GaryRay 0 #1 July 12, 2008 hi guys...so here is my saturday night story :/ (not at the DZ) i am home after a 7month deployment so i went back to Boca Raton to be with my family, i am so different from them after being in the military for 4 years i just dont mix with them. they dont accept me for who i am now and try to change me into what they want me to be. i try and spend time with them and everytime i do a fight ensues, my brother has a problem with EVERYTHING i do and how i do it. (24yr old virgin). yells and screams and carries on like a lunatic if anyone says anything to him or does anything that goes against his ways. he let me borrow his truck and b/c i was hungry i ate in it. didnt think anything of it but he is so upset by it saying he would never eat in someone's car. claims that he treats everyone's car with the utmost respect but then forgets he gets paintball juice all over the interior of my car :/. i am so sick of being home i just want to go back to Cali. i really dont know what else to say, this is my rant, not very clear i know but i need some place to sent my anger b/c i was about to knock my brother the fuck out tonight if i didnt leave the house. hope everyone had a good time jumping today and has a good friday nightJewBag. www.jewbag.wordpress.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 July 12, 2008 Hang in there. Your brother has a lot to learn about the world and you're way ahead of him. Kudos for not going down that road (knocking the moose piss out of him). "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #3 July 12, 2008 You must not have any brothers, Villy. Every brother needs to get the moose piss knocked out of them periodically. I have an older sister. I have no moose piss left in me.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,497 #4 July 12, 2008 You've grown, changed, matured, seen parts of the world they will never understand and have an understanding of what's important and what's not (crumbs in the car). After my first enlistment, I went home to family and friends and they were no different than when I had left and I felt very much different than them. Once had a professor tell the class, "If you don't read, travel and meet new people, then you'll be the same person in five years that you are today." I thought that was a pretty wise statement. Over the years, when confronted with trivial bullshit (like the crumbs)... I'll hear them out and the throw the logic punch at them, "Was anybody killed?" "Well, no." "Then its little shit and we can fix it right?" "The only thing we can't fix is if someone died." Kinda puts things in perspective for them. Now, go take a combat nap. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #5 July 12, 2008 Quote You've grown, changed, matured, seen parts of the world they will never understand and have an understanding of what's important and what's not (crumbs in the car). After my first enlistment, I went home to family and friends and they were no different than when I had left and I felt very much different than them. Once had a professor tell the class, "If you don't read, travel and meet new people, then you'll be the same person in five years that you are today." I thought that was a pretty wise statement. Over the years, when confronted with trivial bullshit (like the crumbs)... I'll hear them out and the throw the logic punch at them, "Was anybody killed?" "Well, no." "Then its little shit and we can fix it right?" "The only thing we can't fix is if someone died." Kinda puts things in perspective for them. I really like this statement and agree with you. I was away from my family for 3 yrs while married to a spouse who resented my family and didnt like me coming home to visit at all.So now that I'm home and divorced I'm alot more mellow and my family has taken notice.Thats why they're helping me get to Lost Prairie,because they know I love them but need a break! "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #6 July 12, 2008 Quote You must not have any brothers, Billy. Every brother needs to get the moose piss knocked out of them periodically. I have an older sister. I have no moose piss left in me. I have an older brother. 4 years older and 8 inches taller. Life with him when he was a teenager was no picnic. I commended Gary for not going after his brother because they're both adults now."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #7 July 12, 2008 I live abroad too and this summer the thing that disappointed me most when I came home was that nearly everybody (my friends and family) are still the exact same way as when I left. I on the other hand have changed a lot like I do every year and it makes me feel bad for them that they seem to have wasted that year since if they would have done something meaningful, they would have changed. I love to see them all again but at the same time I can't wait to get back to my world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #8 July 13, 2008 Quote hi guys...so here is my saturday night story :/ (not at the DZ) i am home after a 7month deployment so i went back to Boca Raton to be with my family, i am so different from them after being in the military for 4 years i just dont mix with them. they dont accept me for who i am now and try to change me into what they want me to be. i try and spend time with them and everytime i do a fight ensues, my brother has a problem with EVERYTHING i do and how i do it. (24yr old virgin). yells and screams and carries on like a lunatic if anyone says anything to him or does anything that goes against his ways. he let me borrow his truck and b/c i was hungry i ate in it. didnt think anything of it but he is so upset by it saying he would never eat in someone's car. claims that he treats everyone's car with the utmost respect but then forgets he gets paintball juice all over the interior of my car :/. i am so sick of being home i just want to go back to Cali. i really dont know what else to say, this is my rant, not very clear i know but i need some place to sent my anger b/c i was about to knock my brother the fuck out tonight if i didnt leave the house. hope everyone had a good time jumping today and has a good friday night Tell him you had sex in his truck and show him the stain, he'll forget all about you eating in it........www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aresye 0 #9 July 13, 2008 Quote Tell him you had sex in his truck and show him the stain, he'll forget all about you eating in it........ Who's to say he wasn't eating in the truck Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #10 July 13, 2008 Sorry for your situation. But thanks for the story! Makes waking up this morning, realizing that I'm in my 40's, and well.....just a little sweeter this morning. btw, it happened to me too. Joined the service @ 17, left home, first 2 yrs overseas, came back......everybody in same ole shit, then I spent 20 more yrs in. Traveled the world! Wish I could go back in right now, but they don't take us "retiree's" back.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaryRay 0 #11 July 13, 2008 thanks everybody, good to know im not the only one who has experienced this.JewBag. www.jewbag.wordpress.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #12 July 13, 2008 Thank you for serving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntbabex 0 #13 July 13, 2008 I think everyone has had family probs at one time or another. I was in a huge one about a year ago. They all pretty much ganged up on me to tell me what a shithole my life is going down (this started right when I took up skydiving, coincidence maybe?). I think its the worst feeling in the world when the one group of people who is always supposed to back you no matter what turns around and starts attacking you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #14 July 14, 2008 Quote I think everyone has had family probs at one time or another. I was in a huge one about a year ago. They all pretty much ganged up on me to tell me what a shithole my life is going down (this started right when I took up skydiving, coincidence maybe?). I think its the worst feeling in the world when the one group of people who is always supposed to back you no matter what turns around and starts attacking you. It's just ignorance. Some people you can explain it to, others you can't. If they are asking questions, even loaded ones, that's better than nothing. It took quite a while for my family to tolerate this hobby, and anytime I have any sort of skydiving related incident (cutaway, bad landing, etc.) they say they wish I'd quit.Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
