Army Brats
For those of you like me who have parents that served in the armed forces, you know all too well that the children make many sacrifices.

You move schools every 3 years having your education fucked about with as well as having to make new friends from scratch. Or alternatively you might have to be sent away to boarding school like my sister - she was never right in the head after coming back from Lincolnshire (sorry b3th, love ya really).

You have no answer to the straightforward question, "Where are you from?" / "Where did you grow up?".

But the biggest sacrifice of all is that because the family unit is constantly moving you have to diligently ensure that your treasured childhood possessions are actually packed into boxes and move with you rather than let some lazy parenting allow an impromptu clear out of "some rubbish they never play with anymore".

I don't mind that I no longer have any Lego bricks, or that my Transformers - infinitely superior to today's pile of crap - are no more. No, I miss my collection of not-at-all homo-erotic, body builders in tiny pants aka He-Man action figures.

Yes I'm sure you're right, if I did have those He-Man toys I'd probably play with them for a few minutes (remember the weird microphone that came with Snake Mountain?) before bunging the whole lot on eBay. The one item that I know I'd still get use of though is my He-Man duvet set. I still get bitter watching Father Ted as I'm filled with envious rage at Dougal and his He-Man duvet exactly the same as mine once was.

Curse you mum, curse thine evil throwing away hands!
( djtrialprice, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 19:59, 2 replies)

hahaha
have a look at my answer to this post:

http://www.b3ta.com/questions/thrownaway/post221432

EDIT: If you look closely at Ted's duvet he has the cover on inside out.

EDIT EDIT: Yeah, I'm probably not right in the head any more.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 22:36, closed)

Military brat
That's me too, and I understand and sympathise with every word you say.

Now living in Hong Kong in a small flat and still have to do the same thing, coz you can't just acquire stuff when you live in a tiny appartment with room to only swing a new born kitten in. A very small one obviously.
(Spreddum O Grrrr. That's my vicious circle, that is., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:15, closed)