Marine Choice

So it has officially been 40 since I saw my boyfriend ..

I am dating a Marine. If not the toughest, it's one of the hardest jobs you could ever imagine. It's not a by choice kind of thing that you get seperated from the person you're supposed to be with kind of situation.

A lot of people ask why I put myself in these kinds of situations. The possibility of your loved one not coming home is sometimes hard to bear, but you do it for the thought of what the homecoming is going to be like. Long deployments, harsh fights .. It all comes in the job description.

Most people don't understand why people in college have long distance relationships. I'd know, I used to be one of those people. But no one really takes the time to consider how it feels the minute they come back home from a 7 month deployment. You don't really know what it's like to be in something truly long distance till you've seen the relationship between a marine and spouse. It's a relationship that can't be described to a civilian and can't be described to someone who has never had to put that much trust into something that could completely change while they are deployed.

It's always a never know relationship. Things happen and people change .. You just have to be ready on a moments notice to accept it and move forward.

-LD