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I have the highest respect for those who serve...I have several uncles who were in the service. I have tried dating military guys, and in every case, the personality differences were insurmountable. Add in the fact that they don't live in one place for all that long (I moved a lot growing up, and I am done with that), and it's just not the type of situation I see for myself. But again, I do have the utmost respect for them.
Frat boys are a different story entirely....every single one I have encountered has been an immature brat with a huge sense of entitlement. Bleh.
Meh, I don't care so much for those who have served. I feel that most who enlist did so for economic reasons/lack of better opportunities in life (which is unfortunate). Also, there's a lot of borderline brain washing IMO that goes on in the military and I detest the very idea of following orders at all costs over thinking about what you are actually ordered to do and whether or not it is right or wrong. And I'm not deluded enough to think that guarding opium fields in Afghanistan is somehow "protecting my freedoms" domestically, all the while big brother is creepin on my facebook page. Yikes, sorry for the derail lol.
About 90% of the frat boys I met in college suffered from a major inferiority complex.
I think that once you get into your 30s, it's kind of ridiculous to worry about this, never mind your 40s.
I gotta admit this was my first thought as well. It's like when you get your first major job out of college, after you get some real world work experience, the college you went to and your gpa/sat's don't seem to matter as much.....
I dated an Iraq war veteran, and I guess the one quality I admired about him was that he was very disciplined (aside from him serving our country of course). But since I have pretty liberal political views I usually clash with these guys on an intellectual level. Personally I have no preference, but I do find frat boys to be more laid back which is what I like.
Meh, I don't care so much for those who have served. I feel that most who enlist did so for economic reasons/lack of better opportunities in life (which is unfortunate). Also, there's a lot of borderline brain washing IMO that goes on in the military and I detest the very idea of following orders at all costs over thinking about what you are actually ordered to do and whether or not it is right or wrong. .
As much as I wanted to disagree you, I do notice that you used the word "most". As long as you are not bashing all the military men who served the country, I have no problems with ya.
I can ONLY talk about my own brother and my ex boyfriend. Both of them are from upper middle class. My brother chose the Marine over Medical school. He just wanted to serve the country. Just want to make it very clear.
Before you talk about "borderline brain washing", please watch this video. We don't like wars, civilians can express their opinions about soldiers all day long, they are entitled to their opinions. We as military family has to live in the fear every single day. We just want our brothers, sons, fathers to come home. That is all. Show some support and respect, that is all and ONLY thing we ask for.
Meh, I don't care so much for those who have served. I feel that most who enlist did so for economic reasons/lack of better opportunities in life (which is unfortunate). Also, there's a lot of borderline brain washing IMO that goes on in the military and I detest the very idea of following orders at all costs over thinking about what you are actually ordered to do and whether or not it is right or wrong. And I'm not deluded enough to think that guarding opium fields in Afghanistan is somehow "protecting my freedoms" domestically, all the while big brother is creepin on my facebook page. Yikes, sorry for the derail lol.
About 90% of the frat boys I met in college suffered from a major inferiority complex.
You do know that because of vets who have served through out our history, you are allowed and or privileged to think this way.....try saying something anti-government in the middle east.. see how fast your head gets separated from your neck...... and that isn't a joke...
As much as I wanted to disagree you, I do notice that you used the word "most". As long as you are not bashing all the military men who served the country, I have no problems with ya.
I can ONLY talk about my own brother and my ex boyfriend. Both of them are from upper middle class. Both of them wanted to serve the country. Just want to make it very clear.
Before you talk about "borderline brain washing", please watch this video. We don't like wars, civilians can express their opinions about soldiers all day long, they are entitled to their opinions. We as military family has to live in the fear every single day. We just want our brothers, sons, fathers to come home. That is all. Show some support and respect, that is all and ONLY thing we ask for.
I don't know why anyone with a family would willingly volunteer themselves to go off to in my view an unnecessary war half a world away. That's borderline irresponsible/unfair to your loved ones in my view. To each their own I guess...
I don't know why anyone with a family would willingly volunteer themselves to go off to in my view an unnecessary war half a world away. That's borderline irresponsible/unfair to your loved ones in my view. To each their own I guess...
Indeed.
“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.”
― Ronald Reagan
“...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.”
I've got big ups for the military, might not always be 100% on board with the US policy at times, but I don't want this country to ever replay what we did to the soldiers coming home from Nam.
I think that hasn't happened for the most part, I think America learned it's lesson in that regards.....
I've got big ups for the military, might not always be 100% on board with the US policy at times, but I don't want this country to ever replay what we did to the soldiers coming home from Nam.
I think that hasn't happened for the most part, I think America learned it's lesson in that regards.....
There are those of us who didn't partake in Greek Culture. I guess we aren't an option, huh?
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