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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:29pm |
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If someone close to you (sibling, child, SO, best friend, etc.) randomly decided to join the military? And by random I mean never once have they ever had any interest in it.
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Derri
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:30pm |
I'd be shocked and asking lots of questions
but if their mind is made up, there ins't much I can do
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:35pm |
Originally posted by Derri
I'd be shocked and asking lots of questions
but if their mind is made up, there ins't much I can do |
Zactly!
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:43pm |
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I SWEAR TO GOD IM GOING THRU THIS WITH SOMEONE RIGHT NOW......a younger friend of mine hit me up just two days ago and told me she's joing the fcking army....because she wants to see what the ARMY has to offer, and she wants to travel the world......Im so flabbergasted because she's NEVER shown any interest in it or nothing. SHe's just been down and out and depressed over student loans and what not...I kept asking her why and she just sounded like a walking army pamphlet.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:51pm |
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I would just talk to him and make sure the person was sure about the decision their making.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:53pm |
Originally posted by Derri
I'd be shocked and asking lots of questions
but if their mind is made up, there ins't much I can do |
Pretty much what I was going to say. And I'd try to support them as much as possible.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:57pm |
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I'd would be cool and educate them on it.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:57pm |
Iluvweave! Your pretty 
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:58pm |
Originally posted by MsPlayGurl
Iluvweave!
Your pretty
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:59pm |
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I would be angry and scared but I would try to support them as much as I could..
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 9:10pm |
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being former military my self, i'd say it was a good choice, in reference to my lil brother that is. lawd knows that boy need some guidance.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 10:26pm |
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My cousin did that, but then again I wasn't close to him.
I'm thinking about joining the military myself.
I told my mom and she seemed cool with it, I haven't told anyone else in my family though.
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Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 11:28pm |
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I would talk them out of it
I had a friend that was considering joining the military but we all were like is that really what u wanna do so he went back to other activities
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 7:57am |
I would keep asking them "Do you know what you're getting into?". 
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 12:34pm |
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I'm about to go through this process, sorta. I wanted to join the marines when I was 17 but I was young and stupid back then. I still don't have a decent job and I need money to pay for college, so I'm probably going to join the air force. I might even go active--too much stuff for me to think about right now.
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 3:26pm |
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This happened in our family. Since I can remember my mom had always said none of her children would go into the military. My sister who is 5 years younger than me was in ROTC in high school and then the summer before her senior year (last year) she told us she wanted to join the military. I asked her did mom know and then I told mom. My mom started crying immediately and asked her why. My sister basically is doing this as a way of escape. My dad's family is very controlling and like to keep the kids under their leash they control everything from schooling, to your cell phone plan, everything. Luckily I grew up with my mom and I moved out at 18 never had to deal with this stuff. But she said it was her only way of escape. She's coming home on Dec 4th afer completing her boot camp time.
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 3:48pm |
Originally posted by Derri
I'd be shocked and asking lots of questions
but if their mind is made up, there ins't much I can do |
+ me
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 3:50pm |
Originally posted by nitabug
I'd would be cool and ask them to educate me on it
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revised for me...
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Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 9:52pm |
I joined the Army on a whim. I was in college, never being able to settle on a major, not going to class regularly, but still getting by, just wasting my time (and scholarship money). I had a friend who joined, and just like that, I decided to join and I enlisted weeks later. I wanted a BIG change of pace and i got it. lol
My family tried to stage an "intervention" on the day the recruiter came to pick me up. They questioned if I was cut out for the lifestyle and pointed out the fact that I had never run a day in my life  It didn't persuade me one bit, so if a persons mind is made up, even if it seems out of the blue, sometimes there is not much you can do.
I dont regret it at all. I did eventually decide on a major and finished my degree. The army paid for it and paid off my previous college loans . I also met my husband who was also serving. Overall, it was a great choice for me.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 9:59pm |
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But.......I forgot to mention this was during peacetime, well it was sort of when I joined in 96. not like it is now. I don't think I would be too happy if someone i loved was joining, even though I would support them if they were already in. I personally know too many of the soldiers who were killed over there, so my opinion will be skewed. But then again some occupations will never see war, so IDK, its just an individual thing.
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Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 12:10am |
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I'd talk them out of it.
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