Background: I grew up religious. Middle-of-the-road mainline Christian for the most part. I learned how to feel shame for sexual urges and was ignorant to most things sexual. I was an oblivious guy, basically living in what is similar to a college dorm. I joined the military when I was 19. I was in pretty good shape, but didn’t actually feel that way at the time. Life’s funny like that. I was in my Tech School at DLI in Monterey, CA. An awesome place to live, especially for the price…I got to enjoy the Monterey Bay and not have to worry about a place to live or work. My job was learning a foreign language.
I went to a local church service on Sundays. I went mostly to take a break from cleaning my room or studying with my roommate. I met this cute 18 year old named Sara. She has the most captivating eyes I’d ever seen. She lived with her parents and was going to community college – I was basically doing the same a year prior. We hit it off and we started chatting. Turns out she lived on Post with her parents. He dad was an Army officer. I was enlisted in the Air Force. We started hanging out, and it was a little weird going to her house. The military officer/enlisted divide is strong, especially her during training. Despite that we started dating.