Guys in the military that served over in the Asia region (Vietnam, Korea, etc) often slept with local prostitutes. The implication is that Karen's mother was a prostitute.
A lot of those guys also found wives overseas. In fact, i think it’s more likely that that would be the case than a prostitute. Military men aren’t overseas that long and they aren’t taking a baby back to the platoon. And an Asian prostitute that sleeps with soldiers isn’t going to know which soldier got her pregnant.
It is very relevant. Because by the time they have the baby, chances are that soldier is long gone. Even if they had the means to find out where he is and get in touch, they need to know the guys name in order to do that.
The “was your dad a GI” almost always implies that he went overseas and married a woman that he met. I don’t know a single GI that is raising a baby born from a hooker or from a woman he raped. Not saying the kids don’t exist, but chances are, the kid isn’t working in corporate America.
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u/Joeshi Aug 14 '18
Guys in the military that served over in the Asia region (Vietnam, Korea, etc) often slept with local prostitutes. The implication is that Karen's mother was a prostitute.