Will I be able to get a B2 with my circumstance?

[Stressed Out 81]

Great to hear!

My husband had a nightmare of an experience at POE, but I blame that mostly on the fact that he had a fiance in the US that he had to convince the officer that he wasn't going to marry during his visit. You have no such ties to the US and have used a visa properly in the past. They still might ask you to accompany them to the office and grill you with questions for a couple hours like they did with my husband, just because you've obtained an ESTA regardless of a visa denial. This is completely legal, though rare, so they might be suspicious.

They asked my husband things like 'how did you guys meet?' 'what do you plan on doing/where do you plan on going during your visit?', typical stuff based off of our relationship. I know you don't have a gf in the US, but they might ask stuff about your friends or relatives. Be sure to have their home and mobile numbers on hand so that the officers can call them during a possible interrogation so they can double check your answers to their questions with them. Having someone Stateside who can vouch for you is invaluable. In the end, if you just tell the truth then they'll let you go. Just don't be fidgety and nervous, making yourself look guilty when you're not.

Not trying to scare you, but be happy nonetheless that you have travel authorization. Being deported is actually quite rare, especially for people who have a history of using their visas/ESTAs like you should, and not overstaying their authorized visit time.

Also, the fact that it's Christmas should actually help a good bit. He had gotten a horrible officer who didn't even want to see his ESTA (at the end of the interrogation he finally asked to see an ESTA and was like "oh okay, you're free to go"...after 2.5 HOURS!!!) when my husband first offered it to him, hand extended holding the paper. Long story short, the officer was acting like he wasn't satisfied with my answers on the telephone (my husband had said I went to OSU, when I was full time at a community college, but once a week drove to OSU in Stillwater for an Air Force ROTC program they didn't offer at my school...a minor discrepency), so my husband actually started to cry a bit...manly tears lol...thinking he was going to get deported and miss Christmas with us. He then heard a colleague of the officer whispering to him outside the door "c'mon, man. Let him go, it's Christmas! He just wants to see his girl is all.'' After 15 minutes he came in and told him he could go then, haha.