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wooferstl

Thirty Years Ago Today

Sep 26, 2009 17:32

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army, basic training

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wooferstl September 28 2009, 02:08:21 UTC

i was in the back end of my second year of college. Back then, financial aid was pretty hard to come by...no grants, loans, etc. i was working two jobs to pay for school and living at home. In my degree - engineering - i would have to transfer to a different campus in a different city where i would have to pay housing as well as tuition and i wouldn't have a job lined up. Plus, working 60 hrs/week, i was pretty burned out. So i joined up. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
i've always been gay. But growing up out in the country in those days, i didn't have anyone i could ask or relate to. You kids don't know how lucky you have it. So i was in denial for about another 10 years. i always knew i was gay, but i was a self-hater. So i came out to myself half-way through my career. Then it was time to live a double life. Fortunately, that's when i went back to Germany, so i was able to be a straight GI in english and a gay man in german. Long story, i'll tell you some day. You can make me dinner sometime and i'll regale you guys with my

blachubear September 26 2009, 22:56:40 UTC

WOW!!! I was 11 years old back in September 1979.
I don't know if it made you the man that you are now but it made you stronger person I guess.
HUGS!!!

wooferstl September 28 2009, 02:09:26 UTC

Everything we do makes us the men we become. If i'd said no, everything would be different.

thornyc September 26 2009, 23:42:58 UTC

Happy Anniversary. I'm glad you're here!

wooferstl September 28 2009, 02:09:56 UTC

Thank You, Sir. That makes two of us! LOL!

bouncercub81 September 27 2009, 01:47:11 UTC

Damn I was glad to get out of mine as soon as possible. the environment really didn't work out at all.

wooferstl September 28 2009, 02:15:30 UTC

Things change. If i'd been in different units, things might not have been the same. Sometimes, they work out.

geometrician September 27 2009, 03:22:11 UTC

Woofer, you always seem to have positive memories of your military experience, without regretting leaving it. It's nice to hear about! Hugs!

wooferstl September 28 2009, 02:20:47 UTC

It was good, it was bad, it was fun, it was tough. Life.
"Je' ne regrette non, rien!"
We all remember the good times and minimalize the bad times. That's why they're the "good ol' days" and not the "bad ol' days", though i had my share of them. Some times were amazing, some times were unbearable. Such is life. *hugz*