This is incredibly snotty. I am an enlisted wife and no noone like this. Most of the wives I know are very educated. I have two degrees, plenty of money in the bank and no kids. Why don't you actually get to know some of these people without passing judgment.

Generalizations are just plain ignorant, no matter who they are coming from. Why don't you take the time to get to know the person as an individual before you come up with a check list you think they fit into. I am a lower enlisted wife... and I haven't done a single thing on your list...

AND... I don't feel the need to put others down to feel better about myself because I know what I have accomplished in my life is impressive. There are plenty of women just like me that you will never have the pleasure of knowing.

Define Majority.

Because if you stepped out of your "own officer's club" and went into the civilian world, that is where you would find the educated enlisted wives.

How in the heck do you this shit happens mainly on the enlisted side? You don't. There could just be as many in debt officers families than there are enlisted families. The reason why you probably don't hear about it is because for some stupid reason officers wives think they are somehow above those kind of problems. And a ring on your finger to someone that doesn't have a O in front of their rank doesn't make you a trashy uneducated person. You could still be a trashy uneducated whore and marry someone with a O in front of their rank.

I think you are a superficial bitch. And if you were stationed here my uneducated trashy ass would kick your upity apparently angelic ass so hard you wouldn't know what hit you.

I hope one day Karma comes back to bite you and you wind up in a load of debt,divorced with 3 kids. See how far not being married to someone who is a officer takes your dirty rotten good for nothing skany ass.

My hubbys an e2 and none of those things on your list pertains to our lives. We have one child, absolutly no debt, and we would't go "crying" to an officer's wife with our problems we would handle them ourselves like mature responsible adults should.

Wow - generalize much? I know I am just a "lowly enlisted wife", but I will have a BA in the next year, my husband and I have NO debt, and we do not have children. And I am only 21. I better not let the law schools that I am applying to know that I am not an officer's wife! They might not accept me eye roll

How does being the wife of a certain person make you more or less educated? I know O and E wives who are like what you desribed, but I know O and E wives who the opposite of what you stated. What my husband wears on his uniform does not determine my abilities. That's all on me.

Your logic is flawed.

I am an officer's wife and used to be an enlisted wife. No kids while I was married to an enlisted Marine, now on my 4th with my field grade officer in the Army.

YOU ARE THE REASON OTHER WIVES (ENLISTED) TALK SHIT ABOUT OFFICER'S WIVES!

Get a grip on life, figure out why you are so hateful and bitter . . . I bet it has nothing to do with bills or rank or kids for that matter. So sad, if you are what your "group" has to talk about.

Speaking of uneducated, you meant to say "you're", not "your". There is a fucking difference. It's fine that you want to put others down in order to make yourself feel better, but please use proper grammar while doing so.

Lets see, I have my BA from NYU, graduated with honors. Went to Harvard Grad School.

Oh yea, my husbands an E5 by the way

Hmmm well, this is interesting.

The thing about wives these days is that they don't really follow a set guideline. You can't say "the majority of enlisted wives are trashy and uneducated" or that officers' wives are better educated as a rule, or anything like that. It's not correct.

I'm an NCO wife and former lower-enlisted soldier, and when I got out of the Army, before marrying my husband, I went to a very well known and well respected university, thus making wise use of my GI Bill in conjunction with academic scholarships. My education is fine, by my standards. No, I didn't go to grad school, and likely never will, but that's of my own accord, not because I couldn't.

We are practically debt free, have a current balance of $52 on our star card (used it to buy gas today, will pay it off within the week), and our two kids are 5.5 years apart.

Once again, NCO family here. I know a whole lot of other NCO wives who have a whole lot in common with me (and I'm not talking about height and hair color! LOL) and a whole lot of officers' wives who do, too. If I knew many lower-enlisted wives, I'd probably say the same of them, but I simply don't know many, so I just have to figure the same of them as I do of the rest of us, that they're individuals and you can't slap one label on them, even if you grant that there are exceptions.

The person who said that posts like this are one of the reasons some people trash talk about officers' wives is correct. Think about it. You are perpetuating the very stereotype (and yes, I know it is only a stereotype) that so many would love to see go away. That's not good.

