Girlfriend coming to Plebe Parents' Weekend?

There is a current parent perspective (class of 2017) on this question on Academy Insider blog, FWIW.
 
ProudDad2022 said:
Well that sucks. As I tell my DS when this stuff happens . . .You are allowed to feel sorry for yourself for (insert time here. Usually 24 hours, depending on the situation). After that, I expect you to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and move on.

True story . . . I have a friend who's son received an offer to USNA. He turned it down because he didn't want to be away from his girlfriend. They broke up just before his freshman year at the local (not as prestigious as USNA) college.
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That was me. Heavily recruited by USMA, accepted to USNA, blew it off for a girl... who didn’t last through the end of my sophomore year. I enlisted in the Guard, then went ROTC. Never knew I could have applied again.
It all worked out for me. Eventually the Army permitted me to convert a female LT to a spousal unit, 1 ea, NSN 2540-01-214-1264. After a few years we were issued a DD, 1 ea (now at USMA), then a DS, 1 ea.
 
Imboden said:
That's awesome! Congrats!

FWIW, Most high school relationships will not make it through college, even if they decide to go to the same school. You have to support each other, and, if a boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't want what is best for you, that relationship will not last. You can't go through life with "I gave up the Academy for her" hanging over your heads. It just won't work.
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Well I was going to try to make that argument to my Midsib, but both my Naval Academy sons married or will soon marry their high school sweethearts!!
 
Imboden said:
just won't work.
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Brings to mind the words from William Thackeray's masterpiece, Barry Lyndon. “A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.”
Just sayin.
 
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