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Your dad was a ring-knocker. I was a grunt. Two different worlds. He probably uses military-speak in the officer's club. There is a wall there and grunts talk a little differently. That's all. But you are correct that real vets don't talk about it because they can't talk about it without some strong negative outcomes.
My 1st wife was all touchy-feely when I got home--about 2 weeks after we got married--and wanted to know all about it, all about the scars, why did I have nightmares and why don't I talk about it to our friends---etc, etc, etc. We finally talked--and she walked.
I haven't talked 10 minutes about this **** to anybody but her in 25 years except flat on my back on a couch in private with a meter running. Somebody else brought this **** up and I was just trying to demonstrate that I know a little bit about Vietnam.
Believe it or **** you. I don't care.
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