AIO for being upset a mom at school said my kids 'must be used to it by now'
me (34F), three kids, husband deployed, five weeks out. at pickup another mother asked how we were doing and i said the usual, we're counting down. she said, kindly, genuinely kindly, "oh they must be used to it by now." i said something polite and got in the car and then sat in the car park for about ten minutes. my 9 year old is used to it in the sense that he knows the routine. he is also the reason i know that at some point in month five he stops mentioning his dad at all, and starts again about two weeks before he lands. that's what used to it looks like. i know she meant it as a comfort. everybody means it as a comfort. i've heard some version of it maybe thirty times and this is the first time i've cried about it.
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