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Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
5/17/2021

Do you come from a military family?

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Yes

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33%
Yes

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hale1730
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hale1730

My grandfather(USMC WW2), 2 uncles(Navy Vietnam), and myself(USMC Desert Shield)

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

Last known family member was an uncle, Vietnam

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Carole Shepherd
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Carole Shepherd

Yes. My Dad was a career Marine so I am a military brat. Then married a retired Army officer. The military is in my blood via my loved ones...

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Augusta von Nassau
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Augusta von Nassau

My ex-husband was an Air Force officer, so for many years I was a military spouse.

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guam1994@yahoo.com
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guam1994@yahoo.com

Dad USN, 2 brothers Army. Me USN. Husband USN. FIL USMC. BIL 1 USAF 1 Army. Daughter married a USMC. Other daughter with a USN guy and works for the Navy as does my son.

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Gazzara5
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Gazzara5

Only my son is a career man, and the first officer. However, we, including myself, have all served in combat since my Italian great-grandfather fought in the Spanish-American War,

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Crystal Clements
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Crystal Clements

Dad, step dad & brother career Military

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Randi Burke Richards
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Randi Burke Richards

My Dad was career Army and my son did 20 yrs in Navy.

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Joyce Koch
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Joyce Koch

My dad was in the Army, my husband served in the Navy.

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Maverick martin
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Maverick martin

My wife is in the US AIR FORCE and we have been married almost 20 years and have traveled the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything

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Carl Evans
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Carl Evans

My dad was a "Lifer" in the U.S. Air Force.

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Valerie Lantz
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Valerie Lantz

Dad was in the Navy for 20 years.

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67%
No

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Shelley Green
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Shelley Green

My father was a vet in WWII years before I was born. But other than my dad & a uncle, (mother's brother) no one has been in the military.

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D May
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D May

No, but I am the first son in a German family. Don't know which would be worse.

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Jane
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Jane

My husband just missed the draft in 1973.

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Amelia Anonymous
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Amelia Anonymous

My dad was in Vietnam. My grandfather's served. However, it didn't define them in that way. They never talked about it much.

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Stephanie Sarnoff
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Stephanie Sarnoff

no military history in entire family. it would be a good thing, if people weren't killed....

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Bruce Alan Wilson
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Bruce Alan Wilson

Although I have had relatives in every war the US has been in from the Revolution down to Korea, when I came along my father's military service was long over.

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Bob Pickett
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Bob Pickett

three brothers served

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Linda Jeffcoat Amick
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Linda Jeffcoat Amick

My Dad served, but it was not a career for him.

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Do you have jewelry bearing your birthstone?

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Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

To continue my story (this is 3/3), I was very envious when one of my best friends got faux emeralds for her birthday and wore them first. However, I was happy to wear mine anyway. My friends bulled me because I was a "copycat" even tho they all knew I had received mine first. #meangirls!

Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

My parents got me faux emeralds as my first pair of pierced earings and I looked at them in the box until my mom could find the "self-piercing" rings that slowly worked into your ear over a couple of weeks. When I proudly wore my birthstone earings to school my best friends bullied.

Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

No, I have no rubies, and I wept mock tears for my husband's benefit answering this.

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