I have 2 quick questions really. Not that big, but thought I'd ask them anyway.....
1.) For ex-Royals - How easily did you find a job when you came out? What sort of jobs? How do employers generally take to you when you say (or they read) that you were a Royal?
2.) Relationships - Is it very hard to sustain a relationship with a girl when in the Royals? Due to the amount of time you're away?
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2 questions for current or ex Royals?
I can answer this from a Mrs former Royal point of view.
Other half left the Corps last summer and found a job within 2 months of leaving. He could have got one sooner, but decided that he wanted to have a bit of a break before going into work.
He first of all went into IT, but is now back doing Comms (he was Sigs by trade) Pusser paid for his Microsoft courses as his resettlement.
As for how other people take you...well surely that depends on how you are with them. Treat them as knobbers and you'll be treated like one back...and then all RM's will be tarred with the knobber brush by the civvies from then on.
As for part 2 of your question.....it'll only work out if both parties are prepared to work at it.
I didn't see very much of the other half while he was in the Corps, and now he's a civvy, I still don't see much of him. Even though he's only home for about 6-8 weeks of the year, I still see him more than I did when he was in the Corps.
Other half left the Corps last summer and found a job within 2 months of leaving. He could have got one sooner, but decided that he wanted to have a bit of a break before going into work.
He first of all went into IT, but is now back doing Comms (he was Sigs by trade) Pusser paid for his Microsoft courses as his resettlement.
As for how other people take you...well surely that depends on how you are with them. Treat them as knobbers and you'll be treated like one back...and then all RM's will be tarred with the knobber brush by the civvies from then on.
As for part 2 of your question.....it'll only work out if both parties are prepared to work at it.
I didn't see very much of the other half while he was in the Corps, and now he's a civvy, I still don't see much of him. Even though he's only home for about 6-8 weeks of the year, I still see him more than I did when he was in the Corps.
Well, yes it did on a few occasions, but he was at the beck and call of a pager for a lot of years, so there was no real "down time". Even when he was supposedly on leave, there was always the chance of being paged and then the not knowing of when he would be back.
It is a bit different in a normal Unit, although there are plenty of times when you'll be away for extended periods of time.
Thats a lot easier cos you have a rough idea of how long the deployment will be and when you're likely to be back (all things subject to change
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Remain flexible is the best advice I can offer....but even then, it can get a bit tedious.
Like I said before, it takes both sides to work at it....Oh yes, and a good support network and outside interests(either work or "civvy" friends) away from the resident married patch fishwives are always a bonus.
It is a bit different in a normal Unit, although there are plenty of times when you'll be away for extended periods of time.
Thats a lot easier cos you have a rough idea of how long the deployment will be and when you're likely to be back (all things subject to change
)Remain flexible is the best advice I can offer....but even then, it can get a bit tedious.
Like I said before, it takes both sides to work at it....Oh yes, and a good support network and outside interests(either work or "civvy" friends) away from the resident married patch fishwives are always a bonus.
Daveb,
Part 1...... I did 9 + 1 girls time... On completion I joined HM Coastguard and have been there ever-since, I am due to retire in 2 years on full pension. A hell of a lot of lads after 9 or 22 years service, join on the the emergency services..... Just look around this forum you'll find Police Fireman, Screws, Paramedics etc.
Cliodna is right about the treatment of others, I have never had a problem with other peoples reaction to me being a retired Bootie..... Booties are never EX Booties by the way... You occasionally get the Nobber who has a bolt through his neck trying it on....but then you get that while still serving, and its upto you as to how you deal with it.
It is true that all booties are painted with the same brush... My wife can spot an Bootie out in a crowded room and 9 times out of 10 she is right. She says its our mannerism, standing (Bearing) and attitude to life.
I have just returned from My squad's reunion, the first in 41 years!! We all recognized each other and found that we all had the same outlook on life. We were all, in someway, stamped in the same mold that our DI wanted.....
Part 2... Marriage!! She has to be a bloody good'n. I was 23 when I got married and still had 4 years in the Corps to do... 2 of them were on foreign drafts....!... We have now been married for 35 years and have been to hell and back togehter...but I'd not change her for the world.. She is still the best thing that ever happened to me...
Hope that answers your question
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Mike
Part 1...... I did 9 + 1 girls time... On completion I joined HM Coastguard and have been there ever-since, I am due to retire in 2 years on full pension. A hell of a lot of lads after 9 or 22 years service, join on the the emergency services..... Just look around this forum you'll find Police Fireman, Screws, Paramedics etc.
Cliodna is right about the treatment of others, I have never had a problem with other peoples reaction to me being a retired Bootie..... Booties are never EX Booties by the way... You occasionally get the Nobber who has a bolt through his neck trying it on....but then you get that while still serving, and its upto you as to how you deal with it.
