Are You A Military Brat??

You know you're a military brat when you...

actually like the clothes at the PX and don't mind that 200 other people are wearing the same thing.
all of your former very best friends are as long-gone as your last move.
always wish you were back at the last place you were stationed...even 20 years later.
answer the question "where are you from" with "I'm kinda from all over the place".
automatically stand up when the lights go down at the movies.
are able to imitate others' speech patterns easily.
are amazed at people who have lived somewhere more than three years.
are amazed at people who have never left their hometown.
are going to a grocery store but call it a commissary.
are at first confused when asked where you are from, but quickly respond "everywhere".
you are trying at the tender age of 18 to find someone in the military to marry so you can get a new I.D. card.
can bounce a quarter off your bedsheets and have hospital corner on your bed.
can call up actual memories of a country while you're in Geography class.
can identify ranks and duty station by the stickers on a car's bumper.
can talk to anyone and everyone from anywhere and everywhere.
didn't save things so you wouldn't go over the weight allowance of the next move.
do not understand why many of your friends are afraid to be in an airplane.
don't feel quite right seeing military personnel younger than you.
don't remember the names of your childhood friends.
enjoy seeing guys in fatigues on city streets.
have only had bedrooms that's walls were stark white and you couldn't put nail holes in them.
hear complaints about your name being the most scratched out in all of your friends' address books.
think you see someone you went to school with everywhere you go.
feared turning 18 because they would take your id card away.
feel like you should be visiting the states rather than living in them.
feel more at home on a military base than in town even though you've been a civilian for 26 years.
feel more comfortable living near a military base and get bummed-out when a base gets closed.
find that you can easily amuse yourself for hours at airports, train or bus stations.
find yourself with friends throughout the world.
get the itch to move every 3-4 years and forever feel like the outsider in the civilian world.
graduated from a high school you only attended for a year.
had a father who was always telling to "police the area".
had a pup-tent in your yard until your parents found out what was going on in there.
had Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in a mess hall.
had your introductory speech prepared and memorized for your first day at a new school.
have been asked just where at in New York, A.P.O. is.
have been hit on at the young age of 13 by men in uniform.
have to explain that being born in Germany does not make you German.
haven't seen your best friend since the last time Dad was transferred.
hear the sound of freedom when military aircraft fly by while civilians complain about the noise.
keep bumping into people all over the world who know friends that you haven't seen in years.
knew the rank and name of the kid next door's father before meeting the kid next door.
know how great it is to be able to return to base and your little slice of America.
know the words and tune to military march songs.
know about a variety of cultures.
made better grades in geography because you'd been to the places you were studying.
meet another military brat sometime somewhere and are instantly bonded.
miss shopping at AAFES or the PX.
name schools in three countries on two continents when asked what highschool you attended.
notice Tom Cruise in uniform, outside with no hat and having a non-regulation haircut in Top Gun.
polished your father's boots and brass for his upcoming inspection.
put your hand over your heart at 5 p.m. knowing the flag is coming down... somewhere.
remember the Saturday afternoon tank rides at FT Hood, Texas.
start a major portion of your conversations with "When I lived in..."
talk to someone with an accent and pick it up yourself.
think locals have such a limited perspective.
thought all pens had "US Government" printed on them.
thought aspirin came in 5,000 count bottles.
thought vacations meant going stateside to visit the grandparents.
went in to hysterics when your grandparents thought of selling their house.
were born in an US occupied country and moved every 3 years.
see a homeless person and somehow feel spiritually related.
have a civilian boss that has to ask you more than once not to say Yes sir and No sir.
wondered who your new best friend would be as you enroll in yet another school.
graduate from 12th grade and it's your 17th school.
notice that your ssn, home of record, state of residence, and place of birth are far from matching.
knew transfer meant to pack your toys and say see ya later.

These are not my words, they have been borrowed from other sites on the web. I just enjoyed them so much that I wanted to be able to pass them on. Believe me...as I was reading them, I laughed and shook my head "yes" to most of them. Hope you enjoyed this little bit of humor at being a military brat. :-)

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