The One That Got Away Thread

ScottyRyan2019 · 03-20-2020, 01:04 AM

I married the one that (almost) got away. Probably going through the worst time of my life. Took a chance, jumped off the cliff, and she caught me.

Much younger than I am, smart, driven, beautiful inside and out. Yeah, I am playing way out of my league, but I'd marry her again tomorrow.

Dang3r · 03-20-2020, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

He's from a different country and most of the time, I'm relatively certain he dumps whatever he wants to say into Google Translate and copies and pastes it here, so I believe this is going to not make sense to him.

I say this as someone who is North American and also doesn't have a clue what 8th grade A and P was. Which makes me fairly certain it won't mean anything to him either.

Believe it or not, my english is fluent enough to handle the most things as long as your internal slangs came on or its drifting to politics. Thats very thin ice for me and I stay away from it. So, no translator necessary

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

8th grade. You know that.

A and P...anatomy and physiology. Biology.

Yeah, thats stage 8 class in Germany and thank you for the explanation of A&P

Serf27 · 03-20-2020, 06:14 AM

Here we go.

I have 1 solid one that got away and maybe a Halfsie that got away.

First one, I met in HS and she was very fun to hang with, only difference was the age gap. At a young age, I couldn’t handle the age gap we had. Now she’s off somewhere married, good for her.

Halfsie joined the military and I didn’t want anything long distance, so I pushed her away.
She’s Doing ok now. But she was into cars just as much as I am.

I sometimes wonder what could’ve been of both, but let’s look forward.

MKSixer · 03-20-2020, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottyRyan2019

I married the one that (almost) got away. Probably going through the worst time of my life. Took a chance, jumped off the cliff, and she caught me.

Much younger than I am, smart, driven, beautiful inside and out. Yeah, I am playing way out of my league, but I'd marry her again tomorrow.

It's nice to hear that, Scotty. If you don't mind me asking, what is the age gap?

MKSixer · 03-20-2020, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Serf27

Here we go.

I have 1 solid one that got away and maybe a Halfsie that got away.

First one, I met in HS and she was very fun to hang with, only difference was the age gap. At a young age, I couldn’t handle the age gap we had. Now she’s off somewhere married, good for her.

Halfsie joined the military and I didn’t want anything long distance, so I pushed her away.
She’s Doing ok now. But she was into cars just as much as I am.

I sometimes wonder what could’ve been of both, but let’s look forward.

Looking forward is good. I'll ask you the same question I just asked ScottyRyan2019 : What was the age gap of the first one?

pennsiveguy · 03-20-2020, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

I learned something today from you both. Apparently a circle jerk can be completed with just two individuals participating. Well done.

Technically, with only 2 guys the correct term for it is "bilateral bone buff" but nobody could expect you to know that.

pennsiveguy · 03-20-2020, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FuriouslyFast

So does anyone know how to get in an old Myspace account when you can't recall the PW & don't have access to said email (Probably deleted by Yahoo years ago anyway) account, but remember the email address? LOL!

That's where I met her so maybe some shit is still in there. I'm reaching!

If the Yahoo email addy isn't in use, you could set up an account with that same addy again. Might work.

ScottyRyan2019 · 03-20-2020, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

It's nice to hear that, Scotty. If you don't mind me asking, what is the age gap?

Only 15 years.

MKSixer · 03-20-2020, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ScottyRyan2019

Only 15 years.

Two of my best friends have 15 and 17 year gaps with their spouses. They are all happy. I salute you, good sir!!

ScottyRyan2019 · 03-20-2020, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Two of my best friends have 15 and 17 year gaps with their spouses. They are all happy. I salute you, good sir!!

Thanks! It was actually very good for me. I come from a conservative background both fiscally and socially. She comes from a very liberal social background and a bit more conservative fiscally. She has brought me much more into the liberal social side of life, and I have swung her a bit more conservative fiscally.

We still have our differences which make for fun conversations.

Side note: As she travels a lot for work (and I mean a lot) this being home for a month or two might strain our relationship. Something we are not use to!