Hey, educated-it's actually 'I know you're gonna'-way to spell!

Anyway, I have ONE child, a master's degree, I am a college instructor at a university, and we own our home. We also have SIX credit cards, and only carry a balance on one.

You are the reason people think officer's wives are bitches (even though all of them aren't)-because you think enlisted wives are shitty (even though all of THEM aren't).

Way to perpetuate the stereotype, stupid ass.

7pm-you are VERY mistaken when you say that you are all in the same boat-she VERY clearly is in her own boat, which is a lonely one filled with bitches who think THEY are important because of what their husband does, when, in actuality, the only person important because of their man is Laura Bush.

Sincerely, and officer's (very embarrassed) wife

LMAO, you stupid twat. The reason you hang out in your own club is that no one else could stand to listen to your moronic prattle.

Here's an idea, whilst spouting these ever lofty ideas of education, get one yourself. That might be a tad bit better than relying on the education of the cock that you spread em for. I know that is rather crass, but someone of your caliber can be described no other way.

Enjoy your boring level of hell.

It is so true what the OP said. E wives are GENERALLY from the lower class of society. Walk into any BX/PX and the E wives are easy to spot-usually FAT, tatooed, unkept looking with screaming, dirty kids (oh yeah and they are usually buying their hamburger helper to make them even fatter). Truth hurts ladies, but truth it is.

Wow, so how does it feel to be so boring you have to be a snot to people because of their husband's job? You're a stupid bitch.

8:08 i don't know where you are at, but what you described are few and far between here. I hardly see people like that at the bx/commissary. Walmart yes, but on base, not really.

And whats so wrong with hamburger helper? Jeez. Its cheap. Its good. And i don't think its just E wives who buy it.

What you spouted is not truth. Its sterotypical bullshit.

My husband being enlisted has nothing to do with how well educated I am. I am a college graduate. I have a well paying job. And we don't have all those issues you seem to be lumping all the enlisted families into. So why don't you go take your judgmental ignorant ass off your self imposed pedistal. You need a serious reality check. You are the reason most people have the opinion they do of officers and their spouses.

Yes, hamburger helper is cheap, just like e wives. If you think it is good, you must be one of those cheap trashy tatooed e wives. Any self respecting o wife would not have that in her kitchen.

hmm i wonder what the officers think about their wives thinking this. I know my husband gets pissed as hell when i say something about the enlisted folks. Granted, the worst i have said is that i don't think its fair enlisted gets a BAS allowance and a clothing allowance but oh well. Seriously ladies as a fellow o wife i'm embarrased to be among your ranks. I am betting if you told this to your husband he would probably bitch slap you. (not literally, but he would be pissed.

My husband is an E-5 and I have a MASTERS DEGREE. Why don't YOU get an education and quit living through your husbands?

Cute. I think your lack of apostrophes and your grammatical errors add a nice touch to your otherwise "educated" confession. I love it when someone talks down to people they don't know, yet are obliviously guilty of the same thing.

I hope you sleep well tonight. I'll be praying that your husband leaves your sorry ass for a pregnant enlisted wife, because God knows you don't deserve him.

822 whatever. Any self respecting wife wouldn't talk shit the way you are or the way the majority of the O wives have on this thread.

Maybe if the enlisted were paid more they wouldn't have to rely on junk to feed their families? Ever think of that one fucker? And before you spout your stupid shit just remember that a lot of civilians eat "junk" and if you want to call them trash then you yourself are nothing more than a molecule wasting air.

FYI you are nothing. You arent' the officer. You just married someone who is. It doesn't make you any better..unless of course you were the officer, which ten to one your not..just a stupid cunt whore who grabbed a man and who now believes his career is hers.

and another FYI Most officers hate the wives who think they are the shit. This coming from a O2 and no i'm not a stupid ass wife.

And people wonder why O wives have reputations as snotty cunts?? 8:08 and 8:12 as well as the OP were nice enough to back up that argument. I do apologize to the decent O wives that are genuinely nice people because it's people like this that give them a bad name.
I'd like to say a whole lot of other stuff, but why bother? They're too close minded and ignorant to listen.

