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Ladies and Gentlemen:
I hope this may be an interesting poll. This came out of a conversation I had with a senior member on my bus during a trip. We discussed the challenges and difficulty facing military members of either gender in maintaining a relationship in the military or with a military member (how many divorced people do YOU know?).
He strongly believed that there was a high percentage (over 40% ! ) of members that were divorced, and that this was the highest percentage of all other marital status'.
This person also believed that there are only three types of spouses for ANY military member for a successful relationship:
1. Another military member;
2. a Base rat (someone not in the military but that grew up in a military family); and
3. a RARE (his words) individual with the strength of character to enter a military relationship relatively cold and through the available resources and their partner, is able to cope and not let the relationship fail.
I have been curious since he mentioned it, and certainly welcome any discussion.
As a disclaimer, I don't represent anybody, I'm not doing this for any social course, I haven't discussed this poll with anyone else before posting it, and in case it comes up, I apologize for any perceived insult, offence or similarity to any persons, whether living or deceased...
Oh wait, that's from the movies...
Cheers!
I hope this may be an interesting poll. This came out of a conversation I had with a senior member on my bus during a trip. We discussed the challenges and difficulty facing military members of either gender in maintaining a relationship in the military or with a military member (how many divorced people do YOU know?).
He strongly believed that there was a high percentage (over 40% ! ) of members that were divorced, and that this was the highest percentage of all other marital status'.
This person also believed that there are only three types of spouses for ANY military member for a successful relationship:
1. Another military member;
2. a Base rat (someone not in the military but that grew up in a military family); and
3. a RARE (his words) individual with the strength of character to enter a military relationship relatively cold and through the available resources and their partner, is able to cope and not let the relationship fail.
I have been curious since he mentioned it, and certainly welcome any discussion.
As a disclaimer, I don't represent anybody, I'm not doing this for any social course, I haven't discussed this poll with anyone else before posting it, and in case it comes up, I apologize for any perceived insult, offence or similarity to any persons, whether living or deceased...
Oh wait, that's from the movies...
Cheers!