My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
I make no judgment, it just saddens me. I had been out going to Car Cruises this evening, when I got home my wife told me this story.
One of the kids, that my son use to hang around with, stopped by this evening. His name is Michael, he would be what most people would call "Nerdy", not tall, a little over weight, wears glasses, etc. His Grandmother would always take him to the bus stop and pick him up after school at the bus stop. I know his mother, had to go to work to early to do this chore. I had never met his father (either one).
He told my wife that sometime back, his mom and dad got a divorce. His dad did not want him and his mother remarried, and he could not get along with his stepfather. So, he has been living with his Grandmother.
He decided that this is no life, so he has joined the Marines. He just wanted my son to know (my son was working). Anyway that's the story.
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
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Originally Posted by nohsreg2000
Why is that sad? The young man is affording himself an opportunity to greatness. He is taking a path that has made many fine people.
Semper Fi!
My nephew is a senior this year and wants to follow his uncle's footsteps. Of ocurse I am concerned due to the nature of the job and I am also proud. I know now why my mom was proud but also cried the day I left.
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
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Originally Posted by CollinsvilleZ
He decided that this is no life, so he has joined the Marines.
Well it is sad that his family has broken up, but it is not at all sad that he joined the Marines! Duty, Honor, Country...These three words will reverently dictate what your son's friend will be. They will be his rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when it seems all hope is lost . The "unbelievers" will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and others of an entirely different character, will try to downgrade these words, even to the extent of mockery and ridicule. But he needn't worry himself with the vocal minority. These three words will build his basic character. They will mold his role as one of the custodians of our nation's defense. They make him strong and brave, even when he is afraid.
These three words will teach him to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success, and not to substitute words for action, not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress of difficulty and challenge, to learn to stand up in the storm, but to have compassion on those who fall, to have a heart that is clean, a goal that is high, to be modest so that he will remember the simplicity of true greatness. He will now know the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.
These three words will give him a quality of imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure, over love of ease. They will create in his heart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life.
You family should be proud to know such a brave young American. Tell your son to keep in contact with his friend, and write him letters as often as possible, the first year can be a little rough on a new recruit, and please tell us the young man's name, so we may keep him in our prayers.
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
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Originally Posted by 2002Graphite
It is sad because the young man felt unwanted, not because he is becoming a grunt.
Correct, nothing wrong with being a Marine, but feeling that you have no life and unwanted by your father and mother is the sad part. You have to remember, when I was in the Army, we were drafted for the most part, not volunteers.
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Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
That is not a sad story, but in fact probably the best thing he could have done. He'll find a family for life. Friends that will die for him and the esteemed dignity of calling himself a "Marine"..........
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Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Tell your son to send him a letter addressed General "his name", DI's just love seeign that when mail call comes around. [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img]
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Send him a letter addressed to "Airman xxxxxxx". Always makes for an interesting mail call [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img].
edit: :doh: I fucking missed Jokers post. At least I'm not the only one who's seen it done [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img] SoCal needs to send this guy some pics for the hog board for sure
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Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
Re: My wife told me a sad story, when I got home this evening
That's a great decision. I knew a kid that was truly a "fuck up", unwanted by his family and didn't have many friends. He joined the marines and boy did they get his ass in gear. He now loves waking up in the morning and even has a hot ass wife. Every time I see him he goes on and on and on about the latest gun technology and where he is stationed in Europe. If it wasn't for the marines, he would probably be hooked on drugs or maybe even taken his own life. The military is a great decision for some.
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