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Mon, 05-07-2007 - 10:08pm

Hi Ladies,

I have just started checking out this board and I have been surprised to see that there are so many other women out there that are just like me! I am married and have one child. I was actually looking out for a woman to date when I met my to-be-husband. I had no intention of having any type of serious relationship with him and, looking back, am not sure why I was dating him...I already knew that I preferred being with a woman even though I had never had the opportunity to have a formal relationship in that way. Anyway, I was clumsy and got pregnant We (he?) made the decision to be a couple and raise our child together. Three years later, we got married. There was no deep romance involved...I think we did it more for convenience. Now...I am really feeling out of place and every day I think about how it would be if I could be free of this commitment and find that girlfriend that I have always wanted. My husband knows that I am (was?) bisexual, but he has no clue just how much I have lost my attraction to men. At this point, I really believe that I am absolutely gay. I have no idea what to do. So...it is nice to be able to come here and know that I am not alone.

Thanks!!
blues

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Registered: 06-24-2003
Mon, 05-14-2007 - 7:41pm
Cool caly, I just love to go fishing. I love the peace and quiet.
Laurie

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Mon, 05-14-2007 - 8:23pm

That is so cool. What if he were a relative of yours? The story is just amazing in and of itself. Why did you choose that battle to study?
I'm always careful on 95. All the lunatics drive it. My mom and bros. live in Charleston, SC, brother in law in Stafford, VA. He's an xmarine. You know...don't ask, don't tell. :)

Blue

BLUE DIA
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Tue, 05-15-2007 - 4:04am

There are quite a few lesbians here at the board who have served our country. Most of us served before the no ask no tell policy went into effect.

The battle was studied as a requirement for the Aviation Advance Course I attended while stationed at FT. Rucker, AL.

The circumstances behind his death was not part of the study. We were passing by when I stopped to read his marker. Then I found it listed in the brouchure. At the time I was in full BDU's which stands for battle dress uniform.....you know helmet, ruck sack, etc. My thought was that I wondered what this private would think if he saw a female family member dressed as I was? It's funny how much we have evolved since those days! Woman's rights and all......

The study was about how the battle field was set up, the movement of the troops and decisions made by the commanding generals. Back then, I believe it was Polk? who sat on the front porch of a house eating his breakfast. He refused to move his men until his breakfast was complete. Leave it to a man to be so pompus! lol

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halo

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halo

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Registered: 06-24-2003
Tue, 05-15-2007 - 7:09am
Omg, that is so interesting halo. He could be your relative. You have to check that out!
Laurie

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Tue, 05-15-2007 - 7:13am
First of all he would have had to salute you, haaaa. I like that part!
Hugs.
Laurie

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Registered: 10-01-2003
Tue, 05-15-2007 - 4:22pm

Worms that BITE???


GROSS!!!!!

 

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Tue, 05-15-2007 - 6:46pm

Hey, Halo.
Thanks for the info. I am a little confused as to why an Aviation Advance course would be studying Civil War infantry tactics. I'm pretty familiar with almost all military terminology even though I never served. Ooooh rah.
There are over 200 documented cases of women serving during the CW. Some served as spies, some as vivandiere's and most as concealed soldiers. Some followed their husbands or lovers, the rest were there for patriotism or glory.
The physical was that you had ten fingers to fire the musket properly and ten toes so you could march, and your two front teeth so you could "bite the bullet." Because women NEVER wore pants or had short hair, a woman could pretty much pass if she kept her head down and her mouth shut. I did pretty well at the 135th Gettysburg passing. Most thought I was a young boy for a long time and I was fairly old. Some things in this day and age just don't pass well, though, and by the second or third day, most knew. I don't think a lot of the public did, however. We had over 14,000 troops for the battles.

I give living history demonstrations frequently to schools, scout troops, churches. I do Life of the Soldier, Life of a Civil War Reenactor(with life as a woman CWR), and proper firing techniques by Gillams and Hardys.

We have evolved a lot, that's for sure. Why, they even let us vote and own property. We are no longer the property! lol We have some ways to go, though.

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Blue

BLUE DIA
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Tue, 05-15-2007 - 7:06pm
Yeah they were a little bit vicious. They are about 6 inches long and have 3 fangs on the mouth end that can project and hang on.

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Registered: 03-25-2007
Tue, 05-15-2007 - 9:10pm

Caly, are you trying to gross these lovely women out? What does Ting think of all this. I can only guess! lol

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Blue

BLUE DIA
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Tue, 05-15-2007 - 11:06pm
Yeah I was trying to keep that part on the down low! your P knows somethings!

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halo

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halo

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