For 30 years, I was a military wife, and my children both served proudly, as did one of my grandsons. As a military mom and wife, I learned how to do things that most women would run from. The only thing I can see, seriously, that sets you and I apart is that your parents were educated in HOW to be self-sufficient. My parents weren't around long enough to do that for me.
Solving one's own problems IS an opportunity. I chose it. The choice is where the commitment comes in.
We are in the General Chat department, no longer News and Activism. Therefore, we chat, and have no topics except the ones we choose for the moment. Again, may God bless you in your search for independence from government interefence and handouts. We all wish you well. And truly, I don't need your commiseration. Commiseration does nothing.
This post is deadicated to Dead Corpse.