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“I had the biggest crush on someone in high school. I thought he was the one. So nice, smart, cute. We would talk on the phone every day (this was back in 1997) after school. One day, he worked up the courage to ask me out. I played coy, which made him think I wasn’t interested, and he chickened out. I spent two years trying to get him back. I should have just said yes.”
“Time went by. We went to different colleges but still kept in touch through instant messenger.
And then one day, we were both back home, and he called and asked me if I wanted to hang out. I said yes (obviously) and we went to dinner and wandered around town and it was magical. I wanted to tell him how much I wanted to be with him, but I was afraid he’d run away again, so I just enjoyed the moment.
He hugged me goodbye at my parents’ house, and a week later, he met his future wife at college.
I got married to my college boyfriend. He moved away. We both had kids around the same time. I got divorced.
And still wonder to this day, if I would have just said yes, what would have happened. I have imagined my life with him for decades, even when I was married. We lost contact after college. We are still Facebook friends, and his wife tags him in posts, so I can see what he’s up to.
I have been blunt to a fault in life for decades because of this.”
—mndcpr
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