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I enlisted in the Army on Sept 5th, 2001…that was an eventful week.

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Me too! Conscript, first week. But different country. Still terrifying.

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When you say enlisted. Was that the week you first went to MEPs or the week you arrived at basic?

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If you don’t mind me asking can you share some experiences from that time?

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Trolling a girl’s post one lonely evening, leading to getting married to said girl, in a different country, with a different language. All for the better.

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That’s amazing, do you guys have the said post and related trolling framed at home?

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Haha I wish I did screenshot it. Unfortunately it was on an app that didn’t really last long (9chat an offshoot of 9gag, if anyone remembers)

I remember it in my head, and that’s fine enough. Besides we made much better memories since.

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8 points

Being adopted.

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Great. Very lucky for you, indeed.

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I responded to a flyer on my college campus looking for new players for an upcoming D&D game. 5 years later I got married to the girl who posted that flyer. We’re still playing with some of those same players today.

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I used Roll20 matchmaking, guy in that group invited me to another game with their friend.

Been together 4 years and engaged, moved across country, also I isolated myself before so my entire friend group now is from my fiancee.

Original guy ghosted us all in a heartless way, but he’ll forever be the one who introduced me to my new life.

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Dating a depressed/suicidal girl for almost 4 years through middle school. To this day she’s still the funniest and smartest person I’ve ever met, but boy did she put me through hell back then.

But I came out of it with an unbelievable amount of patience and mental fortitude. I also learned how to avoid feeding into extreme attention seeking behavior while still having a productive conversation.

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