@redditb52: I GRADUATED FROM NAVY BOOT CAMP THE SAME DAY MY TWIN SISTER HAD HER ENGAGEMENT PARTY. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES STOOD UP AND CHEERED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS. WHEN I MARCHED OUT, MY FAMILY WASN'T THERE. I'D MAILED THEM THE DATE EIGHT TIMES. I BORROWED A STRANGER'S PHONE AND CALLED MOM. SHE SAID, "OH HONEY, WAS THAT TODAY?" I TOLD HER IT WAS OKAY. NOT ONE OF THEM CALLED ME BACK.