[CamaroCowboy]

Ok I will try to keep it short but it's kinda long..........

I was in the Army as an electronics repair tech stationed in germany/Iraq. My X-Wife and I had quite a few problems (most of which were because of her being an alcoholic). When one day on R&R from Iraq her mom asked my "why do you put up with her crap". Well that phrase woke me up inside and made me realize that i did not need her crap.

Upon my return from Iraq my unit was de-activating so I was set to go to FT Hood, Texas as my next duty station. I (with the help of her mom and brother) placed my X-wife in a rehab center and I took off with the kids back to the U.S.

I filed for divorce and got full custody of the kids (I kept all the police reports on her stupid activites). I left the kids with family in Missouri and went to texas to get settled. I found out that I would set to deploy again in 6 months so i left the kids where they were and just got a 1 bedroom apartment for the 6 months.

I was a newly free man and went out alot but always called my kids almost every night. Since I had been married for 10 years I was little out of practice.

I ended up meeting a couple girls over time and I wasn't dating any of them just friends to hang out with. One night they called an basically begged me to go to the club with them. i was tired and really didn't want to go, in fact I was already laying down at 9 PM when they called. I hemed and hawed but they finally talked me into it. I was there with them for probably 20 minutes before I started really checking out the surrounding (I am a people watcher). As I was looking around the room I caught sight of something on the other side of the dance floor.

They were the most amazing blue eyes I had ever seen....and they were attached to the most beautiful red head I had ever seen....I thaught to myslef WOW she is way out of my leauge.

I kinda watcher her for along time and I thaught she was watching me also but again I didn't think I had a shot. At one point I was talking to my friends and when i looked up she was gone. I thaught she had left but to my surprise I felt a finger run accross my shoulderblades and when I turned around it was her walking past me tward the bathroom.

I went to the bar by where she was sitting (taking note of the drink she had been drinking) and got her a drink and proceed ed to her table. We talked all night long where i found our she was a little older than me but had 4 children ages 14, 13, 10 and 4. To which I replied that I had three children 14, 4 and 2. We laughed at how that would be quite the brady bunch together.

We became friends and hung out alot. She was and still is my best friend. She didn't want to take things farther because I was in the service and she didn't want another military husband (her X was military). I did alittle soul serching and decided I didn't want it anymore either. I ended up getting out because I was a single parent and could not deploy anymore (no one to watch kids).

Ok story is long enough......we took a cruise to mexico and when we got back we got married in Copperas Cove, Texas and started building our house. We have been married for 2 yrs, 7 months and have been living in our home for 2 yrs, 2 months.

I know everyone says third time the charm well for us it is a fact. THis is the third marriage for both of us and every time I think I can't love her anymore I wake up the next day even more in love with her......