Hmmm poster 8:22. I have a lot of self respect and respect my family as well as have tattoos and I am not cheap. However I do have some Hamberger helper in my cubbords I have it because it is very tasty. And no we dont eat it every day. It is a once in a while treat. So you all need to lay off the Hamberger helper. Oh and you are a cheap trashy woman for making that ignorant comment. And 8:24 what the hell kind of crack are you on. Why would an enlisted service member not deserve those allowences. Those are standard military and have nothing to do with being married and they are allowences because they dont make very much money. get a life people

So if enlisted wives are all trashy, uneducated baby makers, what is the enlisted man supposed to do? By your logic since he his enlisted his wife will be next to worthless. Is he just not supposed to get married? Does he have to go to OTS until he can think about marrying a supposed winner like you? We all have to start somewhere. My husband and I are both going to college and making a better life for ourselves. I really don't think that just because I married an enlisted man the rest of my life will be screaming babies, debt and weight issues. I didn't have them before I married him and I wont have them in the future.

for some reason i think this is BS, especially all the e wives are trash comments that followed. If this post is in fact legit its probably from some dumb O wife who weighs 200 pounds eating her snicker ice cream.

BTW i think the majority of O wives look like snotty high cost whores. Most men hate high maintance women and rest assured while your thinking your Officer husband is working his tail off he's more than likely fucking some 22 year old e wife somewhere or some pony tailed not related to the military gal.

You know i think if they reduced the pay that the officers got, these wives wouldn't think so high of themselves. YOUR NOT THE ONE WHO IS THE OFFICER!! YOUR NOT THE ONE IN..GET OVER YOURSELF AND GO FUCKING PLAY IN TRAFFIC AND ACTUALLY GET RUN OVER AND DIE BITCHES.

848 if it were stnadard allowance everyone would get them. Just because e people make less doesn't mean they should get welfare. And since the military doesn't give these to everyone only lower class military members then yes it is welfare and needs to be stopped or given to everyone.

8:20 - I guess I am one of those tattooed,(spelled correctly by the way) trashy wives then. But then I also have a degree from Penn State, was in the Army as an officer and I can spell. My husband has a degree from Michagan State and is a proud NCO. Comments like this make me proud to be an enlisted soldier's wife. By the way, I also know officer wives who do buy "Hamburger Helper" for their family. At times, it comes in handy when you need a quick meal, especially when you have jobs outside the home. Get off your high horse and get a grip on reality.

The e wives on here just prove the point of the OP. They are ranting and raving, cussing and unable to make strong arguments. That is the result of living a low class life (especially when they suggest that the officers are "fucking" enlisted girls. They are shooting themselves in the foot basically admitting that enlisted wives are trashy, tatooed, and eating hamburger helper. There is no doubt E wives are TRASHY, TRASHY, TRASHY.

I'm proud that you have the guts to say what is on your mind. It is a shame that the enlisted wives out there can't take the criticism. They want to cut you (and all of the other officer's spouses) down. It's not right and shouldn't be tolorated. The truth hurts and this seems to tbe the only forum they can bash us without being known. So, I say my fellow AF Spouse- you go girl! I'm proud! :)

859 really and what does it say of the o wives calling the e wives names? by calling e wives trash, and saying they are uneducated, with a handful of dirty kids, living off a junk and in serious debt you are reinstating the fact that o wives think their shit don't stink, rigid, uppity snots. Serioulsy its nature to defend oneself when insulted. Anyone in their right mind would.
(And no i'm not a enlisted wife. Just really wish these wars would stop) Who you are married to doesn't make you trash, just like who you are married to doesn't make you a glamous well off wife. Its who you are. You can marry a officer but if you were raised a certain way that way will continue, it doesnt' just stop because YOUR HUSBAND makes more than the other side of post and wears extra strips on his uniform and gets saluted. Last i checked wives don't get that. Just like the wives are suppose to park where everyone else does. Just becuase your so and so's wives means nothing.

TROLL

It must be hard to walk with your head shoved so far up your ass.

