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I would be highly annoyed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAjw6vbN4s&feature=related
Watch that broad hug someone else's H before his WIFE. Oh no no no.
I've seen a lot of military surprise homecomings. It wouldn't work on me. I always have my back to the corner and my face to the door. Looking for terrorists, criminals, various other threats, and husbands.
Re: I would be highly annoyed
Eh, it's not like the wife and the lady in red were standing next to one another and he went with LIR. I don't know about anyone else but I'm so giddy at homecomings I'll hug just about anyone.
The guy in the red shirt made me LOL at the begin of the video though...maybe he lightened the mood.
1. It would have taken everything in me not to snatch that biotch up by her hair.
2. People are weird (red shirt guy)
3. I am so glad we don't have a bunch of people around for homecomings.
I thought she just mistook the guy for her husband, but was already going for the hug so she did it anyways.
My friends and I always joke about what if you found out your husband had another family or something if at homecoming someone else ran up to him. So I would probably be thinking holy eff did that really happen?
I pretty much know that would be my MIL if we ever let her go to a homecoming. Actually, I'm pretty confident she would push me out of the way hard enough to knock me into the water to get the first hug. For that reason she will never be at a homecoming. I'm pretty sure it's the one day that we are completely entitled to be selfish.
My MIL is the same way! The guy in red made me laugh too!
Especially KC talking about T's homecomings. And then it reminded me of my T's homecoming and how I was selfish as all get out. I made my Mom (who drove me out to LV and helped me find our apartment and furniture etc) fly home a few days before DH's scheduled return date.
T and I made it very clear to both sides of the family, that we wanted it to be OUR time and to please wait until we came to visit them during his leave. Thankfully, everyone was fine with that. I know T's sisters would have pushed me out of the way, jumped on T, hugged him for like 5 min straight and grab his hand, kiss his cheek whatever! Before letting me have ten feet between him and I. They are a little too affectionate and forward for my taste. But I do love them. Just not during a homecoming.
As far as the video, I would have been like, "What the HECK?!" If I saw some crazy chick in a red dress hug my husband before me. Especially while having my kiddos right there. But hey, in the red dress lady's defense, I don't think she saw his wife and kids coming up. Plus, she was just so anxious and excited for her hubby to walk out of the bus. I loved how the camera dude kept going back to that couple and watching them make out.
I can't watch the vid at work (it's blocked) but I can say if I say some random lady hugging H before me I would break in and be like EXCUSE YOU! lol
Our first deployment homecoming was really awkward
H passed right by me to shake hands with all the brass that was there to welcome the flight. I had to run to the end to grab him. H was informed that next time he can greet his wife first LoL.
ETA: Now I'm wondering how H would react. If it truely was a random person he would probably be more uncomfortable than me.
I've been thinking about this, and if what happened in that clip happened to me, I'd probably be like "wtf"
but then probably get over it because DH is home.
And PP who said they get all excited and huggy, I think I get like that too (not that I would do that- I dont think) but it looked like the lady was just all excited and not really thinking about the "first' hug thing. She was all like bouncing up and down the whole time until her person got off the bus, so I would cop it up to general excitement.
ETA DH has not deployed yet, so you may throw out this opinion if you wish
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to explain the video, the red dress lady walked up to dude and said something like either "are you my husband" or "have you seen my husband" or something, and realized it wasn't her H and gave him like a half hug, so she didnt like run into his arms and totally embrace him or anything, and then his wife/kids walked up.
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Ahhh! Really?! I mean I was going to ask you for real (I know we talked about it), but you're kind of legit, and I felt bad asking you. I don't know why. I'm weird.
Oh yeah, she got in the way, but I didnt think she was ill-intended. I dont think I'd want any family to come, and I LOVE my inlaws. LOL
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LOL. I'm thinking mistaken identity or overenthusiasm or something.
Actually, the funniest part was the guy offering tissues to red dress. Is he trying to pick up women at a homecoming?
The whole group homecoming scenario is pretty foreign to me, though. H always deploys individually. Homecoming usually involves me knowing his flight info and driving to the airport to pick him up.
My parents will forever give me shits about the time I met his flight after he got back from training. He flew back with my dog, whom I hadn't seen in 6 months, and she was all loud and yelping in her crate. Tokyo is not a loud airport, so I went to her first to quiet her. H was only gone 3 months
/Dead that the guy in the red shirt!! lol.
I don't think I'd be annoyed, I'd be a crying mess because she ruined my "moment" lol.
Well..that was awkward..
Hell yea, I'd be pissed! But red dress lady seemed like she was beyond caught up in the moment and ran for anything in a Marine uniform. She seemed a little embarrassed.
This.
I felt more awkward than upset. And that is how I would probably feel if someone did that to me. Lucky for me his deployments aren't long, so homecoming is a bus to the plane and pick them up to go home. NBD.