The one that got away?

[jloboo]

I heard this song on the radio and it made me think. Do you have one that got away? What would you do differently if you had another chance.

 

[Chaingun]

Everything. Nothing.

 

[Pinktacokitty]

It was timing, I was not ready when he asked five years ago when I decided I was ready he decided he was not. We still see each other every so often, but it will never be the way it could have been......

 

[MikeCasanova]

Not be so tongue-tied. But hey - I was in high school; it was expected of me at that point.

 

[piccicatopolka]

I've had two very recently. Kinda makes my head spin. One made it sound like it was going to be forever but he never followed through on anything that could really make that happen. Still not sure if that was wasted time or not. It would have been great if he had really created all that; I certainly did everything I could to be there for him. The other guy was just a dating sitch that could have become more but he stopped communicating. Interestingly, we had been child hood sweethearts and our parents were friends. Hadn't seen him in years, found him on Facebook, we talked on the phone a bunch, and then spent some time together. He's a couple of years older than me and SO handsome. But it seems that his demands with work and his three children are a higher priority than me being a two hour drive away. Which is as it should be but I don't mind the drive to see him. We'd had so many ideas of fun things to do like bike rides, and the beach , and camping, but he just stopped with no explanation. The odd thing is we're still Facebook friends and he comments on my posts every once in a while. *shrug*

 

[jloboo]

True

It was timing, I was not ready when he asked five years ago when I decided I was ready he decided he was not. We still see each other every so often, but it will never be the way it could have been......

I understand how that is, that song made me think so much. But to much time has passed and i dont think we could ever be the same. I mean everyone changes, change is good but we changed to much apart to be together.

 

[respeito]

i think i pushed mine away. i know i did. it's really difficult for me to trust people; long story for another thread, but i know that my trust issues put me in the place that i am now. i met someone and i thought it would be different because we were growing together for... months. he was patient, as patient as one could be when dealing with a toxic person such as myself. i guess it became too much: sporadic communication transitioned into none at all. no goodbye, no explanation. nothing. if i had another chance, i would work harder to be more trusting, though i don't know that it would have affected the outcome. fate tends to happen that way.

 

[Loverskitten]

i think i pushed mine away. i know i did. it's really difficult for me to trust people; long story for another thread, but i know that my trust issues put me in the place that i am now. i met someone and i thought it would be different because we were growing together for... months. he was patient, as patient as one could be when dealing with a toxic person such as myself. i guess it became too much: sporadic communication transitioned into none at all. no goodbye, no explanation. nothing. if i had another chance, i would work harder to be more trusting, though i don't know that it would have affected the outcome. fate tends to happen that way.

I think we dated the same guy and may actually be the same person

 

[NorthernPA4U]

I yanked on the line too quickly, and it managed to swim away.

It was |<---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->| big.

I imagine it was a tasty trout, and not a bass.

 

[Jackotheshadows]

I think everyone has at least one that got away, some of us maybe more. What would I do differently? Not sure if doing something differently would have changed the outcome, as it was more about who we were, than our actions at the time.

That said, do I wish I could have been a better, more interesting person when that one got away.

Yes, yes I do.

 

[BradBigBrain]

I yanked on the line too quickly, and it managed to swim away.

It was |<---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->| big.

I imagine it was a tasty trout, and not a bass.

I was deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and I landed a huge grouper. As I was reeling that guy in a baracuda cruised by and hit my catch. Cut that grouper in half. I was more than disappointed.

 

[NorthernPA4U]

I was deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and I landed a huge grouper. As I was reeling that guy in a baracuda cruised by and hit my catch. Cut that grouper in half. I was more than disappointed.

A fellow fish-story teller ... I feel accepted, warm and fuzzy. (No, I haven't shaved yet.)

 

[BradBigBrain]

A fellow fish-story teller ... I feel accepted, warm and fuzzy. (No, I haven't shaved yet.)

I saw yours and I had to .... um...nevermind. I haven't shaved yet, either.

 

[janeyl]

I heard this song on the radio and it made me think. Do you have one that got away? What would you do differently if you had another chance.

Never had one...all my relationships ended for a very good reason and would have made either or both of us unhappy to continue. I may not have felt it at the time sometimes but I don't look back with regret at them ending now...if you're constantly doing that, you never see the opportunities in front of you

 

[RUlookingup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0eoi0yucJs


We keep the fish we want...in our hearts forever......many others in the sea though.

 

[koalabear]

tie the ropes tighter.......

 

[AbsintheFather]

I was deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and I landed a huge grouper. As I was reeling that guy in a baracuda cruised by and hit my catch. Cut that grouper in half. I was more than disappointed.

Sounds like a story in a book I read once by some hack named Hemmingway