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Navy girlfriend-having some trouble adjusting.
Hello, all!
I'm finding myself struggling with my boyfriend going into the navy and was looking for some advice..
Just some background on my situation;
My boyfriend and I have been dating for just under 4 years now, and just over 3 years ago he moved into my family's home and has been living with us since (we are both now 22). When he was about 17, he enlisted in the Navy, but dropped shortly after MEPS because of his fear of water. Since we've been dating, he's signed up to join the air force reserves, and the air force, and now he wants to do the Navy again. Both times he tried the air force/reserves, he opted out before going to MEPS for different reasons, and at the time he never placed blame on me for those decisions. I was extremely uncomfortable with his choices both times, and didn't give him the full support he deserved but was still trying to deal with things so that I could support him. He's been telling me throughout the relationship that it's not the life he wants and that he doesn't want to go anymore.
I come to find out a few weeks ago that he regretted each time he backed out, and that he felt as if both times were directly my fault. We talked through it and worked things out, and he reinforced to me that he didn't want to go back into any branch because it wasn't the life he wanted. Last Friday (Feb. 28) he decided that he wanted to go back, and was going to enlist in the Navy again. He didn't tell me about it until late Monday night, after he had made all of the arrangements with the recruiter and his parents to set everything up, so I was the last to find out.
After I found out I was, needless to say, fairly upset about the whole ordeal and it led to a very highly emotional next few days. He had made the appointment to talk to this recruiter for this previous Thursday (the 6th) and refused to talk about it with me at all, and gave me no real information, and didn't find anything out from the recruiter that I had asked him to. Once he was home that night, He immediately regretted allowing the past few days to unfold the way that they did, and has been trying since then to help me understand what's going to be happening. He's at MEPS right now waiting to take the ASVAB, and could be leaving for boot camp as early as next month.
It has been very difficult accepted and understanding all of this, and I know he's in a very tough position where he needs my support to get through it. I'm just not sure how to make myself more comfortable with everything, and thought that someone here may be able to give me some guidance, because I don't want to fight him or make things harder on him. I want to be able to help and support him as much as I can.
Thank you everyone, so much!
-Erika.
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