H i... ok.. i was set up on a blind date by my best friend and I ended up falling in love with him. We have known each other for 2 years and honestly it has been the best 2 years of my life!He is 23 years old and i am 22, he has never been in love (and i think that has come from issues within his parents divorce) so with that said we took things very slow which is a good thing. I love his family and everything this man stands for. A year into us dating off and on I got a great job offer which required me to go back to school so i went out of state to a college but came home often on weekends. He was very understanding and he let me go further my education. So he sat me down towards the end of the school year and talked to me about him deciding to join the army and i support him 100% with all of his decisions, he told me that the reason he doesn't want to get to involved is because he wants to get his career together so when he is ready he can get married and support his family, and that if he wasn't leaving for 4 years for the military it would be me and him. Which is well understood! So of course i started crying because for the 1st time in my life my heart has picked a winner and he has to leave. Its been 4 months now we keep in touch and the feelings are still there but things are still hard...dealing with peoples comments like ' oh he is going to iraq u should Just get over him' like wtf r u kidding me?! This man is one of my best friends and i love him point blank. I hope that someone maybe jus maybe has been in a similar situation and had a good out come. If not your advice is well appreciated. Thanks!!