, there will be a certain amount of... every-negative-feeling-in-the-whole-wide-world-wrapped-into-one-and-just-when-you-feel-like-you-cant-take-it-anymore-your-child-has-a-melt-down-in-the-middle-of-the-grocery-store days.... 
There is a quote in "anger management"that I thought applies quite well:


"Dave, there are two kinds of angry people in this world: explosive and implosive. Explosive, which is the most common, is the type of individual you see screaming at a grocery store cashier for not taking his coupon. Implosive, the least common, is the cashier at the store who remains quiet at his job day after day until he then finally loses it and just shoots everyone in the store. You're the cashier."





I feel like I am the cashier. And on the days when someone says something to me like  "What are the chances of your husband dying?" or  my personal favorite "Do the army guys really rape each other?" I think I just might be capable of killing someone. Another wife recently said that she thinks the wives should be able to have access to all the big guns and ranges on post at any time so we can shoot at things when we deal with stupid people. I think thats a great idea. 


:) You know those giant guns that are mounted on the top of the Humvees? My hubby is a gunner. He gets to play with that .50 cal all the time. I may or may not be jealous. Guns please!