Now for a truly "romantic" story. A friend of mine in the Army is getting shipped off to Iraq soon after he finishes college (he had a student deferrment- they wanted him sooner...) Ever since I met him seven years ago, I have flirted with him and given him gifts. Or course the flirting was to no avail, since most of the time we were either dating other people, not in the same region, or he'd rebuff me as not his type of girl. I enjoyed giving to him, so I continued......
I didn't court him with the sole intention of having him as a mate. I did it because I thought he was an exceptional young man and it gave me pleasure to flatter someone like that.
How should I go about overseas wartime correspondence? I don't want to give the wrong idea- I just want to be a supportive friend. I know he's scared to go to a war zone, but man enough not to show it. I wrote to my cousin when he was stationed in Iraq last year but that's family....
Any thoughts from former military members and mates of service personnel are welcome.


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