I enjoy watching military movies and tv shows and documentaries with my
husband. Being in the Navy and what he does is such a huge part of
him and how he spends his days (and sometimes nights and weeks and
months), but it is a part of him that I don't really get to know
about. Not with any real depth or context. So glancing over to see
his face as he watches Bad Voodoo's War or sitting down together to
watch The Hurt Locker is a way to bridge that gap.
When my husband returns from deployment we readjust our Married
Unit
queue on Netflix so we will have things to watch together. When he
came home two years ago we rolled through the NCIS series. And he
developed a habit that still carries through today.
Periodically
Seadaddy will reach behind him and pull out the imaginary BS flag to
wave around as a signal for me to pause what we are watching. Then I
will hear how those socks are not worn with that uniform, or why that
chain of events would never occur, and on and on (and on and on). I
can see how this might drive someone else crazy, but I really love it.
It is one of the things I am going to miss the most when he leaves this
summer.
I am not saying we sit and hold hands while watching Army Wives.
There are limits. Even if it is imaginary, he'd rather find a way to
poke his eye out with the BS flag than watch some things.
But I like being able to learn little by little some of what he knows and does.
A few military spouses have started a new blog
reviewing military themed movies. And as I was reading their posts, it
seems I am not alone in appreciating the chance movies give us to gain
perspective of our spouse's experiences.
Where do you fall when it comes to watching this genre of films and
tv? Do you stay away altogether when they are deployed and even when
they are home? Do you enjoy the fact checking play by play? Do you
not see the point in nitpicking something that isn't real?
