Dating in Germany

Chris and I really began dating in Germany. We were stationed at different places, about an hour away from one another. Each weekend he would take the train and stay with me and Whytney where we lived. He lived in the barracks on his post and we had an apartment so it was easier that way. On occassion we would take him home on Sundays because the big PX was where he was at. It was interesting being in a different country and there were a lot of distractions that made life difficult on us.

Chris and I broke up more times than I care to count. We never partied together and the one time we did go out, we went to separate places but kept in touch on the phone. We never really went out on "dates". That wasn't an easy thing to do with a kindergardener and me being as strict as I was about who watched her. The guy that lived below me watched her two times. One was because of a company dinner and the other was the time I took Chris to the emergency room at the krackenhouse (hospital) because he split his head open and needed stitches.

We got engaged about five months of dating. This was very quick and many people did not agree with this. His supervisor even had a talk with him and this prompted Chris to never speak to the man again outside of work. We planned our wedding for one year after our engagement. We were supposed to be married on April 23, 2006. This was to be the 31st wedding anniversary of my parents. But things happened and we decided to not get married at that time.

After much trying, we decided that a fertility specialist was needed to help us have a baby. I went to the specialist, found out I had something wrong with my uterus and the doctor said that he was going to do additional testing. That testing was never done because two weeks later I found out I was pregnant. I chose to get out of the army since I had been deployed with Whytney and did not want us both to be deployed having a baby at home. I got out of the army that November and moved back to California. Chris came a month later and we got married. We went to the civil union place and got married without anyone there. While that was the best choice for us at the time, I can't wait to renew our vows with our friends and family there.

Chris was stationed in Germany for another two years. He finally got out of Germany in March of 2008 and has been in Georgia ever since.

And now we are considering reenlistment and going back to Germany as a family. And this time I hope that we take the time to really travel and see the things that we should have seen when we were there the last time.