Ask Angela: Marine Fiancee now doubting the Church

[_just me]

My opinion is that the fact this woman even is asking this question indicates she does not love him enough to marry him. But that is just me. Literally.

[_cafe crema]

Guys, never assume that the wives and children of service members grok the intricacies of military terminology, and even less so the girlfriends and fiances.

What is more likely, that the Ask Angela lady is completely fabricating her incoming letters, or that some young girl doesn't know the difference between boot camp and all the schools and deployments and such that follow it?

Among the young ladies I've know who went through this not a one of them didn't know when boot camp ended and other training began. All of them knew how long boot camp was.

[_Sethbag]

Guys, never assume that the wives and children of service members grok the intricacies of military terminology, and even less so the girlfriends and fiances.

What is more likely, that the Ask Angela lady is completely fabricating her incoming letters, or that some young girl doesn't know the difference between boot camp and all the schools and deployments and such that follow it?

Among the young ladies I've know who went through this not a one of them didn't know when boot camp ended and other training began. All of them knew how long boot camp was.

So on the basis of your small sample size, you're comfortable advising people to assume that the wives, children, girlfriends, and fiances of service members all do in fact 100% grok the intricacies of military terminology, and therefor the only conclusion we can reach is that the Ask Angela creator is just making it all up?

[_Dr. Shades]

Sethbag:

For the benefit of your readers, will you please define the term "grok?"

[_Fence Sitter]

Sethbag:

For the benefit of your readers, will you please define the term "grok?"

If I recall correctly explaining grok defeats the purpose of using the word.

[_Sethbag]

Let me google that for you...

[_cafe crema]

So on the basis of your small sample size, you're comfortable advising people to assume that the wives, children, girlfriends, and fiances of service members all do in fact 100% grok the intricacies of military terminology, and therefor the only conclusion we can reach is that the Ask Angela creator is just making it all up?

Knowing about training is not an "intricacy" of military terminology and knowing when you get to see your loved one again is something I can't imagine any wife or girl friend, mother or father not bothering to learn about. Then there is boot camp graduation, which as far as I know all the services have, I've never met a wife, girlfriend, mom, dad, sister or brother who didn't know when someone would graduate from boot camp. The marines grant leave after boot camp, maybe the young man didn't tell the lady this.

[_Dr. Shades]

Let me google that for you...

So, "profoundly understand" is the closest English equivalent? Or does "comprehend" work?

[_Sethbag]

Let me google that for you...

So, "profoundly understand" is the closest English equivalent? Or does "comprehend" work?

Just think "grok = get it" and you'll be just fine.

[_ludwigm]

Just think "grok = get it" and you'll be just fine.

At first reading, I have identified the word as "something I used to read in a scifi" - maybe a special alien creature. As google doesn't work on my 700+ volume scifi shelf, I didn't find it.

Wiki solved the problem --- even then I didn't find the book or magazine to reread.
I downloaded it in English. Not the same as in my native...