Should you tell your partner what to do....

I'm dating a marine ... we've been together for 2 yrs now. We love one another very much. He gets out in July '05. I recently joined the air force and I start in March '05. My bf recently asked what I want him to do... which would be if he should reenlist or get out and follow me around. Is that something that I should influence or should I just let him decide?

It's tough i know my older sister, who is 20, will soon be without her bf for he too is going into the marines..but i suppose in life you do what you feel you want to do and if there's love between you too then neither of you will mind waiting...Just let fate decide
Good luck hun
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I don't thik you should tell him what to do. But he did ask you. That is an indication that he values your input. So I think you should give him your opinion but let him make his own decision.

He needs to make the decision himself. If you pressure him one way or the other, and he is not happy, you will be blamed, at the least, subconsciously. Resentment will build and the relationship will fail at some point.

thanks everyone...... I recently told him that with my enlistment I wouldn't know where I'd be stationed or anything like that. I told him I'd love for him to follow me as long as he didn't blame me if it didn't work out in the end b/c then we at least tried.

I think that was the best thing you could have said to him. Good luck.