Hello friends. I wanted to post a story of what has happened to me during the last 24 hours and get your advice and input from it. Well, it all began last night after the election... I was disappointed that Romney had lost, was rooting for him to win; as a result, I made a choice to drink some of my father's beers for the first time. Around 4am, my mother comes down the stairs to see me holding a can of Bud light. She starts ranting and raging at me, and decides to call the police. The police came, I told them my story, how I was the USMC DEP for an infantry contract; and that I was severely disappointed in the election results. They had to arrest me and process me in the country jail and spent the night/morning in jail. I was charged with "person under 21 with spirituous liqueur in body". I told them my mother had anxiety issues, shes taking drugs such as benzo's for it, and this was all a result of a bad panic attack. My mother was highly against me joining the Marine Corps and is trying to do everything she can to get me kicked out, or make my life miserable in the process. Well... I get home and obviously not very happy with her, almost ruining my career in the USMC over a can of beer. I find out this evening that my mother sent texts using my cell phone to my new girlfriend. My mother stated, "Sara, this is Vestas mom. He has been arrested for assault and I'm filing a restraining order on him for attacking me. He will no longer have a place to live and his chances of going into the military is gone..If I were you I would find someone else..he has a history of violence and would hate 4 something to happen to u." This story was entirely fictional and really screwed with my new gf's head, because I'm not an aggressive guy, and especially not a wife beater. There was no assault, no restraining order, no being forced out of the house. I was calm and cooperative with the police, they felt sorry and bad for me. Was this even legal for what my mother did? Blatantly telling a false fictional story to screw me over, and slandering my name in the process. In summery, my mother is a psycho and I have to endure her torment until I ship out. I have no other place to go and no money/job atm. I tried to smooth things over with the gf but it really did fuck with her head, and she knows I have a psycho mom and that she will try to fuck with our relationship.
Well if everything is smoothed over w/ the girl, I'd say just stay away from alcohol until you leave. You'll probably get wasted after bootcamp in academy. I was fucking depressed about Obama winning too. Romney was virtually the same though, no offense.
Wow. She has got some serious issues, talk about over-reacting....and the texts to your gf speak volumes about her mental state. Wish I had some advice, but all I can say is hang in there, just try to stay focused on you, your relationship with your gf, and your goals. Try your best to steer clear of the craziness & you have my sympathy! (Though not when it comes to your election angst, sorry bud )
Errrr so you are trying to tell us the Arizona Police are even going to bother showing up if someone calls saying their 20 yr old son had a couple of Bud lites?
I am hoping that the charge is dropped completely, or hopefully the minimum punishment. It was underage drinking, but the police did not breathalyze me, take a blood test, or see any beer cans. It was all hearsay from my mother that I was drunk. But anyway the government can make money they will. Could what my mother did be considered slander/defamation? According to wiki, from what I understand, as long as it is published in written form, you can prove that they did it, and that it was meant to cause harm/malice, then there might be a case. ""How to prove libel There are several ways a person must go about proving that libel has taken place. For example, in the United States, first, the person must prove that the statement was false. Second, the person must prove that the statement caused harm. Third, the person must prove that the statement was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or a public official, the person must prove the first three steps and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth. Usually specifically referred to as "proving malice". "" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation
Well I say, Your mother did screw you over on backgound check they will see a newer published police eord with your name. Depending on what accualy happened I'd contact your recuiter ASAP. Before you get dishonorably discharged if at all possible. I had a friend who the day before he left for bootcamp partied and smoked some ganj, when we arrived from boot camp they performed the drug test again and boom dishonorably discharged. I myself hit up some legal devil they didn't find it but starting Nov 19 they ae going to test for it just saying be careful and call your reuiter.
I have it all squared away with the recruiters. Called the gunny immediatly after jail. They do indeed do police checks when you enter dep and again when you ship out. The only way I can really get discharged from dep is if I was sentenced to probation. Otherwise this is just a ticket that will hopefully be dropped/reduced. No it was just underage drinking that got me for. It wasn't like I was doing cocaine and jack daniels, wasn't threatening any one, was not a danger to myself or any one in the house. But im sure thats what my mother said, that I might be violent towards her, to the police to try to make me look like a violent drunk, even though I wasnt and very calm and coorperative. Wasn't even drunk either, had 2 beers total.
.....you wanted romney to win? And your answer to him losing was to drink? When you haven't even drunk before? And with your mom being the type who would CALL THE POLICE because you drank a beer? As for your charges, you can get things dismissed if you're joining, I know someone who just got a minor in consumption dropped because he's joining....... it was a very dubious charge, but so is yours. Save that text message in case it could help your case to show that your mom was out of it, and if you're not opposed to lieing, recall that it's legal to drink under-age, with your parents approval..... you could make it look like she set you up. Not reccomending it, just saying..... You need to check yourself, not because drinking is horrible or anything but because of your general approach to...... everything. And yeah, it's probably technically illegal, in several ways, for your mother to do that....... but what are you gunna do?
you are 100% right roor. I love reading your posts and 100% respect your opinion. Just gonna grit my teeth and do the best I can.
