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Friday, June 11, 2010

I'm glad I'm single

I'm down here at Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning Georgia and it seems like I'm always hearing guys talking on the phone to their loved ones and things don't seem to be going well. The Army can be very difficult on relationships... There is this guy who I know pretty well who has been trying to do nice things for his gf/fiancee but nothing seems to work. He buys her flowers but they are dead when she gets them... Or he tried to call her and she is always busy... But then he gets her on the phone and things are going okay but not great.. The guy has been away from home for three or four months and has been trying to do everything right since he left but she is still upset about things that he did before he left... He's a good guy and he is spinning his wheels but not really going anywhere... I'm glad I'm not that "that guy..."

And there is another guy who I heard talking to his gf and she is not happy about him calling her or the time that he is calling her... What is he supposed to do? He is trying so hard..

I have looked for girls on the internet and what not but that is difficult.. The thing is, I don't know that I would know what to do with a girl if I ever caught one.. I've been out of 'the game' for so long.. On the other hand, sometimes I feel like I'm 'that guy' that I never wanted to be... You know, the forty year old virgin type of guy..

But I'm glad I'm single. I can't imagine trying to make something work at a time like this. We had a briefing a couple of weeks ago for the Family Readiness Group and the women there were telling us how they have managed to stay with their husbands for all these years. I have great respect for them, they've stayed with their spouses through thick and thin, the numerous deployments and the time they've spent away from home, the several moves, raising a family and loving their husbands. So many of those things were not easy but they are still there, fighting ring along side their spouses. I don't know where the military will bring me or what God has planned for me but as of right now I am glad that I'm doing it alone.