How to deal with friends?

How do you deal with friends who are just opposed with you going into the military?


You have the hostile ones who think your scum for doing what you are doing.


Than you have the ones who are emotionally attached to you that they don't want you to go.


I am looking for words of advice on how to deal with some of these people, as they are giving me a headache.How to deal with friends?
Most of us get all kinds of different reactions when we join the military, I think. I told my ';hostile'; friend that I was joining the military because I believe in it and it's truly what I want to do. ';I'm volunteering, so that you don't have to'; type of thing. I just never swayed from how I felt. I told him to support me or walk away, but I'm doing this. Eventually, he came around and he is now very very proud of me for making that decision back then.





As for the emotionally attached, just make sure they know how you feel about them and that you are honored they care enough to want you to stay, but ask for their support instead. Then make a solid effort to keep in touch with them. Like Sean said, myspace (and facebook) is a great tool for people to keep in touch with family and friends from back home, as well as the friends you will make during your time in service.





If you are definitely going to join the military, you will eventually learn who your real friends are. The ones who will keep in touch and do everything they can to spend a little time with you when you're on leave. The rest, you may lose touch with, but TRUST ME...you will make great friends in the military. Life long friends.





Good luck! And congrats on joining up!How to deal with friends?
wow... you have 'friends' who have become Hostile... Thats not very.. Friend like.....





Combat that with: ';So what have you done for your freedom?'; or ';So you want me to be like you, and have my rights bought in the blood of other, more honorable men?';





But the ones who are emotionally attached..... well.. yeah, these I think are the ones who care about you.





But if you do join, your going to have to learn how to let them go, its going to happen alot in your military career. So yeah. Try and stay on contact with them though.





Keep the Caring ones around, like on Myspace, the other ones... they just arn't worth your time, tell them to move to Canada.
I don't see how you call them friends because friends support you no matter what.





Everyone has to branch off and lead their own lives. Luckily today it is easy to keep in touch with everyone so it isn't like you are never going to see them again or hear from them.






They have ZERO controll over YOUR life. Those hostile peeps, need to realize you'll be fighting to keep their right to B*tch about the government. And those attached ones, just make sure they know you'll keep in touch.