902 so its ok for her to cut down a enlisted wife but so wrong for a enlisted wife to cut down a officer's wife? Neither is right and both are wrong. I'd like to know what confessions you are reading because i don't think i see many o bashing ones, i see a lot of the ones bashing the females in the military.

so i say you AF spouses are stupid. WHen i see AF i think of aunt flo and wanting to get rid of her, guess your not aunt flo but i still want to get rid of you.

So what happens when an E wife becomes and O wife? Does she magically change overnight? Does she magically get a degree? It is obvious your "arguement" holds no water.

I had to chuckle at the "low class" life comment. You really have no clue what kind of background people come from.

I am an E wife and I don't have a single TATTOO (learn to spell 8:59), I don't eat meat, and I have an education from a well-respected university.

And military allowances are not welfare. They are given to every single soldier. Some do vary depending and if you have spouse/children. That is some twisted logic.

Does the OP have no goals, identity, or ambitions? Does she have to tout her husbands accomplishments to feel better about herself? Seems like a sad existence.

So who else thinks that the same person who is commenting on how "trashy" enlisted wives are is the OP?

raises hand

Sheesh. Step into the real world. No one will care when your husband's out of the AF and you're bragging about being some high and mighty O wife. No one gives a shit. Maybe if you actually earned the rank someone would give a rat's ass. Maybe. But outside of the AF, I doubt it.

This is ridiculous.

you're you're you're you're you're you're it's you're.

My father was enlisted in the Marines in the 80's and now he is the founder and CEO of a very successful franchise. He and my mother had my brother and me when they were still in the military. They were in their twenties and did not have very much money. They made something of themselves and are far from trashy.

it is welfare when they are only given to lower class military members. If it wasn't a class thing then officers would get the clothing allowance every year and the bas every month. If its not welfare then what is it? You know welfare is a handup to those who are worse off right, is that not what the bas and clothing allowance is doing? giving a handup to those who really dont' earn that much to pay for it themselves? It not, then tell me why; what is the logic, in officers not getting it then?

probably the scum of the officers and just wanting to rub it in. Whatever

Well La-Di-Fucking-Da!

And yet people can't seem to understand why I hate the military lifestyle...

but your husband can't seem to keep his eyes off me at the gym!

I think that she posted this so that everyone would fight over it and now she's sitting back and laughing at how stupid some people actually are. I am a lower enlisted wife with no tattoos however I do have my tongue pierced, I'm not fat but then again I'm not rail thin either. I buy hamburger helper on occasion, I don't care for it my husband loves it though. I have one child whose 7 and we are currently trying for a second. I have never gone to college but I am a manager of a mechanics shop. I am however deeply in debt, through no fault of my own, my mother used my info for a lot of things when I was younger, and I am now trying to pay everything off. I don't complain to others about the situation I am in, I feel that my problems are my problems and I don't need anyone to help me get through my life. I guess that makes me trash because of my husbands lower e rank. At least that's what I'm getting out of this post. And to think I actually thought that my life was somewhat normal. But I guess my life would be perfect had I married an officer, right? Get over yourself, seriously because everyone has some kind of problem. No one has the perfect life.

this is why i hate the military, it's not the deployments, crappy housing or constant moving. it's this! in the real world you don't have people snobbing others in their face! i was 32 when i married my husband and have never experienced something so outlandish! i'm not going to provide my resume to prove i'm worthy of the debate. i don't even think this is worth these words being typed....so i'm done

ok all of you need to stop. Yes i said all of you. Enlisted wives you know your worth more than what some wife says. Be proud of your husband and be proud of yourself for doing all you need to do to make it in this crazy world we live in. Being you doesn't make you less of a person. You're you. Be proud of that; whatever that may be.

Officers wives specifically the ones posting on this thread..get over yourselves! I am probably married to a guy who is higher than all of yours and let me tell you--your nothing! If your husband were to leave you, what would you have left? Think about it. Seriously. You are berating and trash talking other women all in the name of your husbands rank! How low can one be? Just because your husband is O1,O3, O10 doesn't mean crap to anyone but your husband. Its his rank, not yours! He doesn't go around trash talking those who he out ranks, so why should you do it to their wives?

