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Officer and Gentlemen

Officers and Gentlemen I think this was the name of the movie I saw a romantic love story of an officer aspirant and his girlfriend who worked in a factory. When he passed his exam, he walked into the factory claiming his trophy. It was ever so romantic, brought tears to many eyes, it raised a social class issue here, the movie was made before the woke mentality and Me-Too took hold. His friend who also studied to become an officer had a girlfriend whose dream was marrying an officer. He was not that keen to be one, broke off the study and told her they could get married now buy a house and have kids A sulk walked across the girl’s face, and her dream was crushed She didn´t love him, but the illusion. She refused to marry a mere civilian. Devasted, he understood she had not loved him, her words of love was fantasy walking down the high-street, arm in arm With an officer. The young man felt betrayed and lied to boked into a hotel got a room and, later that day hung himself.

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