I hate how people say to parents who have the audacity to complain a bit about the challenges of parenthood, “You signed up for this! No one FORCED you to become a parent!!!” and everyone agrees with them like the parent(s) have no right to complain or ask for a single iota of sympathy.
But the moment someone says to a soldier (or really, almost anyone in any other profession), “You signed up for this! No one FORCED you to join the military!” everyone jumps on them like they’re a terrible,
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I honestly just want to be happy. I have no idea why I can’t find happiness, I have my moments where im on top of the world then it seems like plummet down into an abyss. I dont know what im even doing in the military, I don’t think i belong here. Im just not sure what im looking for in life but I know its not this.
For the past 4 years I’ve been with a covert military unit. I can’t bring myself to tell my family and friends. I tell myself its for their own protection but the truth is I’m not sure they would approve and I don’t think I could deal with that. They all think I’m a “Freelance Consultant”. My parents have started to ask me about finding a girl and settling down. I can’t get married doing what I do, that would be torture on my wife. How exactly would the other conversation go? “Mom, Dad, guess
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