To the One commenter mentioned that it was so wrong for the enlisted wives to do it to the officer wives, i'd like to ask you why its wrong for one to do it but its ok, and your even virtually high fiving someone for doing the exact same thing? Is it because the situation is reversed? If you don't like the sterotypical comments made about officers wives do you honestly think the enlisted wives do? Instead of virtually high fiving your fellow AF officer wife, you should of virtually bitch slapped her. Instead your hypocrisy is showing, and its not very appealing.

To the other commenter who compared BAS and clothing allowance to welfare you obviously are sadly a fellow officers wife. Do you not have any class? How can you even compare the two? Officers get benefits that enlisted members do not get and vise versa. If you feel everyone should receive the same benefits then everyone needs to be paid the same too. I would imagine you not liking them taking away your pay and bah and giving you a enlisted members pay now would you?

And just so some of these officers wives who are sitting high know a low ranking officer O1, O2 makes nearly the same as a higher enlisted member. So if marrying a member who gets saluted makes you classy, and marrying one who does not makes you trashy how would you rate those two? HMMM?

Seriously i wish my husband could talk to all of the officers wives husbands who are talking the way they are. I am pretty sure your husbands would not appreciate it. And a little FYI of my own: I am a VERY high ranking officer's wife and i am only letting that known now because of this thread. In fact if you were to see me you would assume i was a low ranking enlisted wife. I shop at Goodwill, I don't wear much makeup and wear the same clothes i wore 10 years ago. I haven't had a hair cut in a year or more, and i am what some would call tattoo queen; i have over 20, including a nose and eye brow ring. I also dropped out of high school when i was 16 to which i had 2 children. I married a drug dealer, was put into jail had my children taken away from me all before i was 21. I met my first husband in a motorcycle bar where i then had another child, divorced at 24, with 3 children, no diploma, no job living on welfare. Then turned to drugs, alochol, and prostituion where jail and CPS became a major part of my life. I met my current husband at age 33 when he was on TDY here from his then location. I married him at 36 and had another baby at 38. I have led a hard life and still to this day do not have a Diploma. Again you can't judge a book by its cover. By everything you all have said i would be considered a trashy enlisted wife, but really i'm what you sterotyped as as a well educated officers wife.

Ok now lets just stop this shit.

"It is so true what the OP said. E wives are GENERALLY from the lower class of society. Walk into any BX/PX and the E wives are easy to spot-usually FAT, tatooed, unkept looking with screaming, dirty kids (oh yeah and they are usually buying their hamburger helper to make them even fatter). Truth hurts ladies, but truth it is."

So the fact that I have a bachelors' degree (I'm a chef with a degree in hospitality management), have no kids and don't want any, no debt, am not fat, and can spell unkempt and tattooed correctly makes me trash? I come from an upper middle class family with educated parents in a small New England town. I don't consider myself trashy. My husband is an E5, by the way.

By your logic, if an enlisted man put in his package to go to OCS, his wife would undergo a Cinderella-like transformation overnight. Am I correct in that assumption? People don't change. Trash is trash is trash, no matter who you are. Someone could be the wife of the CO and still be trashy. I know plenty of officers' wives who are trashy and plenty who are not. I also know lots of enlisted wives who are very classy, and yes, there are also some who are trashy. Marrying an officer doesn't make you a better person.

alright all of you Enlisted Wives...CALM DOWN!!! WE ARE NOT AT WALMART!! AND IT'S NOT THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING!!!

yes to the pp cause o wives never go shopping. i love how it is assumed that all O wives are from royal families, and they are all southern belles schooled in etiquette etc. this makes me laugh. seriously. i dont measure my worth by my husband's job and rank, and you must be pretty miserable in life if thats all you have to be proud of. go play in traffic.

I am an enlisted wife, and I totally agree with the OP! I think, sadly, I am one of the few exceptions.

Obviously you aren't going to care about my education or my lack of children and debt, so I'm not even going to bother trying to defend myself.

