Dating at the Academy.

IF access is provided as it has been for the past few years, WebGuy will be your parent's and close friend's best friend during BCT. I say "IF" because this year during Recongition, the WebGuy photographers were not allowed to photograph many activities that had been captured in the past.

Anyway, WebGuy is a service run by the AOG (Association of Graduates) that provides detailed photos (and some video) of Basics during BCT. They also photograph/video other events but the real value IMHO is during BCT. Pictures of every squad and every Basic is posted each night. How many pictures you ask -> thousands! The pictures are often sorted by squadron but even so Mom and Dad at home will need to spend considerable time looking for pcitures of their DS or DD doing all kinds of activities such as standing, marching, uniform issue, getting yelled at, PT, intramurals, Jack's Valley, etc. Limited access via the WebGuy Blog is free but to see the bulk of the pictures requires paying a monthly fee.
 
Good luck competing with 83% of your fellow cadets for the attention of 17% of them.
 
LineInTheSand said:
You gotta take time to make time.


At CGA we called it "dark siding" and it had benefits (if you can't leave a campus 5 out of 7 days, date someone there). It also had its drawbacks (once you break up, there's no getting away).
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LITS, any advice to an AF appointee dating a coastie/future swab? :yllol:

I assume the club I'm in right now is a quite rare/interesting one!
 
Thank you everyone for explaining. It was just a quick question. I di not think it would recieve this kind of attention. Again, Thanks.

Tyler :bounce:
 
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Most 4 degrees lose all social skills and ability to interact with the other gender until mid-3 degree year.

You may laugh it off now.... but wow, have I seen some hilarious attempts...
 
Cadating

My cadet compares dating at the Academy to finding a parking spot at Wal-mart.

The most convenient ones are handicap and off limits.

The best ones are taken.

And the rest are undesirable and not worth the walk.

Just focus on building life-long friends and not dating for a while.
 
iflylow said:
My cadet compares dating at the Academy to finding a parking spot at Wal-mart.

The most convenient ones are handicap and off limits.

The best ones are taken.

And the rest are undesirable and not worth the walk.

Just focus on building life-long friends and not dating for a while.
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Daughter or son's comparison? Either the 17% is bad or the 83%, just wondering.
 
For my sons' Ring Dance, their year-younger sister arranged for five or six young ladies to be the dates of their male cadet friends. So, in many ways, it's just like the olden days when women did not attend the service academies.

On the other hand, my son has dated a (now firstie) cadet for over two years and she is a wonderful young woman, strong, smart, dedicated to her nation, and not exactly hard on the eyes, either. ;)

This mother's opinion, though, is that serious relationships, be they up close and personal or long distance, are bad for grades and wallets. Of course, no one asked me.
 
fencersmother said:
This mother's opinion, though, is that serious relationships, be they up close and personal or long distance, are bad for grades and wallets. Of course, no one asked me.
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IMHO, I think serious relationships are good for grades because they make the student complete (if that makes sense). But I suppose it depends on the individual. But I can verify that break-ups are bad for grades. My daughter proved that to be true a few years back when she left for college and had a controlling boyfriend. She thankfully dumped him. I don't see a drain on the wallet in our DS's situation. Not with my DD either.
 
Coming from a school with an estimated 11% female population :eek: I believe some of the posts on here have been unfair (and almost borderline sexist) towards the females at USAFA. To be honest, you shouldn't really be romantically attracted to most of the females you come into contact with in the grand scheme of things. If that were the case, how would you ever find someone who was truly special to you (if that makes any sense)? Look at it from this perspective: all of these women have been selected very precariously based on qualifications, but that doesn't change the fact that they are (personality wise) simply just a sample of the general population. You will have the arrogant ones, the risque ones, the 'bro' ones, etc. In my opinion, all of these are your typical woman- but on a MUCH smaller scale. Therefore, if a male cadet were to attempt to "cadate", he would find that the options are just pretty slim. And coming from a female's perspective at the military school I'm at, here is what I've concluded on the males based on observing the sexes interact here...

1. Mostly because they're the typical 18-19 year old, a LOT of males here at MMI only want one thing and will generally hit on anything that moves.

2. The best are taken. (this one goes both ways of course!)

3. There are ones who are too self involved for their own good

4. Your friends, but your personalities just don't mix romantically. (this guy can also double as a 1.. haha!)

However, this is on a much larger scale from the eyes of females, so there are less complaints. What I've noticed here is that many ATTEMPT to date, but it usually doesn't work out because they're too immature at this point to handle it (that goes for any college student). I've seen MAYBE 3-4 serious relationships here last (including my own; also TWO of these are falcon/coastie relationships!). The way I see it is that in ANY situation at any school, don't go hunting people down to see if they're compatible with you. Let what is meant to happen happen. That's what I did, and I couldn't be happier with the result- and that's life! what is meant to be will be! :smile:
 
It can happen.

One of my former students, USAFA class of 2005, meet and married a fellow cadet. They where married in the chapel after graduation and, at last report, were stationed together at Hill AFB as F-16 pilots.
 
MN-Dad-2016 said:
I'm going to a wedding this month. DD's best friend is marrying her HS sweetheart from the USCGA. He was worth the wait. A GREAT guy who graduated 1st in his class this year!:thumb:

My wife just saw on Facebook that our friends who have a West Point grad popped the question. He is marrying his HS sweetheart too.

Both went to my kids high school. As I said, GREAT people. My DS is dating the same girl too. They have been dating for several years and they have every intention of making it. I hope they do because I think she is great. But they were mature enough to realize that they had make career decisions that was not focused on each other. If one is a follower, that IMHO will spell future disaster.

HeWantsTheBFE. You currently have your 1st round draft pick.:wink: If she is a keeper, then make it work. re: tips. I understand Facebook has a group that helps helps like-minded people understand common challenges. I know my son's girlfriend is active and it's helped them out a lot. I can find out about that if you like. The other advice is have her visit on I-Day. It puts things into perspective. Also, one important word of advice. WEBGUY.:thumb:

Because of the ease communication, Facebook and texting has raised the 2% club to the 5% club. Just a guess.....
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I'm really confused as to who you are talking about because my classmate (who graduates in May) who is 1st in our class is (as far as I know and I'm pretty good friends with the guy) not dating anyone let alone engaged.

And first in the class from last year was a girl.

I'm extremely confused by this post in general...
 
USCGA13STN said:
I'm really confused as to who you are talking about because my classmate (who graduates in May) who is 1st in our class is (as far as I know and I'm pretty good friends with the guy) not dating anyone let alone engaged.

And first in the class from last year was a girl.

I'm extremely confused by this post in general...
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I'll DM you a link which discusses his status. He graduates this year.
 
There are at least 5 successful couples at the Prep School. Some dating nearly the entire year. However, 3 of these couples are prior-prior students. . . who tend to be a little more mature when it comes to relationships.
 
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