I did my 4 year Navy enlistment and have zero idea about officer life We used to call them the 1% (this is when occupy wall street jumped off) got beat over the head about the non-fraternizing rule they were always cool with us, but all we had to say was yes sir/ma'am
FFWD to 2019, I've been out since 2012 Been with my girl for 6 months now (I posted about her predilection for hocus pocus shit a few weeks back) we're good, I'm happy with her, she says she's happy with me what could go wrong?
Couple of weeks ago she hits me with "I've talked to an Army recruiter and want to go Officer" me: Weebay.gif
Background: she just got her M.A. (International Trade and Finance), 29 y/o, has been applying for jobs for the past 4 months and all she's got is "thank you for your interest" e-mails and no interviews/offers
Right now she's temping and hustling (tutoring, kids coaching) and stressed the fuck out over her life going nowhere
I told her it took me 6 months after I got my bachelors to get my current federal job but she's not hearing me She wants to start a career TODAY I've helped her out and we were talking moving in together/seeing how that goes and getting engaged at some point (that was before she dropped the Army bomb)
I immediately flashed back to all the fuckery I saw in the Navy: Dudes and broads cheating on their S.O./spouses on deployment marriages falling apart on deployment boat hoes (both genders) running into their S.O.'s arms when we came back
This is all the enlisted side, I imagine officer life can't be much different
I was single when I enlisted, and did my numbers like everyone else then I got married and fell back got through my 2 deployments without a dear john call/letter or divorce papers
So I tell her my boat stories, and ask her if she's 100% sure this is what she wants (yes) Told her about 10 hot dogs for every bun, and how as soon as she gets out of basic it'll be https://media.giphy.com/media/JVqeFxl3Qo8/giphy.gif
I'm not into LDR, did that a couple of times back in the day and it's for the birds
she took the ASVAB today, got a 93, and recruiter told her sky's the limit Some other score qualifies her for OCS after basic and now she's just training for the PT test
At this point I'm just preparing myself for the inevitable she's highly motivated and I can already see her as one of those "I love the Army" 20-30 year career types
Like I said, my frame of reference is the enlisted life
11. "the military isn't built for sustainable healthy relationships" In response to Reply # 2 Tue Feb-12-19 10:37 AM by j.
dating, marriage, family, kids all of that falls behind the needs of (insert branch) I'm not worried about her stepping out so much as the environment and the people that are conducive to that behavior shit my mom was in the AF and married twice to co-workers both of them did dirt and bounced that's how I grew up
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 05:47 PM
3. "Is this the woman who does the pendulum?" In response to Reply # 0
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79607 posts
Mon Feb-11-19 07:11 PM
5. "My brother was an officer in the Navy" In response to Reply # 0
He went to the Naval Academy so he was younger.. but dude has nothing but awesome/terrible man whore stories.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
10. "She's one of the great ones (c) Sonny " In response to Reply # 7
She's saying all the movie cliches I'm just along for the ride until I drop her off at the airport it is what it is, she chose the military life over me so I'll be heartbroken, depressed, time will heal, then I'll be out in these streets again (FML)
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
14. "that's some real shit, I was a Marine and we had base hoes lol..." In response to Reply # 12
everything else was exactly like he said the "10 hotdogs for every bun" lol, the rampant infidelity and marriages falling apart. I know all that stuff happens in civilian like but in the military it seems like everything is times 10 lol, like a big ass soap opera. I've got a gang of stories lol.
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