Raymond Wylie:  

Life After high school I attended Mississippi Delta Jr College, but never finished. Found a girlfriend and decided to get married -- stike 1. Shortly after this marriage, got drafted and soon on my way to Viet Nam -- strike 2. While serving in Viet Nam, realised my new wife wasn't who I thought she was -- strike 3. I made it through the Viet Nam era, rather enjoyed it as I realised I did not really have anything to go home to-- Wife Missing In Action. While I was in Viet Nam I decided to visit Australia for R&R as meeting up with the wife at the time would have been a waste of time and money. While in Australia met my current wife, cancels strike 2 above. We met for an arranged get-to-together for servicemen visiting the country, ended up sharing a table with her and her sister and the rest is history. We became pen-pals as she was aware of my married status so we just wrote letters for 12 months. But, alas, this all changed when she decided to visit the USA with her sister. We spent about two weeks traveling across the south and formed a bond. It was meant to be. We returned to Greenville, the day before my divorce to wife #1 was finalised. Got the divorce, walked down to Farnsworth Jewelers bought the engagement ring and got married six months later. Finally finished the military service in December 1972 and retuned to Greenville until June '75. I was tranferred to another job in Arizona until Sep '79. Once again, transferred to Baton Rouge until Jun '81, yes - transferred again to Houston TX. This last assignment was that infamous straw, too much of the office politics, too much butt to kiss to get ahead. I decided they could kiss my butt. I quit (1982), sold everything and here I am after 26 years. Somewhere in the middle of the above, my wife I wanted to have a child, but it would just not happen for us. W...Expand for more