Today, I asked my parents to sign for me to enlist in the military. They asked me how much money the government gives them if I die. FML
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Today, I overheard my mother and sister talking so I stopped to eavesdrop. I recently enlisted in the Marines, and they were talking about what they would do with the money if I died. FML
Today, my parents asked if I wanted to go to military school so I said, "Yeah, that would be awesome," thinking it was a joke. They weren't joking. FML
Today, I told my parents I was thinking about joining the army. They looked at each other and laughed for about 10 minutes straight. I wasn't joking. FML
Today, I told my dad I want to enlist in the army and he tried to lock me in my room. He did almost the same thing when I told him I wanted to do certain college courses to make it easier to become a police officer, only there was a lot more swearing and throwing of objects. FML
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
Today, I asked my parents if I had a college fund because I will be going to university in two years. They laughed. FML
Today, my dad drunkenly ranted about how I should volunteer for the military because of the crisis in the Middle East. I refused; I'm in college on two scholarships and have listened to stories of why his service still gives him nightmares. I had to hide all the phones to keep him from calling the recruiters. FML
Today, I told my father I registered for the Marines, and that I'm leaving for bootcamp next week. He asked if this means that he doesn't have to pay child support anymore. FML
Today, I talked to my dad about joining the military. He got up, laughed, and said, "As if the army would accept a pussy like you." FML
Today, my girlfriend of three years broke up with me because I'm in the military and I'm gone too much. The reason I enlisted in the first place is because we agreed that the money and benefits I would earn would help us be able to start a family in the future. FML
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XCarCrashHeartsX 0
Dang, man that's ****** up.
Doopliss 0
Well, that is a reasonable question, you are putting your life at stake...
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Rude_Girl_Ska 0
Harsh.
islaphippos 0
I don't believe it, if your parents were that heartless, you would have known already
Tifoxendine 0
I'm sorry to hear but ur look on family will change and u will miss them trust me
eaglesfan761 0
everybody else is saying that they're heartless, but i think they just said that to scare you into not doing it. the military is a big and dangerous decision, and your parents were probably just scared of losing you. if i had kids, i wouldnt want them to do that.
chilldude55 0
I think they were trying to see how much money they would have left if you die and they have to bury you and give you a nice funeral.
ObamaKitttyy 0
I thought OP was opinion...
Queen_of_Night 20
The regular life insurance plan is $400,000. Your funeral expenses are completely taken care of. I really hop you joined the Navy. I've friends in every branch and served 4 years myself in the USAF. I wish I'd gone Navy and so do most of my friends. 14, 19, 17, and 26 STFU and go die. 29, obviously you haven't seen the news. We're pulling out. We're completely out of Baghdad. We're not really at war anymore.
Znew1 0
Apparently you forget about Afghanistan.
JustSoLost 8
Clearly u did forget about afghanistan. The American soldiers are still there and are ruining the lives of the innnocent people there. No offense to any americans, because I'm not a hater but the american soldiers are not making any progress there. I don't even understand why they are there. It's not liek they are making any chnage there and their lives are just going to waste and they end up dieing eventually too. I'm thankful that in America and Canada we have people who would give up their time and life to become a soldier and risk there life but seriously there is no point.
steel2 0
i didn't mean to reply to this one lol
Queen_of_Night 20
Neither did I how weird
dk2008 3
I did.
LadyAlathia 0
And Korea
steel2 0
there have been troops in korea since the 50's. Oh, and by the way, we are not currently at war there.
noName123456 0
actually we have not been at war since WWII in the 40s, that was the last time congress declared war since then its just been global conflicts/police actions
Queen_of_Night 20
Edit: apparently the OP to this rely was deleted I'm not going to discuss a country whose government is basically begging us to stay. Many of he bases in Afghanistan are going to become permanent because of the request by THEIR government. Korea is the same. As for "ruining lives", the only afghans who have any problem with us are people like you. They are a wonderful people. Majority of Middle Eastern people are. There is an easy way for you to find out what's really going on. It's called Google. Thanks for playing.
ObamaKitttyy 0
ok u get 400,000 if ur kid dies in the war? idk on that that's a lotta money the government is givin away...
laughingman 0
what's ydi mean?
dk2008 3
ydi means "you deserved it"
bishoprsv2 0
I thought if you were 18 you didn't need parental consent to enlist.
dk2008 3
you don't, but you do if you are seventeen, which i have known people who have enlisted at 17, went to basic over the summer, and then came back and graduated and continued on to college, which is payed for by the military.