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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 527335" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Well I dont feel I get a vote either. I just accept. I was one of those "hell no, not under my roof" mom's. Your home, your decisions. Im smart enough to know I cant change anyone but me.</p><p></p><p>Now one that you said kinda hurt my feelings. You said it would have upset you if your son joined the military but you would have accepted it. That was our dream for my middle son. It was HIS dream from the time he was 8. We knew we would never have the money to get him a further education and if he was going to get out of this area and do better for himself other than hanging sheet rock for a living then the Marines were the way to go. When he went in, it was the proudest moment of all of our lives. I have Marines all over my family. We come from a long line and in fact, my son graduated from Parris Island 60 years apart to the month from when his grandfather did. His grandfather was there to see him. He was the first one to salute him. The military gave a whole lot to my son. Just as much as any college could have. But instead of ever thinking he would come home again, he knew from the very first time he came home on leave that he had passed a milestone. Home was a childhood memory and he was now a man who had responsibilities that had to be addressed. It never even occurred to him to want to come home again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 527335, member: 1514"] Well I dont feel I get a vote either. I just accept. I was one of those "hell no, not under my roof" mom's. Your home, your decisions. Im smart enough to know I cant change anyone but me. Now one that you said kinda hurt my feelings. You said it would have upset you if your son joined the military but you would have accepted it. That was our dream for my middle son. It was HIS dream from the time he was 8. We knew we would never have the money to get him a further education and if he was going to get out of this area and do better for himself other than hanging sheet rock for a living then the Marines were the way to go. When he went in, it was the proudest moment of all of our lives. I have Marines all over my family. We come from a long line and in fact, my son graduated from Parris Island 60 years apart to the month from when his grandfather did. His grandfather was there to see him. He was the first one to salute him. The military gave a whole lot to my son. Just as much as any college could have. But instead of ever thinking he would come home again, he knew from the very first time he came home on leave that he had passed a milestone. Home was a childhood memory and he was now a man who had responsibilities that had to be addressed. It never even occurred to him to want to come home again. [/QUOTE]
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