i'll chime in a little on the military issue. THINK ABOUT IT... seriously. think it over, ask around, and whatever the fuck you do, son't buy into the load of bullshit that the recruiters spew from their fuckin mouths. its all bullshit 99.999% of the time.
I'm in the marine corps, only been in for a little over 2 years now, so i don't have as much experience as some others on here, but i know a lot of people too. If i had the chance to go back and do everything over, i wouldn't have went in at this point in my life. i was 19, almost 20, when i went to boot camp. Like everything theres pros and cons to it, but think over even going into the military at all. and don't get bullshitted into thinking taht once you sign the contract to go to boot that you are stuck. you can actually back out all the way up to the day you leave, even when you are in, but its not good to do it once you are in boot.
as far as my opinions on the marine corps, well, good and bad. I went in wanting all the shit they advertise, discipline, being fit, etc, etc. I gotta say i did get all that, but now i see that in the end it wasn't the marine corps that gave me it, it was me, i just needed the push. The marine corps in my opinion, as far as the physical side of the military, is the best, the army is a jokie, seriously. i have a lot of family in the army and i sit and laugh at em.
Lately i have been thinking of going over to the air force once i am out of school though. I have nothing against the air force other than its basically a bunch of scrawny ass nerds
j/k. When people say that the USAF uses their minds instead of muscles, i agree, and thats why i want to do that now.
Navy, ehh, i am pretty nuetral about them. i would never do it, but at the same time, i have nothing against it.
BTW, sorry about the gf, hope everything gets better