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About 4 months ago, I decided to join the army. My choice derived from money for college, and the chance to earn my life. This christmas, my new grandfather Peter Myers, creator of the Myers' personality exam, chose to fund any college I wanted to go to. I was excited, of course, and so were my family. When he left to go home, I told my mom that I still planned on going into the army before College, and she nodded and said, "Ok." I later told my father, along with my sister, and they supported me, to my amazement. My dad still wanted me to apply for 3 colleges, with thisyear's deadline, which from that time, was in 2 weeks. I went along with it, dad is always doing things like this to try to stress me.
...Today, I get a letter back from Peter, responding to my letter telling him of my plans . For some reason, this clicked something horrible in my parents and sister. Suddenly their down my throat and saying I don't think right. Calling me dumb, saying I made a horrible choice, wasted their time. This is awfully confusing, because they already knew I was going into the army first. How could it be a bad choice to do something truely important in your life that you don't have to do, but do anyway to prove yourself? I'm not asking for guidance anymore, I'm asking for opinions, and support.