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Mixed Emotions
Today should be a happy day because its Thursday (my letter day from my fiance at Boot Camp in Great Lakes, IL) but, its more bittersweet. I received 2 envelopes from him, one was saying how he had tried to call but I wasn't home and how he was upset about it and the he loved me, but that letter was only like 6 lines long and then the other one was the normal 1 page. But...the reason I'm feeling sad and upset is because he normally tells me several times throughout his letters how much he loves me and misses me. The only thing that came close was he said he longed for the day when I was in his arms again. He said I may not recognize him and that kinda scares me a little bit, to not be able to recognize the man I am suppose to marry when he gets done with A-School. But the icing on the cake is he didn't say a single "I love you" in that 1 letter (the 1 page letter) he waited till he got to P.S.S.S. before he said it. It concerns me that maybe he is falling out of love with me, even though he stated in the letter that we are still going along with our plans of getting married after his a-school/ship school whatever you want to call it. I'm really sad and having mixed feelings and Idk what to do. Any advice?
He has 28 more days to go and I am going to see him graduate July 29th btw.
*Update...I was wrong he did say it within the letter, I over looked it somehow, so I panicked for nothing, sorry guys*
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Permalink Reply by Soon2bNavyWife on
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Thanks! I went and re-read the letter(s) and I was wrong. Somehow or another I over looked it but he had said within the letter that he loves me soooooooooooooooooo much. (It wasn't just in the p.s. part) so I freaked out for nothing lol. And you could be right, if they write that late then he is super tired, I guess that explains why his writing isn't as neat as usual.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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It is a letter, don't make it more. You two will be fine once he gets out of boot camp and back in his right mind.
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Thanks :)
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Permalink Reply by Janine13 on
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Don't worry, I felt the same way when my husband was in boot camp. We were only engaged then and I even wrote in one of my letters to him that I was afraid that he might have grown out of being in love with me because that was really his first time ever being on his own. He assured me that he still loved me and the Navy hadn't matured him to the point where he didn't want to be with me and now we're almost to our 2 year anniversary! Hang in there
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Thanks :) I know everything is going to be just fine :)
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