[ SECRET POST #2237 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2237 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What were your parents like?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the OP of that thread.

My parents are.... hard people. Not deliberately mean or abusive, but very fucking hard. The type to be angry or frustrated at you when you're physically hurt, because that's the only way their worry and fear about their child can come out.

I can't remember the amount of times I've been nearly killed, only to have my parents scream at me for having been in that position. Or reprimand me for being there in the first place.

But it's the way they learned to survive, and keep me alive. My family has a history of very degrading, heavy manual labor that ends up with a lot of injuries. And in spite of being injured, you just have to keep working.

But I gotta say, it is fucking frightening being hurt, even badly hurt wanting to stop, but knowing you can't. You gotta keep going.

I learned that from my parents.

Re: What were your parents like?

[ill_omened]

Responding to your original thread (was dead by the time I got to it).

I like to think I've had a pretty decent comfortable upbringing, and I've still gone for dangerous jobs. Tried the military but got rejected for dietary reasons, so went the other route instead.

Not sure there's any direct connection. Police generally attracts middleclass kids, and whilst it's not infantry, there's always a decent chance of getting badly hurt and throwing yourself into some unpredictable situations on a daily basis.

Seems more that outside a few exceptions, it's more the pay that keeps people from 'good' background out.

Re: What were your parents like?

[(Anonymous)]

Your last sentence really struck a chord with me. I was the one in the thread with an average background who joined the Army. My mother has always been disappointed I joined because the pay isn't respectable enough in her eyes. It's never been clear to me what she wanted me to do instead but she's very materialistic and is embarrassed that I'm not rich. (I said my upbringing was average and boring, not that my parents are perfect.)

Re: What were your parents like?

[(Anonymous)]

(Anon ill-omened replied to.)

Funny. From where I come from, the Army offers a way better pay than anything I'm used to. The salary a 2nd LT makes (I tried getting a commission in the Marines) is about 10K more than my parents make in a year.

Re: What were your parents like?

[(Anonymous)]

I was enlisted (medically retired a while back as a SSG) and the pay was good, especially once you factor in the benefits like food, housing, clothing, medical, dental, etc., but I would never get rich being a soldier and that was what she wanted. I loved being in the Army for many reasons, the job security and pay/benefits being high amongst those reasons. I got to travel to places I could never afford to visit otherwise and meet people from all walks of life from all around the world. Whatever she wanted for me couldn't hold a candle to all of that.