If I loved being enlisted, will I like being an Officer?

This is a classic "Results Will Vary" answer. It depends on what you want to do, but more importantly be. Everybody's clock is wound differently, so you'll get the whole range from hell no to hell yes. So if you're asking the question of yourself, look at the elements of both paths in the priority of enjoyment of this kind of work vs. that kind. Next is the ability to grow in capability and matching work to the capability. Third, visualize the endpoints and honestly tell yourself whether or not you'll be satisfied in the journey. If you only look at the endpoint, you never visualized the journey. Once that is done, start working in the secondary stuff like pay, benefits, etc. Now that you can see that mix, then you get to stir it in with how your family progresses. About here, you'll start seeing a much clearer picture.

Next step is to choose a path, set up how you'll measure progression (career, family, etc.) and implement. Where many go wrong is they "hope" things will work out. "Hope" is not a strategy. Like marriage, careers are an investment of yourself for returns that you'll enjoy and feel satisfied with when you look back. Johnny Carson, who hosted the Tonight Show for decades, would have a skit called Tea Time. In the persona of Art Fern, he'd show road a map which had a dinner fork on it. So when you get to the fork, TAKE IT. If you are diligent, any path will work out better than sitting back and "hoping". Eye on the prize. Good luck son.

If I love sex, will I like being married?

There's a lot of great advice in the answers here. In my mind's eye the biggest difference is the commitment to Corps and your Troops - and the two don't always jive. I don't know how much it changed in the 20+ years I've been out but, as an enlisted, I never had problems getting to know the officers in the Battalion, building a working relationship with them, and building friendships with some of them.

Part of leadership is *connecting* with those your are responsible for and helping them grow. At the same time, the fraternization gulf is much larger than between a PFC and a Sgt Major.

I would suggest a list of pro/cons for each side of the coin. Get some clarity on what your long term goals are.

Like anything in life. It is all what you make of it.

I would say yes. I hive been both and there are great things I loved about being both. I loved being in the trenches doing the grunt work. Leadership from a O perspective is where it is at though in my opinion. I really enjoyed the switch form E to O but took me a little while to learn that I wasn't the hold the hammer doer any longer and I wasn't the buddy. I was the one that made the decision of where the nails should go, who does the nailing, budgeting for the nails and hammer, and ensuring it got done on time correctly and also taking the blame for my guy if he missed the nail and put a hole in the wall and then counseling when things got bad. Simple example and sounds crazy but officer leadership, with an enlisted mans background is exciting. brings a whole new perspective to leadership. For the first couple of years you will be with your men (and now women) in the mud training but eventually it will change slightly.

Cpl David Smith Funny you should ask, as I have had this conversation with two of my Detachment's Soldiers in the last week. Officers, while they have an assigned MOS, are "generalists". Meaning, while they should be knowledgeable and proficient (to an extent) in their assigned MOS, they are also expected to be able to take on duties that they are usually not specifically trained on. I think its safe to say that as a Platoon Leader, you'll definitely be performing your MOS' duties, but really, that is where the fun would end. Enlisted personnel are referred to as "specialists". You are trained to be 100% proficient in your field... the subject matter expert. For the majority of your career, you'll be performing those duties within your MOS, that you've trained on. If you love being continuously engaged with your Marines, mentoring them, training them and developing them to be future leaders, then I think you'd like remaining enlisted more than you'd like being an Officer. Sometimes I regret having commissioned as I would much rather be working law enforcement/investigations than I would be tracking maintenance and logistics for my unit (as an XO). The leadership aspect, and increased levels of responsibility is something that I absolutely appreciate as an Officer but I do miss being in the field with my Soldiers, both learning from them and leading them.

I'm making fun of the image you posted, but it would be quite an impressive feat for a Marine Corporal to make it all the way to General of the Army

At my last command, I was lucky. We had a BUNCH of mustangs (and 3-4 CWOs). You couldn't throw a shoe without hitting one. I met them mostly at the Capt-Maj timeframe, so they had already been swapped over 8-12 years, and most were MECEP types.

As others have said "results will vary" but mostly it was based on the person. At that stage, you really weed out the ones who don't like it.

Only one way to find out