re: Do you have a “One That Got Away”?

Nope. We are married.

I thought I had one that got away, but we’re still friends on FB and it looks like I dodged a SJW bullet.

1985. LSU freshman and I locked eyes this gorgeous redhead across the room taking a standardized admission math test with me. She left after the first test so I did too and took off after her but couldn't find her.

Ran into her a couple months later at Sports Illustrated and she was staring a hole through me and I choked and didn't go up to talk to her.

She looked alot like this. Always wondered what would have happened if I hadn't been such a pussy fraidy cat.

I did.

I used to pray we’d end up together. We ended it and I thought for years it was a mistake

But one night at our high schools homecoming Football game I ran into her with my wife.

I realized that she wasn’t the same person she used to be. And I could tell that time had changed me
In her eyes too it seemed

I remember looking at my wife that night thinking the Lord knew what he was doing the whole time.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.

Man yeah... That I hooked that big mama sow on black and chartruse square bill... Had her all the way to the boat and the net was all jacked up. I reached down into the water... She in a last ditch effort made a run but I wrangled her back. Oh what a day it was... I reeled her back in and as I was going to grab her she flipped and the line snapped. Was 12lb fluro. Don't think she was that big but I'm guessing a cool 9lber maybe bigger. Tough day. I made up for it by catching a 7 next time I went out.

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I have one who I try to convince myself is the "One that got away", but really, it was probably for the best. Then, we were great together. Now, the rational part of myself tells me that there is no way it would work

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“LegendInMyMind”

Checks out.

More than just one.

The main one, though, was my later in hs crush. Petite blonde with whom I shared a lot of hobbies and interests. She was always cheerful and made me laugh. Sharing earbuds on field trip bus rides, you get the picture. I fell hard, but got friendzoned, told her my feelings, and was rebuffed. She's married now. I was all kinds of hung up over her for way too long.

Another was this girl I knew freshman/sophomore year of college. She was a dark-haired, outdoor-loving, redneck cheerleader from Mississippi. Had just a killer southern accent, smart as a whip, good sarcastic sense of humor, and yet still very kind. We were in a study group together. When I asked her out, she confessed to me that she was only in the program to get her MRS degree and find a rich husband, and I wasn't rich. She accomplished her goals, married the son of an oil tycoon. I'll give her that much.

I can only think of one girl that got away without me ever sacking up and making a move, but I really dodged a bullet with her. She and her whole family were crazy, trashy, and went hardcore into drugs before finishing hs. She got pregnant within 2 years of the "moment" we had where I chickened out and didn't make a move.

There's one fling that gets me. We dated casually for about 6 months or so after my ex-wife and I separated. The problem was we lived more than two hours apart. For that reason, I felt like every date had to be a big deal, so I tried way too hard to plan some fun adventures. We went all over the state on road trips once every week or two. At the same time, due to the distance, I held her at arm's length emotionally and didn't call her frequently between dates or talk every night or introduce her to my parents (I met her mom once, but that was unplanned). When I finally decided I was ready for a real relationship, she had already decided to break it off for other reasons, and I still feel like I never really got the chance to go to bat for the relationship. It sucks because it was so much fun and we seemed really compatible. Essentially no issues other than logistics up until right before we broke up.

I met this last one while I was still married. We met on reddit on a non-local subreddit and just so happened to coincidentally both go to LSU and have grown up just 10 minutes away from one another but never met since she went to private school. Our personalities were completely in sync. It was like our brains had the exact same logic and humor process built in. We could just trade banter, puns, and insults for hours teasing each other over playful nonsense. I had never had such an instant connection with another person on an emotional/intellectual level. However, she had a boyfriend who was, by all accounts, a perfectly good dude who had met her right before she really got hot. We met regularly for lunch to just talk, but after a few months of meeting every week or two, she started behaving more distant, like she felt guilty about spending time with me. She started ghosting me afterwards. We met up one more time about 6 months later, but I could tell she was a little uncomfortable and awkward. She ghosted me again, and then we matched on bumble a couple months ago. She messaged me once Right before time ran out, but then stopped and has continued ghosting me since. I don’t get what’s going on with her. I don’t know if she’s still dating that guy or not. If I could be with any of them tomorrow, it’d be this one.

Don't we all

Met girl at panama city when I was in my mid teens. We talked a lot after and met up again once we graduated highscool. Was hard knowing she dated other guys and stuff during that time but 600 miles apart is a lot for people just getting to know their bodies. Total package as a girl and fun to talk to but basically had to move up there and lose everything to risk it. Decade has past and occasionally i wonder what shes up to

And by wonder what shes up to, i find the same bikini pic i always do on her social media and beat off furiously

Yes she was amazing. Too bad my dumbass accidentally left the key where she could reach it.

"Man wonders whether man ponders more over loves won or loves lost"

Oh,yes.