I need a little advice from those of you who have been through OCS and then some. I am currently working on my application for the April board but i feel confident i will be excepted. I am also engaged to be married but do not have a date set. (Assuming i get excepted) Is getting married between OCS and TBS a good time?
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Marriage Advice
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ControlledBurn
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Pardon the bad ribbing, but if the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they'll issue you one. :-D
Good luck and congrats though. Between TBS and Flight Indoc was when I was planning to get married (When I was engaged previously) but I don't see why you couldn't get hitched between OCS and TBS. I usually see a good bit of time between graduating, either college or OCS, and when TBS orders to report are for, so a wedding should have plenty of time to be squeezed in.
Good luck and congrats though. Between TBS and Flight Indoc was when I was planning to get married (When I was engaged previously) but I don't see why you couldn't get hitched between OCS and TBS. I usually see a good bit of time between graduating, either college or OCS, and when TBS orders to report are for, so a wedding should have plenty of time to be squeezed in.
ControlledBurn
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Long story short, I broke it off because she wasn't handling things well at all. I'm currently finishing college, and she opted to stay at home with her family until after I graduated. After about 8 months she began getting entirely too clingy, needing to talk to me daily on the phone or else she'd freak out. I sat down one night and tried to talk things out with her, and it became clear to me that there was no way she would be able to handle my life in the service if we were to marry. If she couldn't handle a year away from me while I'm at school and only not being able to talk to me for a day or two at a time if I was busy, how would she handle things like deployments or a war. It just wasn't healthy for either of us, so I called it off.
So technically I guess you could say the Marine Corps had it's hand in ending my engagement, albeit indirectly.
So technically I guess you could say the Marine Corps had it's hand in ending my engagement, albeit indirectly.
Here's one thing to keep in mind. While I'm not saying getting married between OCS and TBS is a good time or not, just remember one thing. Try to prepare yourself and your future wife for the possibility of your plans being changed abrubtly. Sometimes the Marine Corps can be very unreliable. SO if you plan your wedding on a certain date, just be open to the idea that you may get sent to an early class or something like that. Not trying to discourage you but I just like to keep an open mind for any possibilities.
WHen I was enlisted and checking into my first duty station, I was planning to get married less than a month later. I got lucky and talked to the right person and two weeks later I was on leave.
If you know that's what you want to do, I say just plan it and do it. Don't let anything dampen your spirits even if you have to make a slight change of plans. Hope that helps you out.
WHen I was enlisted and checking into my first duty station, I was planning to get married less than a month later. I got lucky and talked to the right person and two weeks later I was on leave.
If you know that's what you want to do, I say just plan it and do it. Don't let anything dampen your spirits even if you have to make a slight change of plans. Hope that helps you out.
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