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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Hot_Huckleberry1921 on 2023-09-04 07:10:10.

I (21f) have two children an almost 3 y/o and almost 1 y/o. I am planning on joining the military after my youngest is weaned. This has been the plan since before my husband and I got married. My husband is also in the military and our plan is to transfer both of our GI bills to our kids, so they’ll be set up when the time comes for them to go to college. However, joining the military will require me to leave for 8 weeks for Basic Training and I have been getting a lot of criticism from friends and family saying that I am abandoning my children and that I am going to scar them by leaving for that amount of time. I am having a really hard time with this because I just want what’s best for them and since I haven’t worked in 3 years, I see this as being the best way to set all of us up in the long term, but I feel awful about leaving my children.

So AITA?