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I met him when I was 18.  I was in the Navy and at a prestigious trade school. I had joined the Navy when I was 17 and turned 18 in bootcamp. I met him one day in line for dinner. He was introduced to me by a mutual friend and he was just some guy I had met. Throughout the next 2 weeks every time he saw me he would run across the quad to say hi to me, even though he had a problem remembering my name I enjoyed the attention.

I was dating some random guy at the time. Nothing serious just someone to pass the time away with. I was getting ready to go home for Christmas and before I left I had bought my boyfriend gifts. I had spent probably about $200 on him. I bought 2 outfits and a cd and just random stuff to basically show how pleased I was in the situation I was in. I in turn received my gifts, a stuffed animal and a vhs tape of the grinch who stole christmas. Huh? I just want to make this clear. We did not have some inside joke or admiration for the movie. I had never mentioned how I desired the movie or even that I liked it, I also do not like stuffed animals. I find no purpose in them whatsoever. So I left for home with the thought of what the hell was he thinking. So I went home and visited friends and had fun and then it was time to return. I came back on January 1st and most people were not returning til the 3rd so it was pretty lonely on the base. Somehow I found him and he asked me how my Christmas was. I started to complain about the present my boyfriend had gave me. He then stated "It's the though that counts", I answered with "then obviously he didn't think very hard". That was the beginning of a great friendship.

He became my companion. Nothing romantic just my buddy I hung out with. He introduced me to the group of people he chilled with. I soon became part of the group. We would talk and eat dinner together. we had mandatory study time and would meet up afterwards like around 10 pm, listen to music or do laundry together. He helped me look for the culprit who stole my lingerie from the washer (never found them) and he gave me advice on the idiot boyfriend.  He essentially became my best friend.