Argument

It was an argument - as is usually the case - that almost ended their wedding plans. She told him that they should wait until after the first of the year because her parents would lose money if they married before. Our son couldn't wait until after the first of the year. He had to be back in Fort Lewis on Jan 3rd - there just wasn't time after the 1st and before the 3rd. He told her they would have to wait until the summer of 2006 when he'd be out of the Army.

Argument.

He left her at her parents home - both upset, both wrestling with how to make their dream come true.

She called me. Calmly she told me that they had argued about the wedding date. Calmly she told me that he had left. Then she broke down and cried. She said that she loves him and doesn't want to lose him. And at that point her words were lost in sobs.

I told her that I would "make" him call her when he returned home. How I'd do this I had no idea...

Just before he came home (he had gone out to a resteraunt to eat a bite and think) his fiance knocked on our door. When he arrived they went to the family room to "discuss" the situation.

We gave them the space they needed to work things out. Then she talked to my wife and me, alone, to ask us to help her make their dream come true. I went with her to talk to the two of them. Hearing the entire story, I sensed that her parents were using whatever means they could to prevent their marriage.