Kimmie
05-14-07, 12:25 PM
Hi my name is Kimmie and I found this site by accident and love it. You all are very informative and I love the humour.
My youngest daughter is in a budding romance with a young Marine whom she has known through out all of high school. They have always been there for each other and stayed friends while each has had other relationships. He joined the Marines last July so he has just about a yr. under his belt. They kept in touch through letters while he was in basic training at PI. Then after he got to Camp Pendleton for his MOS training they communicated mostly with txt messaging and phone calls. He had a schedule and she knew what to expect, as far as talking to him. On the week ends when he was with his buddies he always included her with phone calls and phone pictures. He graduated in mid April and was sent to Camp Lejuene for his first duty station. They were so excited about him being sent back to this side of the coast. He thought he would get to come home right away and would start his job. Well, so far not so good. He was there about a week before he was given his orders,he hasnt started his job yet, he has spent the past 2 weeks at the range I assume shooting. He was getting up at two am and I know he is just tired, home sick and disapointed. I think nothing panned out for him like he thought. He also found out you have to be on base 30 days before you can come home. That is in two weeks, yay! Yesterday he said he had to pull a 24 hour duty. We kindof joked that maybe he was in trouble or do they all have to do that? Now that he is closer he seems grouchy and very disapointed. His parents think he feels like he has gone right back to basic training. Does this usually happen when a Marine gets his first assignment or is this just a fluke? My daughter is very supportive and doesnt want him feeling down and tells him whats a few more weeks but he seems so sad. He also keeps saying he has changed since he went in and fears she wont like the new him? We cant figure out what he is talking about. Maybe he has just grown up! We are very proud of him and respect him but we cant figure out why he seems to going backwards. Thank you all for any help you can give me. I am trying to learn as much as I can...just incase he and my daughter decide this is the life they both want. She doesnt complain when she doesnt hear from him, she knows he has to get settled and he wants to hang with his friends and get to know a whole new batch of people. His parents and I seem to ask the most questions. please help...
Kimmie
My youngest daughter is in a budding romance with a young Marine whom she has known through out all of high school. They have always been there for each other and stayed friends while each has had other relationships. He joined the Marines last July so he has just about a yr. under his belt. They kept in touch through letters while he was in basic training at PI. Then after he got to Camp Pendleton for his MOS training they communicated mostly with txt messaging and phone calls. He had a schedule and she knew what to expect, as far as talking to him. On the week ends when he was with his buddies he always included her with phone calls and phone pictures. He graduated in mid April and was sent to Camp Lejuene for his first duty station. They were so excited about him being sent back to this side of the coast. He thought he would get to come home right away and would start his job. Well, so far not so good. He was there about a week before he was given his orders,he hasnt started his job yet, he has spent the past 2 weeks at the range I assume shooting. He was getting up at two am and I know he is just tired, home sick and disapointed. I think nothing panned out for him like he thought. He also found out you have to be on base 30 days before you can come home. That is in two weeks, yay! Yesterday he said he had to pull a 24 hour duty. We kindof joked that maybe he was in trouble or do they all have to do that? Now that he is closer he seems grouchy and very disapointed. His parents think he feels like he has gone right back to basic training. Does this usually happen when a Marine gets his first assignment or is this just a fluke? My daughter is very supportive and doesnt want him feeling down and tells him whats a few more weeks but he seems so sad. He also keeps saying he has changed since he went in and fears she wont like the new him? We cant figure out what he is talking about. Maybe he has just grown up! We are very proud of him and respect him but we cant figure out why he seems to going backwards. Thank you all for any help you can give me. I am trying to learn as much as I can...just incase he and my daughter decide this is the life they both want. She doesnt complain when she doesnt hear from him, she knows he has to get settled and he wants to hang with his friends and get to know a whole new batch of people. His parents and I seem to ask the most questions. please help...
Kimmie