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My parents don't know I joined the Army... How do I tell them?
18/m lives in Ohio
With in a year i will be going to boot camp, I have a good family friend who died in Afgahnistan. He was a marine, but i know thats where the airborne are. My parents are very fearful of anyone trying to join up. My sister thought about it and my parents flipped shit even though she just wanted to sign up for the navy. I thought they were going to lock her in her room for life, but I already signed and its set in stone that im going... how do i break the news to them without them going nuts?
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All you can do is tell them and hope for the best.
They will probably be upset, but they will get over it soon enough. They will be scared but they love you. It will be okay.
Best of luck to you. I hope it is over by the time you finish boot camp. ;)
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Well it never easy for parents to have there kid go into war but i guess the easiest way to go about it would be to just tell them what you have chosen to do and also that your an adult now and can make your own decisions and that your going to be okay and they will see you again and plus what your doing is nothing bad because your doing this for your country and them in a way as well. I know for a fact that they probably wont want to hear you out but the truth is its going to take them awhile to understand your decision and to be okay with it so just tell them that you understand what there going through but they have to let you go sometime. Good luck :D
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Tell them that they raised you to think of others, to be a good person and be a good and respectful citizen and you think joining the military embraces all the good values they taught you. You know they will be worried, but you believe in serving a cause bigger than yourself and you are looking forward to all the opportunity that your service will bring. Let them know you understand that as your parents they will be scared for you, but that you are taking on a big job and you're going to need their support. Good luck and thank you so much for your willingness to serve.
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