Would you marry someone in the military?

[dekeguy]

DSTCHAOS,
Aw, just when I thought we were getting close to common ground.
Actually, my comments were meant to be less about patriotism and appreciation and more about life altering decisions made on good or not so good criteria. The subject of the thread was about marriage to a military person and I admit I do have strong feelings on the subject based on my experience as a commanding officer in a forward deployed location and on my Dad's, both as a CO and as a lawyer trying to help people in that difficult path of marriage in the military. As I said, I am in awe of those who choose the path of military marriage and make it work, but it really is not for everyone, nor should it be.
I happily concede that the decision lies with the decider, I just feel that life altering decisions need to be made on a considered basis. I have seen too many instances of friends and acquaintences who made snap decisions on rather frivolous grounds, and very nearly all of them later came to regret those decisions. Is this a rant? Probably, but its also letting down my guard and telling you why I might come off as hard over on the subject. It really does matter to me and I do think my thoughts are gremain to the subject of the thread. OK, shields are down, over to you.