A dinner
Tyler told Mandi that he wanted to take her out to a nice dinner, to celebrate his coming back home alive. Later that night, the two entered one of the nicest restaurants in town and had a private table just to themselves. Mandi thought that this was a good time to bring up her concerns.
She told Tyler how she was feeling about their future and if she was ready to be together with a soldier. Tyler looked at her and told her that he understood everything she was feeling and that the lifestyle he lived wasn’t suitable for a serious relationship. Then he dropped a bomb on her that she wasn’t expecting.