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Show Brent Huff r 20 military, which is true, I think, with anyone. I think anyone at a certain point if y u g t t know them good enough, you're going to find out something about them that they v done or has been done to them that you might have to get over and maybe you don t and maybe you always feel weird with that person. But I think with the military, it's ju tone of those things like, say your traumatic experience was being raped as a kid. When you introduce yourself to someone it doesn't come into the conversation very quick at all. But, of course, with the military it's what do you do? I'm a student, or whatever. I'm twenty-eight, I'm not married, I don't have a career. So there's a reason for that and I spent time in the military. So I can't really get far introducing myself to someone without bringing that up. Then, of course, you always have to have the same conversation. JCW: Has it gotten easier, though, do you think? BH: Yes. I've kind of learned the middle ground, how to talk about it without divulging a ton or without the next question being have you gone anywhere? Have you done anything? It's not so much, again, I don't mind talking about it, but it's just I don't like that being the focus of my life. I don't want to be Brent, the Marine, or the military guy, even though it's a huge part. It's probably the most defining aspect of my adult life so far, but at the same time it's not what I'm necessarily focusing on now. Every person I talk to I'd rather focus on whatever we're focusing on. If our relationship is a work relationship or school relationship, I'd prefer to play the role of the student, or whatever it is. That can make it hard sometimes. And I think some people really don't ever get past seeing you as some military guy. We came home and my neighborhood, obviously, I live in Utah, everybody's patriotic. Growing up Mormon everyone in the ward knew who I was, plus David 45 |
