Have you had an experience of “the one that got away”? How do you look back on it?

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Obviously, question isn’t for married people or those who have found their one.  And you don’t have to reply if your answer is no

DJB72 · Accepted Answer

Twice, yes.

First was in my teens. Waited too long to ask her out and screwed up the friendship when I did.

Second was in my 20s. We both felt the same but long distance was a mess - and "long distance" at that point was just 3 hours away in the UK. She started seeing a guy but we were still very close. Close enough that she asked me not to make her choose between us and told me what she was attracted to in him was also what she saw in me.

He insisted on meeting me (!) to tell me to my face he was going to treat her right because of how she'd spoken about me to him. "Uncomfortable" would be the best way to describe that.

They got engaged and I backed off from the friendship to respect her decision. About six months later I got a call from him because she'd left him and he had no idea where she'd gone or why she'd left. So I called her parents, told her father who I was and he handed the phone to her.

Turned out the SOB had hit her. I'd figured that out from talking to him. He'd tried to manipulate me to call on his behalf (ha!) and ask her to give him another chance. What I actually did was offer to break his legs or any other body parts she chose.

The friendship was never the same. We lost touch until about 2017 when I found her number and decided to message her. We'd not been in touch for about 16 years at that point and she didn't know I was married. I didn't know she'd been married, had a kid and left him because he'd been abusive as well.

We're still friends, but I often think about her and wonder why we never worked out how to get together. I miss the friendship I had with her and even though I'm married now and have been over 20 years, she'll always be the one that got away for me. I still love her despite the years and the distance - we're not even in the same hemisphere any more - and I always will.

dolemite58 · Accepted Answer

Not at all, the majority of girls I knew in high school and college are old, fat and have kids now 🤣

SolitarySolace · Answer

Oh, used to happen constantly until I gave up on love entirely. I haven't been happier sense. Wormn are worthless

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