For the past six months I've been working towards joining the British Army, i.e getting down the gym and working as much as I can to pay off debts I've aquired throughout my Uni days.
Due to the nature of the work I'll be doing in the Army, debts are considered as a potential character flaw, specifically the Armys concern is that debt could be used as an in for bribery.
Basically, I still owe around £5000 on credit cards and student overdrafts which I'm pretty sure will be flagged up when I go through DV (developed vetting) once I start my phase 1 training, and thus I'm sure I'll almost certainly be told to choose another job because of this.
My question is this; Is it wrong to ask my parents for a loan to get rid of these debts and therefore eliminate this potential failure to my vetting or not? I know it's not a huge amount of money, but for some reason it still seems a bit cheeky to consider asking. I would appreciate a neutral perspective on the situation. Thanks.
2006-07-30
01:10:52
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