Its amazing how much people can change...
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Well today I was sitting around and this man is walking around.
He stood out from most of everyone there. Now this man is walking around and really holds no importance to me yet I can't shake the idea that I know this man though.
He eventually comes around to me and now seeing all of his features I recognize the man for I had gone to school with him.
We weren't friends nor did we bother one another. We were quite the same in the sense we were both womanizers and jerks to pretty much all around us. I hadn't seen him in years and I had forgotten his name.
He was walking past me until we made eye-contact and we just stared at one another for about two seconds, me forgetting his name and trying to remember it, and him whatever.
He eventually greets me and we shake hands. He asks me how college is going and we have a normal conversation. I really thought of him as merely someone out of place because hes wearing some rather 'odd' clothing with pins and shit on it. It wasn't until he turns to me completely and I see that hes holding the fucking hat, whatever you'd call it, that I link all these pins together with the Army.
I question him about all of it and he tells me hes part of the Marine Corp. I tell him my shock and we pretty much hold a light friendly conversation. He says it was nice seeing me and we shake hands again.
I still can't believe that he joined the Marines. I can't convey how alien of an idea this would seem to the man I thought I knew. He also seemed like another person during our conversation. If I was talking to him over the phone I wouldn't believe who I was talking to.
Its crazy how much a person can change over the years.
He stood out from most of everyone there. Now this man is walking around and really holds no importance to me yet I can't shake the idea that I know this man though.
He eventually comes around to me and now seeing all of his features I recognize the man for I had gone to school with him.
We weren't friends nor did we bother one another. We were quite the same in the sense we were both womanizers and jerks to pretty much all around us. I hadn't seen him in years and I had forgotten his name.
He was walking past me until we made eye-contact and we just stared at one another for about two seconds, me forgetting his name and trying to remember it, and him whatever.
He eventually greets me and we shake hands. He asks me how college is going and we have a normal conversation. I really thought of him as merely someone out of place because hes wearing some rather 'odd' clothing with pins and shit on it. It wasn't until he turns to me completely and I see that hes holding the fucking hat, whatever you'd call it, that I link all these pins together with the Army.
I question him about all of it and he tells me hes part of the Marine Corp. I tell him my shock and we pretty much hold a light friendly conversation. He says it was nice seeing me and we shake hands again.
I still can't believe that he joined the Marines. I can't convey how alien of an idea this would seem to the man I thought I knew. He also seemed like another person during our conversation. If I was talking to him over the phone I wouldn't believe who I was talking to.
Its crazy how much a person can change over the years.
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I could say the same about a lot of people I knew in elementary school. Long story short, friendly acquaintances turned into assholes. Some even followed the same example, I knew someone that was interested in music, but when high school came around, he joined the Army, almost out of nowhere.
inb4 cool story bro
inb4 cool story bro
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Cool story bro.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Hey, people change all the time, for better or worse. Joining the army usually means for the better or as a last option "I've got nowhere/nothing else to do" kind of thing. Even I've got a friend that I thought would never join the ROTC did. He's still the same person more or less.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Hey, people change all the time, for better or worse. Joining the army usually means for the better or as a last option "I've got nowhere/nothing else to do" kind of thing. Even I've got a friend that I thought would never join the ROTC did. He's still the same person more or less.
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I went to high school with someone like that. During high school, he did all sorts of drugs and was the person to go to if you wanted drugs (of any kind). But when he graduated (just barely, too - even had to go to summer school), he joined the army and married a chick who was a Avril Lavigne type (trying to be punk but not punk in the least) who also joined the army after graduating!
The thing is, high school represents a very small part of a person's life. They begin changing before high school happens, and they finish changing after it finishes. How a person acts in elementary school is a better indicator of what they're going to be like in their twenties and after.
The thing is, high school represents a very small part of a person's life. They begin changing before high school happens, and they finish changing after it finishes. How a person acts in elementary school is a better indicator of what they're going to be like in their twenties and after.
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We are who we are. As we grow, we find our paths in life. The fact of the matter is that everyone changes. We may experience the same events, but the impact they have on us, as individuals, are unique.
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Wow, a serious post? And a good story too.
Other than using facebook, I havent really kept any connections from high school, other than a few people. One good example is my buddy from way back in elementary school. We were probably best friends throughout elementary school and until about 7th grade. During that year, both of us changed...A lot.
He started doing drugs, and got in pretty deep with a bad crowd. And I started hanging out with the "cool" kids. The kids that were always really laid back and were too good to do anything. We both stayed in the honors program throughout high school, even though we both did pretty poorly in them most of the time. But by softmore year, we both knew that at the rate we were going, we wouldnt get into college.
So we both finally started trying to do a bit better. He ended up garduating at #6 in our class and I was #3. Not bad considering we both didnt do anything freshman year. Now hes in Brown University and Im in Princeton.
So I guess it just proves that people can change. For better or for worse.
Other than using facebook, I havent really kept any connections from high school, other than a few people. One good example is my buddy from way back in elementary school. We were probably best friends throughout elementary school and until about 7th grade. During that year, both of us changed...A lot.
He started doing drugs, and got in pretty deep with a bad crowd. And I started hanging out with the "cool" kids. The kids that were always really laid back and were too good to do anything. We both stayed in the honors program throughout high school, even though we both did pretty poorly in them most of the time. But by softmore year, we both knew that at the rate we were going, we wouldnt get into college.
So we both finally started trying to do a bit better. He ended up garduating at #6 in our class and I was #3. Not bad considering we both didnt do anything freshman year. Now hes in Brown University and Im in Princeton.
So I guess it just proves that people can change. For better or for worse.
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People are always changing and evolving. Hopefully he will find if that path truly is right for him.
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I was quite amazed how people changed around me from when i moved from my hometown to somewhere new.
In those 3 short years that i was gone, I noticed major changes to my friends.
It was like as soon as i left they decided to just changed persona. From a shy girl to an all out partier that smokes weed and drinks. To a warm hearted person to a total jerkoff that doesnt care about anything.
To people its usually about fitting into the right crowd to move onward in life is what i have found out.
With your story though it seems that What he did from going from what you described to be a womanizer to a marine? wow, thats a long way and ill give him props. I hope he gets far in life.
In those 3 short years that i was gone, I noticed major changes to my friends.
It was like as soon as i left they decided to just changed persona. From a shy girl to an all out partier that smokes weed and drinks. To a warm hearted person to a total jerkoff that doesnt care about anything.
To people its usually about fitting into the right crowd to move onward in life is what i have found out.
With your story though it seems that What he did from going from what you described to be a womanizer to a marine? wow, thats a long way and ill give him props. I hope he gets far in life.
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Change happens whether we want it to or not, all we can do is go with the flow and try to stay afloat.
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TheDarkStarAlchemist
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A friend of mine was into the same type of music and stuff I was, and then in under a year, he completely changed and said he outgrew it all. Started listening to rap and stuff. He used to be a metalhead and love screamo and stuff. Saddened me. But I got some band shirts and hoodies from him that he didn't want anymore, which is awesome I guess.
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Change happens every day. It's usually in small amounts too. Just minor decisions piled up on random other ones lead us to majorly different outcomes. My being here for example is just the result of several decisions in who to be friends with, when to care about their tastes in things, what sites to randomly go to on the internet, etc.