Being a child of a serviceman is tough. But that makes you adaptable, you become good at making friends, and you wouldn’t trade your childhood for anything in the world. Here are the 18 things that a military brat can definitely relate to:
- There is no other grocery store for your daily needs than the CSD.
Is there even a need to go to grocery stores out of the cantonment area? You get everything in there, ranging from food to daily needs!
- You always have a dependent card even if you don’t have a school ID.
Dependent card is your first priority when you go out. No, not even driving license!
- You are frequently asked from where you are.
People even ask where you were born and how many places have you been to. Ah! You had to explain it all over again to them and they eventually stop listening.
- When you see someone in uniform, your chest swells up, and you have immediate respect.
Your father or his CO gives you an intense motivation to do whatever you want to in your life, like these brats:
- Your school was a changing reality.
By the time you complete your twelfth, you’d have been to at least 5-10 different schools. Thank AWES that there are many APS, AFPS and NCS in the nation to feel the continuity.
- Travelling in a large truck to school and back doesn’t seem strange or exciting to you.
All the Stallions and Shaktimaans seem normal. It’s just like a school wagon to you.
- The National Anthem you sing in regular morning assemblies made more sense to you than your civilian friends.
Because you’ve been there; done that.
- Your dad has activated level 99 combat mode in response to a harmless loud noise that you made.
If you are around him, you better be in discipline, betcha!
- You respect time.
If you are not 10 minutes earlier to an event, you are late.
- Activities like swimming, tennis, bowling and other outdoor games are your normal everyday activities.
And you get to do all of them for FREE!
- Calling everyone by last names seems normal is very normal.
Because that don’t even matter unless you add “Sir”, “Mam” or “Ji” at the end. “Sharmaji’s Son” has no comparison to you because this is a whole different universe.
- A-B-C-D is not regular Apple- Ball-Cat for you.
What? A for Apple, B for Ball? That’s Alpha-Bravo-Charlie-Delta, bitch.
- Unit Partys/Bada Khana/Mess Food was your favourite time-out with your family.
When the invitation circular has those tiny words at bottom that just stand out “including children”, it is a fantastic feeling.
- Anyone senior than you is “Bhaia” or “Didi”.
Remember that moment when you had a secret crush on that “DIDI” in school?
- Your doctor wears combat boots.
And so does your helper, your gardener, your grocer, and every other job you can think of.
- 9’o clock is not morning for you, it’s half the day gone.
Even if you get up get up at 8 in the morning, you have definitely over-slept.
- You need to maintain proper grooming standards.
Since, your father is your Supreme Court, regular haircuts and well-iron clothes are your priority in front of him. You are a bit of a perfectionist, especially in your appearance. It is a requirement that a soldier and his family are neat and well-groomed.
- The day your Dad gets promoted is an awesome feeling.
I still remember how happy we were the whole week when my dad got promoted twice in two years!
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