I'm dating this boy. Basically he is perfect. He loves to cook, he's romantic, he's sweet, he's funny. He can dish it and take it. And he calls me beautiful. He bakes cupcakes from scratch and brings them to me at work, complete with homemade frosting. He comes to see me at work. He drives twenty minutes to come pick me up because he wants to see me, and I don't have a car to drive to see him. He plans dates two weeks in advance to drive down to go to dinner and a drive-in movie, and plans one big date four months in advance (which is a day-trip to Salt Lake). We've been dating on and off for three weeks and he still opens doors for me. But...... I shouldn't get too attached... He's leaving in four months for boot camp. Even if we do start an actual relationship, he's already told me he doesn't want me to wait for him while he's at boot camp, because he'll be gone for six months. Why do all the good things end up turning out to have this horrible twist? It's like karma is trying to kill me or something. I swear. Curse words. Lots of them. *sigh* I shouldn't get too attached. I always do. I don't want to fall for him. I don't want to shatter when I hit the bottom when he leaves for boot camp and tells me not to wait. But then the only other alternative is hurting him. Which I also do not want to do. I wish life didn't have to be so complicated.