So I just had to share this with anyone who needs a smile:
As some of you reading may know, I'm currently deployed to the Middle East, so away from my family. I had originally wanted to wait to talk to my parents in person, and I had already dropped hints here and there the last time I was with my mom, and I think she picked up on them. I told my brother before I left, too, but he's always been the first to know anything and I trust him more than just about anybody else in the world.
My dad, I was worried about. He's kinda ultra-right wing conservative with most things, and he has some interesting views. I have been thinking for a long time about how to talk to him about this, and I was going to wait until I got home. But I've had this nagging, burning sensation to talk to him about it. So I did, and this is how.
He likes to check the weather wherever I am, and he sends it to me. Sometimes, the weather app literally says "Dusty" here, when there's a sand storm. So my dad takes a screenshot and (thinking he's funny) sends it to me with a note saying "Shall we just call you Dustiny today?" (my given name is Destiny.)
Well, the third time he did this, I wanted to send him a reply so bad, it hurt. But I didn't because I was scared. I had it typed out and was waiting to grow the balls to send it, and took a screenshot to send to my brother. Long story short, I never sent that message.
Until last night. I found the screenshot, and sent it to my dad after a long winded conversation of "Do you love me?" "Yes." "Promise me you'll always love me and be here for me, no matter what." Etc. He eventually knew there was something up after about five minutes of this so by now he was asking what it was and telling me to just say it, so i sent him the screenshot. The message I had wrote to him and couldn't send for so long was: "What would you say if I told you that just Dustin worked?"
And he responded completely the opposite of how I expected him to!
He was crazy supportive, and the sad part was that it surprised me. I shouldn't have underestimated him.
Just in case anybody needed to smile and have a feel-good moment- that just happened to me and it made my entire week.
