why are people in the military always try to start/have a family?

[z0mb13]

This really interests me...

everytime I watch somethin/read on the news about someone from the military, most of the time it is a person that is married, have a baby, or about to have a baby.

Do you guys also feel this?

edit: I mean they start a family at a really young age

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

So they can move on in life later

 

[sniperruff]

because as you get older and start losing your parents and friends all move on with their lives, you'll get insanely lonely.

just curious, how old are you? am i the only one who feels this way?

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
because as you get older and start losing your parents and friends all move on with their lives, you'll get insanely lonely.

just curious, how old are you? am i the only one who feels this way?

no what I mean is they start a family at a very young age (majority anyways)

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
This really interests me...

everytime I watch somethin/read on the news about someone from the military, most of the time it is a person that is married, have a baby, or about to have a baby.

Do you guys also feel this?

part of it is that reporters look for people like that to give the impression they want.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

the urge to procreate increases when you realize your ass could be obliterated at anytime.

 

[trmiv]

It does kind of seem that way. Maybe it's just being away from family and friends. I had a friend that went into the Air Force. He was the last guy we thought would get married. Within a year and half of going in, he was married and had a baby on the way. Now he's back home, still with the wife, and three kids.

 

[z0mb13]

maybe they are brainwashed when they are in the military

 

[Wallydraigle]

Because of a couple billion years of natural selection?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
the urge to procreate increases when you realize your ass could be obliterated at anytime.

yeah, they know they might get killed

 

[MithShrike]

Well, the military is a pretty set kind of life and just about everything is provided for. Think about it, these people are married and relatively well off. A lot of people wait until they are established to have children. It's pretty easy to be 'established' while in the military.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Because chicks dig guys in uniforms? heh.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Mith
Well, the military is a pretty set kind of life and just about everything is provided for. Think about it, these people are married and relatively well off. A lot of people wait until they are established to have children. It's pretty easy to be 'established' while in the military.

some people are also "set" in life, but they dont marry early

 

[anno]

a lot of young people wind up in the military because they got married/had a child early and that was the best job/career/path to further education they could find due to their situation and their youthfulness.. it's hard to find a better steady job with good benefits that will support a family when you're 19 with no skills.

 

[db]

Cuz he might not come home.
And it might help keep the wife faithful while he's getting his @ss shot at on the other side of the world.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I've been in the AF for six years and have never been married. I don't know that the actual percentages are that much different in the military.

 

[TwiceOver]

Would you want to come home and have to search for a piece?

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Because reporters cant rip your heart strings with a single guy heading off to fight who wont be missed by anyone.

 

[Buttzilla]

cause we need a steady supply of people to fight a war?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Yossarian

part of it is that reporters look for people like that to give the impression they want.

Yep.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Because reporters cant rip your heart strings with a single guy heading off to fight who wont be missed by anyone.

Funny, in an ironic kind of way. While true, when you really think about it.....that's probably even more tragic.
Not being missed by anyone...what a sad and lonely existence.

Wasn't it in "With Honors" where Joe Pesci's character, Simon Wilder, is reading an obituary of a guy who had nobody to attend his funeral?

He said: "How could he die? He never lived."

 

[NFS4]

So that if he gets killed over in Iraq, his wife has a baby to make her ALWAYS remember him even if she gets remarried and starts another family.

 

[Deeko]

To try to keep the baby' momma from sleepin around while he's gone.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

I heard that they get paid more if they have a family in the military, though I'm not sure how true that is.

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK
I heard that they get paid more if they have a family in the military, though I'm not sure how true that is.

They should make more money...

The average military person makes crap as it is anyway. So much for "risk my life."

Politicians would rather spend money on outdated, worthless technology and tax rebates for Megacorp.