military Erin My boyfriend I love so much is there now at west point's boot camp for 5 more weeks......I am a wreck i have no one...I am marrying him 010709 ... hanael well, we know who's next after the priest then, heh-heheh 010709 ... Effingham Fish Sadly, I could never live like that. 011030 ... minnesota_chris the economy is bad again, and I'm thinking about joining the military again. 030128 ... sirflaccid The military is the ulimate run-away for anyone. As guy this is a well known fact. When you decide to "join up" you can do no wrong. You WILL get away with things that the normal man would never dream of. You can leave your family behind. How many "soldiers" do you know that have a newborn child or their partner is expecting one. I would imagine the percentage is quite high if you would actually take count. The best part for them is they get to run away from that responsiblity. Well not entirely. This is a way for people to live without the necessity of money so they can have their pay shipped back to the states as to put on the face of responsiblity. But this way you never have to live with its realities. While away you can do anything you want. Cheat on your partner, bring home some foreign STD and no one will ever know about it. And if they do find out, you can use the classic excuses. "You don't know what it was like over there." "It is just so lonely, I didn't know what to do." "With all of the tragedies I witnessed I just needed someone to connect to." I just had a friend return on leave recently who has done the following and used the exact same excuses. 050106 ... Freak is sick of this shit I found someone who will stick to their original plan instead of changing it for me. Doing what they wanted to do long before they met me. Don't give any fucking responsibility lecture...you don't know about half of whats going on. 050106 ... sirflaccid This issue isn't about you at all. The problem is it seems all of this is based on a pretty selfish point of view. Nothing is about you, me, or him anymore. You are dealing with a life that is not your own. Plans are nothing more than ideas, sometimes they have to change because of the decisions that have been made. 050106 ... Freak and sometimes plans dont need to change. This is going to give her insurance this is going to give her money this is a way that can pay for his college and she will still have a wonderful father 050106 what's it to you? who go blather from