Luke3184 said:
Many Lol's to this, and yes, I concur. A worthwhile relationship will not come out of this. At best, a short-term, melodramatic relationship might come out this. But the glamour of attention and drama brought on by the combination of two teenagers taking on OC-esque character types will get boring pretty fast, if my memory serves.
Ok i'll be nicer now, cos I was in high school too once. Onto your personal development: No one actually respects the military self-proclaimed 'badass' kid who screams 'BOO-YAH!' and beats his chest like an epileptic gorilla at the end of every other sentence. That kind of behaviour gets one of four responses:
a)"Christ... not this guy again. Quick, everyone look busy!"
b)"You have got to be kidding..." ridicule ensues
c)"I'm gonna kick that punks ass" Ass kicking may or may not ensue, but eventually it definately will if you tick off enough people, since there's always a crazier nutter or bigger gang than you, somewhere
d)"Right on dude! For I also am enjoying telling myself how badass I am!" (This one doesn't really count since it's probably delusional.
By all means take pride in your Army Cadets club by paying attention, trying your best and making the most of what they can teach you (and as a side-line, I'm genuinely pleased for you if youv'e found something you love to do in your free time). Just try to avoid the over-compensating machismo effect some of these clubs can have. You'll only cringe about it when you're older.
Get on with the tasks put in front of you to develop useful skills and discipline and let that be it's own reward. Peope respect do'ers not talkers. Leave the wannabe showboating to the wannabe's.
(P.s. low-blowing your friend because they outwitted you in some banter does not count as doing. It counts as being an emotionally stunted child. Just laugh it off)
Oh also: 'Hardasses' aren't real, it's just a name used to describe one of two type of people: There are excessively destructive people, who will sacrifice literally everything. possibly including their's and their families' lives just to be aggressive, confrontational and destructive because they think it represents power and accomplishment (Charles Bronson likely fits this category. He wasted a lot of time in solitary). Basically a rebel without a cause (which is exactly that i.e. pointless). Then there are people who are incredibly determined to accomplish something because it is important to them for specific reasons. The SAS (I'm more familiar with British military) likely fit this description. I recommend you try to direct yourself to the latter. It's much more rewarding, you probably won't wind up in prison for it, you'll lose any need to keep up an image because you'll gain genuine confidence and it might even make you some money!