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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-02-16 04:17 pm

[ SECRET POST #2237 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2237 ⌋

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Re: What were your parents like?

(Anonymous) 2013-02-16 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
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) 2013-02-16 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
(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) 2013-02-17 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.