1. If you don't get there early to get a good seat don't expect others to move around so you can have the seat that you so desperately want. We all want that seat, which is why we showed up early and reserved the seat. Also, don't try to move my stuff so that you can take my seat. NOT COOL. I will call you out on it, and you will be the one looking like a fool.
On the same note, I arrived early to have a front seat. That does not mean that if you show up late that you can come stand in front of me. Go stand with everyone else that was late.
2. When the speaker is talking don't start yelling for your loved one so that they can find you in the stands. We all want to find our loved ones, but please show respect for those who are trying to listen to the speaker. Plus its just flat out rude and disrespectful to interrupt the speaker like that.
3. While I know that there is no dress code for a homecoming ceremony please dress respectfully. Jeans and a t-shirt are not respectful. Jeans and a nice shirt are fine. Dresses don't need to be ball gowns, but also don't pull out the slutty, tramp dresses. We all know that you can't wait to get home, but you don't have to show everyone every little inch of your body. These guys have been gone a long time, protecting your freedom and working hard to provide a better life for you; please show them the respect that they deserve.
4. We all have signs that we want to hold up to show our loved one. Please keep it to a practical size, if multiple members of your family are holding it, fine. But if you are trying to stretch it out in front of a bunch of people so it blocks other families, again not cool.
5. I brought balloons as well, but I tried to keep my balloons under control; I held them out of people's faces, out of pictures, and it was only 2, not a giant bouquet that I would expect at a county fair that is more of a distraction than a festive marker for this joyous occasion.
6. How my loved one and I choose to celebrate the homecoming is our decision. Just because you do not agree you do not need to make me feel like shit because of it. Keep your opinion to yourself!
7. We have all had to wait a long time for our loved ones to come home. I understand that not everyone is home yet, and I am sorry. I too have had to waited through watching other loved ones come back and not able to see my husband, I have felt the same jealousy. You do not need to make me feel like shit because your loved one is not home yet. Oh and FYI for those of you who did make me feel like shit for all but one of you my husband left way before yours. And for that one your husband left only the day before mine and yours will be home very, very soon, not that big of a difference. Get over yourselves, we are all in this together. It is not possible for them to all come in on the same day, so please let me celebrate my day without making me feel guilty.
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