H never came back from Iraq

[MichelleLT]

So, just had an interesting AIM conversation with one of my girlfriends (who became good friends with me while he was deployed and who H made a lot of effort to become friends with and still talks to occasionally) who shall be named L:

(12:44:47 PM) L: I talked to [H] the other night
(12:44:53 PM) me: oh really?
(12:45:02 PM) L: he did not seem as enthusiastic as I thought he would be
(12:45:19 PM) L: he was raving about hogmany and edinburgh
(12:45:29 PM) L: but seemed to not be really jazzed about much else
(12:45:42 PM) me: she posted a bunch of blogs about it. even mentioned his name in the titles. (i can't read them)
(12:45:57 PM) me: he did too for that matter, but I have refrained from reading them
(12:46:01 PM) me: I figured they'd only piss me off
(12:46:03 PM) L: well his sister can probably read them. . . .
(12:46:16 PM) me: true. I actually just got off the phone with her. Didn't think to ask.
(12:46:25 PM) me: But will it really make anything better to know?
(12:46:26 PM) L: yeah probably, but I don't think it was quite as fabulous as he'd imagined
(12:46:36 PM) me: reality sets in???
(12:46:45 PM) L: but don't tell him I said anything
(12:46:51 PM) me: don't worry i wouldn't
(12:47:00 PM) L: he just seemed kinda like he didn't even want to talk about it
(12:47:11 PM) L: and then made an excuse and logged off
(12:47:17 PM) me: huh
(12:47:42 PM) L: I asked if it was hard to come home and he said he was ready to come back
(12:47:52 PM) L: I made a comment about traveling with someone being overwhelming
(12:48:02 PM) L: and he whole-heartedly agreed
(12:49:22 PM) L: it's really hard to be exposed to anyone that much without a break, so maybe it's a good thing that he went over there