Vet to vet needs to be no more than a nod or a handshake. We all get it. It's the people out in public that make a scene so everyone can see them thanking you. That's the jist of the article though. It's about them not the "thank you".
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Please don't thank me for my service???
- Thread starter Buckeye76
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I used to get A little embarrassed about it but that quickly passed. I would just simply thank them and walk on. I thank everyone military personnel i see to this day even after being out of the Army a few years now.
This is so confusing to a non-vet. So we're supposed to not say "thanks"?
When I've said thanks to a Vet I've certainly meant it and I have the utmost respect when I say it. It's not about me. I feel no guilt.
Im interested to hear from vets about this, as I assumed like so many others that it would be well received. Of course this is one soldier and apparently some of his friends who dont like it so the question is, is it wide spread ?
I think most understand. I never expected civilians to know what it was like in order to have gratitude. There are many good people in this country that appreciate our men in uniform. If you thank a Serviceman because you are truly thankful, you are doing it right.
This is so confusing to a non-vet. So we're supposed to not say "thanks"?
A quiet, just you and them quick "thanks for your service" is fine for most. I personally just feel weird about it for the reasons mentioned above. Then again I've never been one for accepting compliments and thank yous without feeling sort of weird about it. Modesty I guess. Who knows.
That's good to hear! Certainly you can't understand it unless you were there but that shouldn't make you less capable of offering genuine thanks.
No, I get it. It was a sacrifice, but it was also your job.
Do you thank your garbage man for doing his job? Not to diminish the equality of servitude but that's a job too..police, fire, these guys do the same things (save lives/take lives) vets are not much different then when you call it a JOB!
I served all over the world, it was my career choice and what I enjoyed doing. Didn't do it for the glory or the money or the thanks, if someone comes up and thanks me, I thank them for taking the time to remember. The only time it hit me hard and actually brought a tear to my eye was at an intersection several years ago, I had a 9th Div Vietnam Tag on the front of my SUV, a vehicle on the opposite side was wanting to make a turn and I flashed my lights to let him, when I noticed he was saluting me and wouldn't turn until I returned the salute, for some reason that gesture made me tear up. But it would be nice if someone would buy my coffee sometime LOL I'll tell you chilling War Stories LMAO 
