And now is when I rant as an Army wife about Pinterest.

There is a picture on Pinterest that is circulating around. It show a young, pregnant woman at a "welcome home" ceremony for a soldier. She has "welcome home daddy" on her pregnant belly and the caption (I guess from the news station) says that her husband has been in Iraq for 12 months. 

I know, I know. Pregnancy=9 months. Daddy gone=12 months. Whore. Right? That seems to be everyone's consensus on this photo in question, and I have seen similar before with other photos. Now I get that not everyone is aware of "how things work" in the military, and people still seem confused when I explain it. 

But here is an explanation: deployment is set to be 12 months long. The military establishment realizes this is a LONG time to be gone for, so they give their men and women that are deployed a 15 day R&R leave. Basically, sometime in the year they are supposed to be gone, they get to be ungone. That's not a word but they get to come home for 2 weeks. So let's say Susie's husband leaves in January and is due back the following January. He has an R&R in June. Comes home for 2 weeks. Hasn't seen his wife in months. What do they do? Have sex. Lots of it. Several times a day. Because THEY CAN. And they missed eachother. Husband returns to duty station overseas. Susie is pregnant. If Susie and husband conceived in June (we will just say June 12th so I can use an online calculator to figure the next part out), her due date is approximately March 4th-ish. So when hubby gets back from Iraq, his wife would be 7 months pregnant. 

So while I get the initial "wtf?" when seeing an image of a pregnant lady when her hubby comes home from 12 months away, it is possible without her being a whore. So stop saying that. Educate yourselves a little bit people. It's insulting to me to think that if I got pregnant on my husbands leave, people might see that and refer to me as a whore when I am faithful to my husband. What if this girl happens to see her own picture on the internet with people saying she is a whore, and a slut?! How would YOU feel if you knew that you were pregnant with your husbands child and people were essentially accusing you of cheating on him? All over the internet. Where anyone could see it, and recognize you. 

Educate yourselves.