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Show me a former military man that doesn't curse, and I'll show you one who missed the bus to boot camp. Show me a military man that'll pass up someone buyin him a beer, and well, I'd be almost as surprised. I'm not saying this guy is full of shit, but it's really easy to put out a facade for nice young (and I take it attractive) ladies.

Add to that the experience of being in a regimented lifestyle and then meeting someone that has no clue what it's like. I've lived a cadet lifestyle, and if it weren't for a major injury to my left elbow, I'd be in the Army right now. Even a cadet lifestyle separates you from other people both in the manner you live and the manner you think. Priorities are very different, and routine is something that is the foundation of that lifestyle. Routine and methodical actions/thinking come with the territory, and it's generally a step-by-step process. Yea, he may be going to college, but for him, it's an adult saying "i need to find a career, and this is the next step to get there" not a kid saying "i need to get an education."

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