A few months ago I was talking to a co worker who is married and has a few kids and asked if I would ever go down that road. I laughed and told him who me; ya right my dog ties me down enough. I said to him I am never going to get married or at least anytime soon.
My reason behind that was there is always something better out there, to many things to experience to much life to live; why all of a sudden would you want to tie yourself down in your twenties. Or why would you need to put it on paper, you could just live with that one person no need to get married. I use to have a backup all the time when one relationship didnt work I would have someone else or was always the social girl that partied and lived the single life and all it had to offer.
But that all changed, my life changed; I met a guy last summer who is a Marine stationed in Japan. I was in a relationship as was he and we talked. One thing you have to realize when your thousands of miles away from your mother, sister father and all your friends is that its very hard. You miss Birthdays, Christmas's and family gatherings, so when you meet someone that is there for you to just be able to talk to, you get close. All I did was listen to his day, it could have been Gf troubles, something that happened on base with a family or just how much he missed his family and it meant alot that I was there to just listen to what he had to say.
People say that you truly never know someone you have never met or have only met for a brief amount of time. They say " how can you know someone by just talking on the phone or an email here or there?" Dont get me wrong, there are some; lets just say interesting people out there, but you need to have faith and take a chance on things. I think you get to know someone more being so far away and just friends. He is the type of guy that if I was having Bf problems I would turn to and get his adivce. I tell him I need him and no matter what time of day it is in Japan or how busy he is, when he gets a second to spare he calls and asks whats wrong and listens to what I have to say. Now someone that calls from 6000 miles away, well lets just say that's a man that truly cares and one not to let go.
I have him, over months of talking and being there for each other we realized we fell for one another. I never expected to be where I am today, in love with the best man ever whom I could never imagine being without. Being with a Marine I know this path isnt easy, I am willing to work through the hardships to be with the man I love.
Next Spring I am going to marry that man in Texas, the Marine who loves his family, friends and of course me. The Marine that leaves all he loves behind to fight for his country, and proudly stands next to his fellow Marines. I will say that distance is never easy, but if you love someone enough to wait for them and be faithful to them it will work out. It takes both sides to make it work and I think it was worth the wait. I found someone 6000 miles away and we found a way to get to each other. Miles are just miles, if you have faith and determination love will find its way.
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