[Keaton421]

Originally Posted by Miyavifan

I have a question. What if you and the person you're with don't choose to have a long distance relationship, but it happens because one of the people goes off to be in the military?

(anyone's free to answer this)

Good question. I'm in the Army, and it's very likely that within the next 3 years, I'll be deployed to Afghanistan for 1 year - being stationed in Germany or Korea are 2 years long, but you can bring your lover if you're married. So we're a long-distance couple with more distance coming.

The military, and any distance, will make a weak relationship weaker, and a strong one stronger. If the only thing you share together is love, you won't make it 2 months. My girlfriend actually encouraged me to join the military, knowing full well the risks, because it was my dream. People that loyal and devoted are very rare, but with someone like that, anything is possible.

It's tough, knowing our time together is always limited. But when you live like this, you truly understand the meaning of "I'd walk a thousand miles to spend an hour with you".