Realism Aspects

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Bathrone

You know Steve as I get older I wonder if my youth was wasted chasing a professional career and not something exciting like yours?! Mid life crisis maybe, but dam, all those experiences you had, and being on a destroyer how exciting.

Well, you know the old saying: The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The short version is that I studied music and history for a year, dropped out of college, joined the navy to keep from getting drafted into the army, got out after two years and spent the next forty wandering from job to job and never quite having a real career, giving up what I loved most for various women and spending most of my time being frustrated and depressed. Yes, I have done a lot of things and have a lot of good memories, but I don't feel like I've ever really accomplished anything. And I wish I had made more money.

I'd love to hear more about your first hand experiences at sea and whatever you want to share its really fascinating to me.

And I'd love to tell those stories, few as they actually are. Several members have posted their stories from time to time in the General Topics forum, and I've thought about starting a thread just for people's sea stories. We'll see.