takes22tango

I worked at a Cold Stone for a short time, then moved on to manage a Marble Slab. During my first couple weeks at CS, one of the "regulars" came in and ordered a giant bowl of plain cinnamon ice cream. He then asked me to put it in the microwave for 15 seconds. I looked at my co workers like "he's joking right? he's just pulling my leg cause I'm new?" Nope. Co workers said, "just go to the back, set it for 5 seconds so the cup gets warm".

The guy legit wanted soupy cinnamon icecream.

Nah, he wanted it melted...but if we melted it TOO much, he'd complain. The cinnamon was always already on the soft side anyway. Dude gave off weird vibes just in general.

No kidding about the shin splints. My husband DOR'd right before Coronado because his transitioned into bad stress fractures. Sure he could have rolled and gone on with the next class or two, but lasting damage would likely have ruined his career further down the road anyways.

I know you said that techniques for better education are too difficult to explain here, but could you possibly elaborate a little on communication in long distance relationships? My husband is stationed overseas without me, and I am always looking for good ways to continue strengthening our relationship, especially while we have to be apart from each other, especially when it comes to communication. I love the "scaling" idea!

Thanks for your reply, it's too bad it didn't save, I would have loved to read it! I've wondered about the physical/hormonal aspects of it (I'm not even sure military medical would be able to check on that or help), but I'm not sure he's ready for me to bring that sort of thing up. I'm concerned that me openly questioning his testosterone might make him even more sensitive on the subject and just make things worse. He usually tells me that he's "never really had a really strong drive, and it's always been like that". Of course he tries to do what he can, but nothing I know of can really replace the intimacy of actual intercourse.. We're hoping it might change once we actually get to live together. He had to go overseas 3 days after we wed, so that doesn't help with the whole quality time thing.