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In need of a little advice
My fiance is in boot camp and graduates 2 weeks from today. I went and spent the day w/ his parents yesterday and had a great time. When we got home they had letters from him and his dad read his letters out loud. My fiance went on and on about missing him and saying how much his letters meant to him. Also telling him about what all he is doing at basic. And sharing his faith w/ him too. He wrote him one on the 6th and one on the 10th.
I got home and had two from him as well. One from the 5th (it was our 11 months) but that's all it said but it was in bubble letters w/ color and said "I love you!". The second one was from the 6th and was a page. Of course he said he loves me and misses me. But, he didn't go on and on about it like w/ his dad. He didn't say how much my letters mean to him and I've wrote him the most of anyone. He doesn't tell me what all is going on at basic like he does his dad either or share his faith w/ me. I'm not saying that I don't love his letters bc I do but I feel like I'm coming 2nd bc he didn't even write me on the 10th. He also got to call home Tuesday and called his dad/mom first and talked for 25 minutes and called me 2nd and I only got 3 minutes. And I missed his first call several weeks back.
So, Im wondering am I just over reacting and overthinking stuff or what? I do get to go see him graduate on 07/29. What do y'all think?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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You're overthinking. They run our of time to write and maybe that's what happened. Just be glad he's bonding with his father, it shows he is capable if deep and caring relationships.
The calls, they only get about 30 minutes at best, the time might have gotten away from him when he talked to his parents. It is nothing to obsess over.
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Permalink Reply by m3 on
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Also, my husbands first call they were told they got an hour, but ended up only getting for 15 min....someone did something stupid on the way over and they got their time cut down, but no one told them before the call...so they were all surprised getting their hour call cut down to 15 min...maybe that could have happened to him?
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Permalink Reply by Soon2bNavyWife on
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It was his 2nd call home and another guy in his division got 30 mins to talk to his wife so I don't think that was the case.
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how could that not be the case? if both your BF and her husband got a 30 min call, it could be the case. I wasn't saying just your BFs call got cut short, but the whole divisions. like...did his wife KNOW he was only going to call for 30 min? your BF might have honestly thought the call would be longer, and that is why you only got 3 min. He probably did not expect them to be cut short and thought he would have longer to talk to you.
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He is my fiancé and I figure he thought he had more time yes, I wasn't disagreeing w/ you :)
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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Really.....what would you have thought about the letters if you never knew about his dads?
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You make a very good point and it was a nice gesture of his dad to share it w/ me.
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Permalink Reply by MRs L* on
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I personally think that you are overthinking it. I did the same thing when my husband was in bootcamp. I would freak out everytime his mother told me she got a letter or when his friends got one and i didnt I think it has to do with the seperation and such that has our minds thinking outrageous things. And in the end i received the most letters than anyone. Just look at it like this; when he talks to his father is so much different than you for a reason; he most likely tells hos dad about what is going on so that he can express his love to ; he makes your letters more personal. Or that is what happened with my hubby. I liked hearing what he wrote his mom so that i can know what he does.
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You girls are right. Im overthinking and I knew I was. I should be grateful for his relationship w/ his dad. His feelings for me haven't changed and he still wants to get married after a-school and, I should be thankful and I am!!! I won't concern myself over it any more. I'll focus on getting to see him graduate in 2 weeks.
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And you're for sure overreacting! It takes a long time to write in bubble letters....hah that shows he cares! =]
My husband didn't write or call one other person besides me in bootcamp, but I bet if he did I might have had same insecurities like you are having (his family doesn't talk to me so I would never know what the letters said....) Actually, I don't think it would be a feeling of insecurity, but just out right annoyance...but anyways. Don't feel bad, it happens to the best of us!
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It was pretty lol but I didn't think they could have colored pens. I don't really feel a sense of insecurity, jealously maybe or feeling a left out bc I dont know as much as he tells his dad.
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