I just was trying to get her to understand. |
There was nothing for you to get me to understand.
You and Charles CAN call Soldiers whatever you want. I'm telling you now that it's disrespectful, generally not appreciated by the military (hell, men who AREN'T in the military don't take kindly to being referred to as a child, either), and that if you say that to a Soldier or Marine's face you're doing so at your own risk.
That's what YOU can understand.
There's nothing here for you to teach me or make me understand unless you've joined the Marines in the past couple days and have taken a big ass survey and discovered that valiant battle-hardened men and women overwhelmingly prefer being referred to by civilians as "boys". That hasn't happened has it?
And there's no need for you to apologize or add more

to the conversation. We're square. No problems. Just don't try to reprimand or otherwise instruct me about military lifestyle issues or your perception of my online behavior ever again.