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View Poll Results: Do you like the changes?
Yay - boy to man, well done! 19 79.17%
Handsome kid changed to a REAL ugly bulldog - and worth it for your country! 3 12.50%
Handsome kid changed to a REAL ugly bulldog - but not worth it in these tough days! 2 8.33%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-11-2009, 07:42 AM
 
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This was me a couple of years ago.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee10/Daniel_L_star/Danny1.jpg (broken link)


My new career has made me look very, very different.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee10/Daniel_L_star/Danny3.jpg (broken link)


Most of my friends back home don't recognise me and my girl and I have drifted apart. She don't like the changes!

Last edited by Mike from back east; 04-19-2009 at 07:29 PM.. Reason: Fixed broken links so we can see the pix.
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Old 04-11-2009, 08:15 AM
 
Location: AZ
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You screwed up big time.

You had a real chance at being in a boy band.
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Old 04-11-2009, 08:23 AM
 
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Ha! Well, both pics are professional pics. First is from High School

There are far more important things than phycical looks - but my girl was very taken aback.
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Old 04-11-2009, 09:18 AM
 
Location: UK
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You look so like a TV "star" in the UK in your first pic - Adam Rickett.
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Old 04-11-2009, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Nowhere
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This was me a couple of years ago.

My new career has made me look very, very different.

Most of my friends back home don't recognise me and my girl and I have drifted apart. She don't like the changes!
Well.. you're going to age, lol. I think you look great in both photos.. forget her!
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Old 04-11-2009, 10:49 AM
 
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Well, I think while you look very good in both pics--you look mature, knowledgeable, grown-up, and exceedingly handsome in the latter pic.

Don't worry about your girl, the changes she probably doesn't like are the ones that will make you a proud member of the military! Trust me, there will be more appreciative girls down the road.....enjoy your newfound status and don't worry about her.
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Old 04-11-2009, 01:32 PM
 
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Thanks for some great input!

People used to make the boy band comments a lot -they don't now! I do look a heck of a lot older and not so pretty, but then the life does that. I've met some good people at Fort Hood.
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Old 04-11-2009, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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"She don't like the changes!"

Well, you're not the same person that you were when the two of you met. People change in different ways; "kids" grow up and become adults at different ages, sometimes never.

You were a very cute boy, but now you are a handsome, capable young man. I married a guy who very much resembled picture #2. I pick the new, improved you.
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Old 04-11-2009, 04:23 PM
 
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That's true - we're very different people now. Me especially! I guess it's not gonna please everyone. But I'm very resillient!
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Old 04-11-2009, 04:24 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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Any girl who would break up with you based on your looks is not worth it to begin with. Her loss, your gain. I agree with the previous posters. Cute boy now a man.
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