I just don't understand why anyone, officer or enlisted, would go crying to you with their problems. You obviously have no empathy for anyone. I'd honestly rather deep throat your husband's herpes-infested dick than ever EVER come to you for advice.

And this is why people call Officer's wives cunts.

You're educated? You should get a refund for your tuition because your post contains grammatical and punctuation errors that well educated people don't make. You're talking shit about uneducated, trashy people but doesn't the fact that you generalize enlisted wives make you ignorant? I think so and what is more trashy than ignorance?! Oh, I know! A twit who is not only ignorant and trashy but self- righteous and judgemental! In other words, you!!!

@ 10:56 PM Poster...

If you are who I think you are...

You're flipping gorgeous. :)

Hey lady that is so cool that you think you are so freaking special. I am enlisted female been in almost 23 years and let me tell you....it is the Officers that do most of the cheating. I have to listen to all the officers call me by my first name. They all think they are hot. I hope some enlisted girl is banging your husband..

i bet the op is the "confession: college whore"

Wow OP, If you and I ever met, Id prolly bitch slap you and then I'd def give you something to talk about. O and Im bout to be an Officers Wife and you and I are nothing alike and never will be

I am an enlisted wife and do not fiit the mold of the trashy e wife, but I actually agree with the OP. When I socialize with E wives I feel uncomfortable because they are very low class people.

You are obviously not educated enough to use spell checker.

PP gimme a break.

since i can't cook, i often buy hamburger helper and throw away the box and say i've been in the kitchen all day.

seriously, OP's stupid comment reminds me of an equally stupid comment made, in my presence, by a stupid civillian who said only stupid people join the military.

TTTRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Although, it is funny that the poster says that enlisted wives are ignorant, when her post is full of spelling errors. Grow up.

I'm glad this actually got posted! I've tried to say the same thing and it never made it up! I'm glad the far and few who have an education and don't max out their cards feel the need to post but you know very well it's the norm of people around you. OK, that's all!

9:06, there's a difference between making statements and name calling. Uneducated and trashy are statements of her opinion, and all the cussing and bad words... well that is part of being trashy.

OK, the ppl who keep posting about grammar (you're you're you're) where were you when the lady gave a rant ab it last week? No support for her there, just bashing her for getting upset about people using incorrect grammar. BUT NOW that someone did it ppl are taking out the claws. I bet you were one of the ones that talked crap about the person who had grammar issues.

ALSO, how is this her wearing her husbands rank!?!?! She merely noticed a correlation between noticeably trashy wives and them being wives of enlisted men. As most ppl notice the link. Yes, there are the few that don't but do we really care to hear ab you? NO!!!!

Wow. How wonderful the drama of military life really is.
I guess I'm supposed to be listed under the category of tattooed, uneducated, and fat with kids, right? Wrong to all of the above. I have not tattoos, no kids, and I'm certainly not fat. I have my B.S. and my Master's degree. My husband has his B.A. and is currently working on his Master's degree, but guess what? He's an E5, soon to be E6. He's young enough so that he can still become an officer if he so chooses, but chances are, he won't. He feels like he actually does something as enlisted instead of sitting at a desk all day. If he never becomes an officer, it won't hurt my feelings at all. At least then, I won't be stereotyped into a group with idiots like you who constantly wear their husband's rank.

01= Officer PFC.

Think about it. A degree doesnt make you a better Marine/Sailor/Soldier. And a ring on your finger definitely doesnt make you a "better" person. A leopard cant change its spots. Ive been equally trashy wives on both sides of the argument.

6:56: I posted the confession about people's bad grammar. It pisses me off that suddenly everyone cares about it when they're being made fun of, but when I said it less than a week ago, I get totally blasted. BLAH!

Also, the OP pisses me off to no extent, but she's not worth my time.

People like you give officer's wives a bad name.

Shame on you.

Well guess what OP??? An E wife is probably screwing your husband. He only uses you for your "oh so educated" money. Have a nice day :)

As an enlisted wife HA HA you are 100% right and I agree with you.

Well guess what OP??? An E wife is probably screwing your husband. He only uses you for your "oh so educated" money. Have a nice day

ROFLMAO LOVE IT!!

