But we were both over the age of 21…maybe I was 22 and he was 23. He returned to the states and was stationed in San Diego after serving 8 years overseas. He served in Iraq for several years. He also told me about his time in combat against Somalian pirates. 2 tours in combat. (I think that’s how..
You say it). Anyway, so we reconnect and we decide to give dating a try. He books a flight and I pick him up from the airport. We always got in trouble for goofing off in class and we laughed about that a lot during the time we reconnected. I went with him to visit family and such. He couldn’t visit
For more than like 2-3 days bc he had orders to return to base by a certain day/time. The 1st or 2nd night he was here was the 1st time I witnessed someone else have symptoms of PTSD and his were so severe. It was scary and heartbreaking. I had my own trauma to work through at the time and I couldnt
Support him. I didn’t know how and he didn’t know how he needed someone to show up for him. He returned to San Diego. I can’t fully recall but I don’t think I took him back to the airport. I think he chose to have a family member take him. We didn’t talk much after that visit but wed chit chat