One of my close friends seems destined to make a huge mistake. She is a 20 year old college student who was recently kicked out of her home by her over-strict parents for some ridiculous reason.
She has spent the last week talking to a Marines recruiter and is set to do her physical and sign the papers on Monday morning. She claims this is a rational decision, but it was made in the week following a really devastating famliy dispute. Additionally the recruiter has told her to lie about ever being on prozak or seeing a psychologist.
This girls is one of my best friends and I don't want to see her sign her life away for the wrong reasons. If military service is what you want, then fine, but when recruiters take advantage of people when they are vulnerable it irks me. I don't want to see her sign her life away just to get back at her parents.
has anyone dealt with this in the past? Any advice? I have a little over 24 hours to try and completely talk her out of this.