You Thought I Was Out Of Touch Before?

[Donal DeLay]

For 29 years, i'd always assumed my pops was in the Army. Wears camo-uniform. Spent 15yrs as a K9 trainer. 5 years as police. Never corrected me when I said he was in the Army.

Today, while looking through old pictures from Japan, I see a picture of someone in a brown shirt, air force patches. "DeLay" name patch, holding a baby rabbit. Can't see his face.


"Hey, pops, who's this guy in the AirForce shirt with our last name?"

"um ... ME."

"Say whaaat!? You were in the Army, right?"

"*LAUGHING* No, what gave you that idea?"

So, there ya go. Ben, Albert, Ben, bartleby, confirmation I need to get out of my cave more.

:lol:

[Ben]

I always thought my dad was one kind of doctor, but then I found out he was a slightly different (but qualitatively similar) kind of doctor!!! I was so out of touch!

[Glixy]

My buddies dad told the whole family he was a Vietnam vet. When my buddy was 25, he found out it was just one of the lies he used to explain why he didn't have a job. Rough stuff, I can't even imagine...

Totally different than your story, but it reminded me of it.

[Thommy Melanson]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9iTNNi8Gh0

;)

[bartleby]

It's only funny when you're in complete befuddlement over something that the rest of society seemingly understands and accepts.

[Gunter]

Next he's going to tell you that you're adopted.

[Thommy Melanson]

Next he's going to tell you that you're adopted.

(shhh, you're ruining Christmas)

[Gunter]

(shhh, you're ruining Christmas)

No, that's when we tell him that there is no Santa.

[bartleby]

(shhh, you're ruining Christmas)

What if it turns out that his biological father is actually Santa Claus?

[Thommy Melanson]

No, that's when we tell him that there is no Santa.

...w-what?! :(

[Thommy Melanson]

What if it turns out that his biological father is actually Santa Claus?

Then the Air Force is a great cover.

[Glixy]

http://lancemannion.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/elf_buddy_and_santa.jpg

[bartleby]

Then the Air Force is a great cover.

His adopted father is the Air Force. Santa is his biological father.

[Gunter]

...w-what?! :(

Oh.


This is rather awkward.

[Beep Beep!]

My dad was a Marine. And I always knew he was an embassy guard, because that's how he met my mom . . . her dad was a diplomat at the embassy in Bogata, where my dad was stationed.

But I never heard him talk about being a Marine. . . until the first time we went to Vegas; it was Taxman and I, my mom & dad and one another couple (my dad's best friend); and we were waiting for a table at the California Pizza Kitchen at The Mirage. My dad and his friend were talking about boot camp; he had gone through Camp Pendleton and his friend had gone through Parris Island and they were swapping stories. That's when I heard my dad say he would rather go through boot camp twice then go through embassy training again.

It was the only time I ever heard him talk about his time in the military.

[Kody]

yikes. My pops was Marine Corps and did 4 combat tours in Vietnam, then was a drill instructor for a bit. His DD-214 is very long but he never talks about any of it, even when asked.

[Donal DeLay]

It's only funny when you're in complete befuddlement over something that the rest of society seemingly understands and accepts. Does it help that the rest of my family knew?

[Jason California]

My buddies dad told the whole family he was a Vietnam vet. When my buddy was 25, he found out it was just one of the lies he used to explain why he didn't have a job. Rough stuff, I can't even imagine...

Totally different than your story, but it reminded me of it.


Oh God, that is golden....:)