It is true that all booties are painted with the same brush... My wife can spot an Bootie out in a crowded room and 9 times out of 10 she is right. She says its our mannerism, standing (Bearing) and attitude to life.
I have just returned from My squad's reunion, the first in 41 years!! We all recognized each other and found that we all had the same outlook on life. We were all, in someway, stamped in the same mold that our DI wanted.....
Part 2... Marriage!! She has to be a bloody good'n. I was 23 when I got married and still had 4 years in the Corps to do... 2 of them were on foreign drafts....!... We have now been married for 35 years and have been to hell and back togehter...but I'd not change her for the world.. She is still the best thing that ever happened to me...
Hope that answers your question
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Mike
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I left 14 years ago to embark on a career as a Probation officer, lasted 6 weeks!
Had a couple of years working in a Print Shop but gave it up when the old Paintings started to work for me. 11 years and still improving.
As Mike says most of us make it in whatever we choose to do. The emergency services would grind to a halt without ex service people I reckon.
It's the old Bootneck attitude that makes us what we are. Regardless of how many years we served in the Corp. The CAN DO, WILL DO way we were honed stays with all of us.
Get a bunch of Bootnecks both serving and non serving in one place and even if no one knows anybody at the start of the night it is a dead cert that at the end of the night you would think they had known each other since childhood. And it isn't just Bootnecks either. Service life makes the person as far as I'm concerned to be honest with you.
As for relationships........It's no different than Civvie Street as far as I can see. I've been married 27 years, 4 daughters and a Grandson. You meet the right one for you and away you go. Other people are like old Henry the Eighth. Marry, get bored, divorce, marry and so on. Nought to do with the Forces. Some find the one first time others don't.
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I left 14 years ago to embark on a career as a Probation officer, lasted 6 weeks!
Had a couple of years working in a Print Shop but gave it up when the old Paintings started to work for me. 11 years and still improving.
As Mike says most of us make it in whatever we choose to do. The emergency services would grind to a halt without ex service people I reckon.
It's the old Bootneck attitude that makes us what we are. Regardless of how many years we served in the Corp. The CAN DO, WILL DO way we were honed stays with all of us.
Get a bunch of Bootnecks both serving and non serving in one place and even if no one knows anybody at the start of the night it is a dead cert that at the end of the night you would think they had known each other since childhood. And it isn't just Bootnecks either. Service life makes the person as far as I'm concerned to be honest with you.
As for relationships........It's no different than Civvie Street as far as I can see. I've been married 27 years, 4 daughters and a Grandson. You meet the right one for you and away you go. Other people are like old Henry the Eighth. Marry, get bored, divorce, marry and so on. Nought to do with the Forces. Some find the one first time others don't.
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I joined as a Junior in Sept 74 and left Feb 85 ,had a couple of interesting jobs,one doing security and another working for Bristow helicopters but got bored with them both so I joined the fire service.Just like the Corps the teamwork thing is outstanding and the social life almost as good,every day is different,not so much on the fire side but the rta and special service calls.As mentioned before if you find a good partner things stay rosy.If you ever go on Tony's site there is a photo of all the ex-booties in my Brigade ,I'm the one in the cap!
Remember LIFE is not a dress rehersal for anything else!
I came out in 74 after 9 + one and a half boys time.
Took me six weeks after knocking on doors to get the job I wanted.
Diving in Southampton docks in 80ft of pitch black water.
Ex-serviceman who were diver trained were sought after but you reallly neeeded some civvy diving experience to start with. So a bit difficult to start with but I stuck with it.
My first offshore job was on a laybarge , in the North Sea in 75, on night shift.
All the nightshift were ex-booties having a right old time, doing the ususal disgusting things in the galley, to put the civies off their food, like putting bacon rind up their noses etc. They were also doing saturation diving to 420ft and also using scuba equipment to 180 ft which is illegal now and bloody dangerous.
I felt right at home....
Met the gronk when I came back from first tour of NI and we have been together ever since.
Married after I came out in 77, two kids , two goldfish, one dog, two horses, two cats and millions of stick insects.
Took me six weeks after knocking on doors to get the job I wanted.
Diving in Southampton docks in 80ft of pitch black water.
Ex-serviceman who were diver trained were sought after but you reallly neeeded some civvy diving experience to start with. So a bit difficult to start with but I stuck with it.
My first offshore job was on a laybarge , in the North Sea in 75, on night shift.
All the nightshift were ex-booties having a right old time, doing the ususal disgusting things in the galley, to put the civies off their food, like putting bacon rind up their noses etc. They were also doing saturation diving to 420ft and also using scuba equipment to 180 ft which is illegal now and bloody dangerous.
I felt right at home....
Met the gronk when I came back from first tour of NI and we have been together ever since.
Married after I came out in 77, two kids , two goldfish, one dog, two horses, two cats and millions of stick insects.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum" ("If you want peace, prepare for war").