Sorry but your WRONG. Trashy does not jsut apply to enlisted, I would say your pretty trashy and classless.

BTW I was an Officer myself and I got out and married an enlisted man. Guess what I didnt magicly loose my education or the things my mom taught me about being a woman the moment I said I do. GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE or some of us enlisted wives will knock you off.

BAS is not welfare you moronic skag. It's not for the family, its for the Soldier. Some of them get the BAS because of their job. I know some that are MPs that get it because they are often able to eat around the schedule of the dfac. So they are paid an allowance to cover their meals. Why do you care anyway?

I'm not going to sit here and justify my life by talking about my accomplishments to someone that is obviously uneducated and walks in the shadow of her husband's rank and education. My husband is Enlisted, I am not (now) and between his job and mine (DoD) we live very well. Obviously, even in your self absorbed higher standard of living, you're not happy because you feel the need to look down on others to make yourself feel better. Poor you, what a sad O wife life you must have. :(

HAHA this post cracks me up..I am an Enlisted wife and veteran. I am working on my education, have no kids, am a little overweight and LOVE Hamburger Helper (hence being overweight lol). I did not get married at 19 but I also don't work, I just go to school full-time on my GI bill. I have my lazy days (more often than not) but I also feel good about myself when I dress up and have makeup on. I'm tattooed also, just not where you can see it ;). I don't fit in any one category and I LOVE MY LIFE! But I have to agree with the basic idea of the OP's post. Most of the time, in my experience, most E wives have no education (or are working on them after they have kids) and have children young...as far as weight goes, it's about 50-50..I see many E wives who are out of shape, and many who go to the gym religiously. The majority of O wives I know have degrees and are more conservatively dressed and very Susie Homemaker, but sophisticated. Most of the E wives I know have debt and are constantly overspending themselves. Just looking at it from a sociological standpoint, the majority of E wives (and servicemembers) come from lower socio-economic levels where the O's come from higher levels. That's just by statistics. However, ALL wives I know have bitchy moments. ALL wives I know have things about them that are negative.

You must be one of those wives who thinks that you should be saulted at the gate like your husband. And there are officers wives who are on wic. Maybe you should check into it. And I know a couple of officers wives who have run their families into debt because they had to keep up with the Jones.

But, that's is not every officer's wife. I have met wonderful ones. But, it is ones like you that make them all make bad!

And what do you mean when you say that we are agrueing bad and have nothing to hold up our aguements? Can you not read? I see masters degrees and people who are debt free.

I'm sorry. I am probabily what you would think is white trash. I grew up in a trailer so did dh. We were poor and we came from NOTHING! The military is our way of getting out of that. I'm 23 and have only one beautiful son. He has twice what I did as a child because we can provide that for him. I have a tattoo-- I love it-- bite me! I don't have weight probs never did. I'm still the weight I was when we married five years ago. I don't have my degree yet, but with the military I'm getting there.

You just need to get a life and find something better.

I'm sure I'm just going to egg you all on, I'm an O wife. And for those who call us all kinds of mean and nasty names, really- please don't make yourself look bad by doing that. You are better than that. And as for the really stupid comment up there somewhere about how our husbands should not get paid what they do- Ok, let's have a chat. My husband went to 4 yrs of undergrad- got his BS. Then went into a master's program- graduated at the top. I'm damn proud of him. It makes me angry to have someone saying he's not worth getting paid the O rate- guess what- he makes a quarter of what he would on the outside. He chose the military, turning down companies that were beating his door down, because he wanted to serve our country. I support him in everything. I'm not him- nor had I earned his rank or his degrees. I earned my own degree. I have no rank. I'm sorry to the first person who wrote the confession. Speaking your mind is a great thing.

With you being so educated you would think you would have better sense then to generalize. Here is a generalization....a majority of officers wives cheat. How do you like that. Are you saying its not true? Well not all enlisted wives are stupid. Keep you bitter nasty comments about other wives to yourself. We are all going through the same thing here. We should not bring others down but be there to help them. All wives no matter what rank have to go through separation, hard times in the marriage, and worry for their husbands safe return. Maybe you should use your "sta