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Old Friends
I ran into an old military friend today. We had not seen each other for about 8 years. After exchanging the usual pleasantries and updating each other on the status of mutual platoon members, our conversation went something like this:
Him "Yeah, my wife was deployed last year, she's still in (the Navy) even though I've been out (of the Marines) for a while."
Me "Wow, really? That must have been tough on a new marriage."
Him "Naw, we made a @#$! ton of money because of her pay. We were able to pay off the Cougar and put about $8000 down on a new Bronco." With that he took a prideful drag off his Marlboro Red and looked at me as if to say "Can you top that?"
It suddenly became apparent why we drifted apart ....
2 comments:
Sarge, no matter how much different you may feel the two of you have become, there is no doubt that the brotherhood is still strong. Not long ago, I recall the two of us sitting at a table, sharing a box of fried chicken gizzards and chocolate chip cookies, and I thought to myself, "This guy would look good in a mullet". Maybe you just got nervous about "getting back to your roots". Your old buddy is living the dream! We should all be so lucky. How great it must feel having your wife stuck on a ship with a thousand (sex deprived) U.S. soldiers. Leading such a classy lifestyle is probably the one thing that will keep him from getting stuck in some dead end job at "Wells Fargo".
Ay, and while also owning new cars and have %#$?! tons of money.
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