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sorry, i told the wife I posted it and she asked me to pull it. she isn't very comfortable with this site. she focus' on the negativity, and some of the bluntness, and doesn't feel the good vibe that I get that you guys are honestly trying to help. sorry.
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WW then BW 24
Married - 3 years, together for 4.
Her A started while deployed to Iraq (mid-june), and ended on Thursday, Sept 8th (or 9th?)
In counseling now
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Hey Ray - I scanned the first couple of paragraphs... If your W is posting to this site, I'd edit the entire letter and just say "I love you" for now! Shoot me a draft of your letter to rif902000@yahoo.com and I'll be glad to give it a more thorough going over. Semper Fi, RIF
Me, BS
Her, Forgiven
Married Dec 86
Multiple A's that ended '90
Rebuilding In Faith since then...
Currently deployed to Iraq, but TEXAS is Home!
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Ray
What is your intended effect of this letter ?
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The intent is to let her know how I feel about hte situation. I am a talker, but not a good one. I am better when I can sit down and plan what I say, so I write. Its to get her to open up. In essence, I want a letter like this from her, something just telling me how she feels. Because right now, im in the dark. All i really get out of her are simple, "no thought required" answers. "yes, no, I don't know. . .etc." It is beginning to wear me down. Wednsday, I was on patrol, looking for IED's (roadside bombs), but after patrolling for an hour, the one time I let my mind slip and started thinking about the situation at home, "BOOM!!!" A shaped charge IED barely misses my tank by a few feet. My best friend was in the hatch, and caught shrapnel to the face (his nose, we laugh about it now, but...) NOT GOOD!!!! What if they hadn't popped it on me? Then someone else could've died cus I didn't do my job. My biggest fear was almost realized on my first patrol back in country. I really am at my wits end. I just need something out of her.
BH then WH 24 - me
WW then BW 24
Married - 3 years, together for 4.
Her A started while deployed to Iraq (mid-june), and ended on Thursday, Sept 8th (or 9th?)
In counseling now
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Well, I think you'll certainly get something out of her if she read this....I havw to go out now, I'll go over this letter when I get back. Don't send it yet, OK ????
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ok, thanks. She isn't on this site. She posted one, in resolving conflict, and I moved her post here to gen "?"s II, and she hasn't been back ot the site yet.
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WW then BW 24
Married - 3 years, together for 4.
Her A started while deployed to Iraq (mid-june), and ended on Thursday, Sept 8th (or 9th?)
In counseling now
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Hey Ray, Thank goodness you weren't hurt. Dealing with all of this while you're on a deplyment is one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life... Send me a copy of your letter and I'll give you my $0.02... my e-mail is rif902000@yahoo.comMy prayers are with you and your unit. Thanks for your sacrifice in serving our country! Semper Fi, RIF
Me, BS
Her, Forgiven
Married Dec 86
Multiple A's that ended '90
Rebuilding In Faith since then...
Currently deployed to Iraq, but TEXAS is Home!
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