Serf27 · 03-20-2020, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Looking forward is good. I'll ask you the same question I just asked ScottyRyan2019 : What was the age gap of the first one?

3 year difference. At the time it was a big gap for me.

AZ1 · 03-21-2020, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

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Originally Posted by Salty Dog

I get that, but seriously what do you have to lose? It may be a bust, but you won't know until you take the chance. Not to push you too hard, but you clearly have some feelings for this woman and she feels the same. Life is short my friend.

Just my two cents.

Jim

Jim, I really appreciate your input and advice. The physical things I remember the most are her hair and amazing scent. She's 5'-8" and did a lot of photo modeling in college. Smart and witty as fuck with the face of an angel.

I will take it under serious advisement. Life is short and one misses every shot not taken.

Thanks, my friend.
Cheers-mk

Look at this fucking covid19 thing. You could get blindsided by death at any moment. Play it safe. Screw that. Be happy. What's the point of this if we're not happy. To die with our thoughts of what we could have done!? You're already doing it. We will surely regret not taking the best of a life that's presented to us. It's on your mind. Go out and fucking do it.

Unless you're currently happy. Then don't.

I occasionally fantasize about exes but they're exes for a reason.

You may not be 23 anymore but you don't have to act a certain way because you're not. It's all in your head.

Dang3r · 03-21-2020, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottyRyan2019

Only 15 years.

Thats exactly the gap between wifey and me, had never caused any trouble in either way.

pennsiveguy · 03-21-2020, 12:47 PM

My first wife was 10-1/2 years younger than me, but the gap wasn't what caused the strife between us. We came up with lots of other stuff.

Dang3r · 03-21-2020, 01:56 PM

Imo the older you get, the less the gap matters. Most ppl are kinda settled to a certain point and be able to compensate the younger mavericks

Zara · 03-21-2020, 03:10 PM

Being only 25 I feel like I'm the youngest one here but I actually enjoyed reading through all the experiences in this thread.

M5Rick · 03-21-2020, 04:50 PM

You know the saying,if 'the one' gets away then there's plenty more fish in the sea.Time waits for no one, those that can cook,clean and have a personality are not left on the shelf for long.

Turkish Pickle · 03-21-2020, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

You know the saying,if 'the one' gets away then there's plenty more fish in the sea.Time waits for no one, those that can cook,clean and have a personality are not left on the shelf for long.

clearly you haven't met me

adc100 · 03-21-2020, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

You know the saying,if 'the one' gets away then there's plenty more fish in the sea.Time waits for no one, those that can cook,clean and have a personality are not left on the shelf for long.

Sounds good but when your heart is badly broken by that someone special..it really never completely heals..after 55 years I can say that for certain.

FuriouslyFast · 03-21-2020, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

You know the saying,if 'the one' gets away then there's plenty more fish in the sea.Time waits for no one, those that can cook,clean and have a personality are not left on the shelf for long.

I know you mean women, but it's more of a unicorn thing with a man, like myself, that has a clean home, can cook & bake and has a personality.

Yet here I am...

M_Six · 03-21-2020, 10:43 PM

I've been resisting posting this and will probably regret it later, but...

This is one I had and let get away. Long ago ex-wife and yours truly in '84. We had a great thing together and we both worked diligently to screw it all up. We've been exes for decades, but we still email back and forth every now and then. Last fall she did a solo motorcycle trip for two weeks in Australia and when she got back to Sydney, she decided to climb to the very top of Sydney Harbor Bridge, just because it was there. At 60 years old. That's just the way she is.

Our big flaw was a mutual hatred of conflict, which meant we never talked out our issues. We just went into silent running and let the issues fester. Now that we're older and wiser, we often talk about how stupid we were to let the relationship slip away. But we've both moved on and have other lives now, so what's past is past. Still, she's the one that got away.

Dang3r · 03-22-2020, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Zara

Being only 25 I feel like I'm the youngest one here but I actually enjoyed reading through all the experiences in this thread.

You are never too young to share experiences, especially the bad ones.

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