Story #5. Air Force guy #1. Met him on my travels per usual. I visited him a few times. He was amazing, successful in his career and constantly advancing. But emotionally distant. He was recently divorced too. How do I end up with all the divorced, emotionally unavailable guys? And I seem to attract more military men than any others.

I’d gone out to visit him and wanted to develop this relationship. He seemed like a great, genuine guy. Turns out he was great and genuine. But not ready for a relationship. I was a rebound. Again. What’s new?

He had transferred to a new base and said he would be unavailable for a while and would contact me when he was done. But he didn’t contact me. I think he was hoping I would forget about him because he wanted to focus on his career after his divorce.

My curious mind wanted to know what was happening now. So I contacted him and he called me back to tell me he was dreading this moment that he would have to break up with me.

I could help but wonder if he just couldn’t handle the long distance relationship thing like most others. He told me he just needed to not be attacked to a woman and focus on his career right now. But I can’t help feeling like there’s always another reason I’m not being told. 🤷‍♀️