I commonly find myself, mostly to extremely liberal friends and guys I end up dating, defending my choice to go into the military. I think the people who ask are trying to be sympathetic, and are seriously trying to understand what is going on in my head. I also think the idea as me as a solider has never fit the profile; in none of my iterations have I seemed much the "soldier". I think when I was younger, I was struck by one of my teachers from high school, who commented when I came back and... read more
