Well Ramilies, I take it from your post that you assume that 37+ Singlies do not have mortgages ???! whilst we're on the subject, i'll bring up the some of the tired old arguements! Why is it that PADs of all ranks think that it is reasonable, no their right, to bugger off early and get the odd "gash" day of because they had to take the kids to school...or whatever! I think the best one was when I got dicked to cover a Pads duty, dicked by another Pad I must add, so he could take his wife to the dentist! The said pad who I covered for told me his wife didn't like driving in big towns!! Salisbury ..ooooh scary!! The next week she drove up to North...
At the end of the day both have taken the queens shilling, and yes i understand that pads have more baggage, in more ways than one, than Singlies. But if all the pads out there, can put their hands on thier hearts and say they haven't had an easier time getting time off and they get dicked at weekends for duties, where someone hasn't turned up, on equal basis then fair play!
As a "whinging" singlie I do get quite wound up with these "stinking" pads assuming that all singlies are sad and have no lives just because we haven't, yet, felt the urge to get married and have obnoxious, sweeping generalisation I know, kids!