From the man too scared to join the military.....
I liked your first post better....when you characterized me as an effeminate.....now that brought a smile.....I told my wife that somebody thinks I am effeminate.........If you are familiar with the Odd couple and Oscar......would you think of him as being effeminate?.....folding his underwear before putting them in the drawer, or matching his socks, or being sensitive and gentle......yep you nailed me with that post, but this idea I was too scared to join the military, well not exactly. I had saved for college, I had a great career path, and being on a college campus in the early seventies was a male's sweetest dream, and against that option I had the choice of fighting a war I had pretty much given up on its legitimacy, had no military career aspirations, and had just been given a 305 draft number......I think the question would better be phrased......did I have no options which required me to join the military. I had options, and America had options as they withdrew from Viet Nam and there was Nobody being drafted to give them fresh meat. Now out of my entire high school class of over 700, less than 10 joined the military, and most were West Point and Annapolis. I take that back, a pair of twins became officers in the Coast Guard. Not a time to look for a symbol of being a man.....we were having way too much fun being men.