ive already taken the asvab and now i just dont want to hurt them. I need them to be there for me just like any soldier would. But if there gonna disown me or some **** then what do i do.
2007-06-26 03:52:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They will not disown you especially since they are throwing a piss fit now. You are old enough to make this decision on your own. It is your life and your choice. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be or Marine or even becoming an Marine. If this something your really want to do, just do it and they will adjust. Oh yeah, as a Marine you will be a Marine. A Soldier is someone in the Army only. Get this mixed up and you will get your butt kicked by several real Marines. Also, who knows if they would ever approve of any of your life or job choices. They raised you and now it is your turn to take control of your life.
2007-06-26 05:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It may be a hard sell to your family, but everyone upsets their family by some choice they make. Joining the military is a good chance to grow as a person and unlike what some of the people answering this have said NOT EVERYONE comes back maimed or killed, that is a close minded opinion of the military that comes from watching the news and not really knowing the facts. Your family may be really scared about the situation and I don't blame them, I am a military spouse and my sister is a military spouse, it is hard to be the one left behind to worry about your loved one, but the pride i have in my husband for what he is doing for our country keeps me going every day. You need to tell them why you want to join the marines and take them to www.military.com and look for the parents section, there is a lot of good info there about having a child enlist in the military. If this is what you really want to do than you should do it. It is your life and you should do what you think is right for you in life and tell them that.
I wish you all the best.
2007-06-26 05:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a hard choice to make, but it is still yours to make. Your mom and the rest of your family is worried about your life. That's all. I highly doubt that they are going to disown you. If this is really what you want to do then do it. Your family is still going to love you even if they don't agree with your decision. As much as you deserve their support, you can't make them understand. This could be the best decision that you make for your life and if you are happy they should be too. Has your recruiter talked to your family? If not, see if he will sit down with them. He will be able to answer all their questions. By the way, if you join the Marines you are a Marine not a soldier.
2007-06-26 04:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I joined the Marines shortly before before my 18th birthday in 1956 when there was no war going on. My mother was upset because she wanted me to go to college and join some fruity fraternity. When the Vietnam War escalated, she was horrified. I reassured her that I could die in a traffic accident, which was more likely.
You have to make your own decisions in life and your family is either behind you or against you. If they are against your decision, it is unlikely that they will disown you. Although I have a much younger sister - hippie - who still calls me a baby killer, but I forgive her ignorance.
No one can live your life for you. You must be a man as you go forward!
USMC 1956-70
2007-06-29 20:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
regrettably you won't have the ability to "make" them do something. in spite of the undeniable fact that, you're an person now and part of being an person is doing what you think of is stable. you could and can hear on your mothers and fathers and know their evaluations, yet you're actually responsible to your person lifestyles and selections. I had a matching adventure to you whilst i desperate to enlist interior the army as an infantryman. My mothers and fathers have been the two properly knowledgeable people who spent various time on college campuses interior the '60s--in short, liberals with a distrust of the protection stress. for particular, they have been taken aback and disappointed with my decision. yet their evaluations replaced whilst they got here all the way down to my undemanding coaching commencement and met my Drill instructors. i think of various the phobia mothers and fathers have stems from no longer being accustomed to the protection stress. whilst they learn appropriate to the authentic high quality of the folk who would be extra advantageous you and serving alongside you, various those fears bypass away. I consider lots of the different posters right here: poor issues CAN ensue to you in conflict. there's a (small) danger you're able to correctly be killed or critically injured. be certain you bypass into this with open eyes. yet once you be attentive to the prospect, and your coronary heart and ideology and convictions enable you be attentive to it is worth it to settle for that possibility and combat for what you suspect in, then your loved ones will comprehend. Now as for transforming into a member of the Marines as a exchange of the army....properly, that's a call you will no longer get me to shelter ;-)
2016-10-18 22:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by goulette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, my mother cried when I left for Marine boot camp too. She got over it and so will yours. Moms love their children and don't want the to leave the nest. They are really sweet that way. Buy her some flowers and maybe some candy or some little something to take her mind off things. She'll be just fine after you're gone.
2007-06-26 04:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you WILL become a MARINE, and I am proud of you. This nation is proud of you. Marines are Marines, not soldiers. If you want to be a soldier, then join the Army.
Secondly, you need to wake-up, stand-up and be proud of who you are, and not try to be what your parents want you to be.
Lastly, prepare yourself before you leave for boot camp. Learn everything you can, about the Marine Corps, and get in shape.
Great work, my son. I am proud of you.
2007-06-26 04:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by xit 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Tough situation. I plan on joining the Marines, and my family is pretty proud. If I personally received opposition from my family on smoething I've decided that I want to do and I know that my country and I will benefit from my service, I guess I would disregard other's opinions because I know in the end, I would have done the right thing by giving loyal service to God and country. I wish you luck in your service and struggles, and it's great to know we have loyal, patriotic folks like you in this country.
2007-06-26 04:04:08 · answer #8 · answered by James 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Most families would worry about their son being in the service. It is stressful.
You really have to do what is best for you and your future.
You can tell them you love them but you are going to do what you have to do to make a life for yourself. They will come around someday.
Right now I wish I would have done more on my own and worried about myself more. The family[my grandma, uncle] I loved and took care of just up. They left [ I gave them most of my check for years] moved away and things have changed a lot. I now have no college education, not much savings,not much family left and really no big career to speak of. I am happily married to a former military guy who is going to be going to college on his GI bill and has a fully paid for car and we got married on savings, an apartment etc because he did serve.
So take care of yourself, I wish I would have. It is your life, not someone else's.
Take care and God Bless.
Let us know what you decide. You have me wondering now :)
2007-06-26 05:14:18 · answer #9 · answered by Ann 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
check on sgtgrit.com and sign up for their newsletter. show mom and dad the letters. Oh, and have a box of tissues ready because some are very touching about the experiences of U.S. Marines (ALWAYS capitalized the M) and their families.
(USN, retired/fan of our UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS)
2007-06-26 07:38:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