Captured!

[Kipparikalle]

This one's for you, Lehmann

[Brag]

A wonderful story and this is the best place to share. Congratahoochies to you both.

[vanjast]

... and explain to her parents that we 'war mongers', on the side of the 'enemy', all wish the two of you well in the future.

Luckily when I met my wife 30 years ago, my 'outlaws' were not that bad, but I still could feel that I was not 'good enough' for their daughter (is anybody?). I was trouble-in-a-nice-way , which my wife seemed to enjoy, as a way of rebelling against the 'law'. Her aunt's were somewhat worse than her parents, but the uncles were all cool characters.

I think the parents were waiting for this novelty to wear off and dissapear... har har har... 30 years later I'm the favourite son-in-law (well they only had 1 daughter )

Your outlaws might wakeup when they got grandchildren !!

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

I hope no one minds if I post this bit of news here. I'm most comfortable here in the SH3 forums because I spent so much time here before. I just wanted to share a little bit of my past and present with my friends that still ride the oceans here.

Twenty two years ago during my junior year in high school, I met a young lady that made me weak in the knees and made my heart race like no one else ever has since. (I was 17 years old and she was 16.)

We began to see each other as often as possible, though it was very little indeed by our standards.

You see, we were forbidden to date. Her parents hated me from the moment they found out that I was obligated to enter the Army at the end of my junior year. Her parents were peace protesters during the Vietnam war, and though I always treated them with respect and answered with "yes sir" or "no maam" they felt that their daughter had no future with me.. though NOT ONCE did we ever give them true reason to think badly of us.

We would still race to see each other between classes, and I'd walk her home from school every day... but even that was too much for her parents. They demanded that she "break up" with me... or they would not pay for her law school tuition.

Still we saw each other, but did our level best to not be seen together.

In private we had talked about running away together and getting married... and starting a family... but it wasn't to be.

When I entered the Army, we wrote each other every day... until one day the letters just stopped being answered.

When I was finally able to return home on leave, there was a "For Sale" sign infront of her house...

... and I lost all real hope of ever seeing her again. Their old phone number was disconnected... and we had no email... no text-messaging...

I wouldn't know it until last year, but we now believe that her mother had started to intercept the mail from both of us. During that time, her family picked up and moved to a new address... and I had no way of knowing.

"WE" had ceased to be... because we were hated for what we had.

As it turns out, she has been looking for me all this time, and says that she stopped just short of hiring a private investigator to determine my whereabouts... feeling that after all the time that had passed, it would be an invasion of privacy.

On October 23rd of last year, she found me on Facebook. (Friends had razzed me to death just weeks before about building a facebook account... and I had just done so to make them be quiet.)

Though we lived in cities more than 200 miles away from each other, we began to visit... and from the first meeting, it was as if twenty years simply hadn't happened. After all this time, it was as if it were only a single day.

Incredible odds against us. Decisions made for us so long ago... It seems to me that one's chances of winning the lottery are much better.

She is an attorney for Lubbock county now... and now I am a Paramedic in Lubbock after having moved there myself.

Today, I was finally able to get down on one knee infront of the courthouse main entrance and ask her to marry me.

She said yes...

... and after all these years, we can finally be together.

We will be married on October 23rd... one year to the day that we found each other again.

Her parents are talented grudge holders... and want nothing to do with our wedding next month...

... and though it hurts my now-fiance to be treated so badly by her parents... she tells me that WE are the ones who make decisions about our lives from here forward... and that they can be there with us... in support of us... or not at all.

... and I can think of NO ONE that I'd rather grow old with.

Some may wonder if they've found the "right one."

I know that I have.

Some things really are unbreakable... and it is UNREAL to me that this story is unfolding as it is today...

Thanks for letting me ramble guys.

I am truly, one of the luckiest men in the world.

Hot damn.. That IS awesome! Congratulation! And the best of luck to you guys.

[Will-Rommel]

Touching story, life is so worth it ! Enjoy !!!

[Schöneboom]

Fantastico! Congratulations! I'm happy for you both!

[Telemon]

Congratulations and a happy future to you both.

From the title, I thought the allies had captured another of our fine captains! This news is quite preferable!! For a time, the sea may have captured your heart, but now it rests in the arms of another! Congratulations!

[HW3]

Congratulations and all the best to both of you.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

On behalf of us both, thank you kindly for all of your good thoughts and words guys! (and gal)

Here's wishing each of you the same kind of happiness! (The kind of happiness you just can't buy.)

[conus00]

That is an incredible and touching story. I'm going through very tough streak in my life right now and that story just shed a ray of light in my otherwise really grim weeks. It made me realize that there is a good in this world.

Congratulations and the best of luck!
(even though we've never met, I really mean it)

[desirableroasted]

What a lovely story! Congratulations!

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for the phone call this evening mate, was great to talk to Crystal and yourself...your both going to be extremely happy I'm certain of that

Ann was a little lost for words when I gave her the phone (not usually like her at all)

God Bless and all the very best for your futures together.

Best Wishes
Jim

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Thank you Jimbuna! The pleasure was all ours, my friend! It was wonderful to get to talk with the both of you.

I'm very sorry that I missed the TS window the other day, mate.

I can hardly wait until we get to talk face to face again... and we will again... Mark my words.

Tis been far too long already my friend!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

At 1540 hours Saturday / today, U.S. Central time, Crystal and I will have a live webcast come online so that friends of ours who live far away can watch us get married if they wish. Here is the link:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/crystal-s-wedding

Password is "wedding"

Sorry for such short notice. My hard drive croaked and I am writing to you from Crystal's laptop.

We wish that all of our friends could be here... but maybe this will help a bit. God bless you all!