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The one who got away

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I'm a sucker for songs with lyrics depicting the cliche "one who got away." It may be cliche but it's true, we all have that one girl that was perfect that got away for whatever reason, whether through fault of our own, circumstances, or whatever. Y'all all have one. Let's hear it. You can provide as little or as much info as you like.

For me, it's a no-brainer. I won't use her full name, but her first name was Elizabeth. She was the ultimate girl next door.....but the smoking "cute hot" kind. Well, I say "cute hot" but depending on what look she was going for on a particular day, she straddled the line of "cute hot" to "sexy hot." She was tall (5'8", just a hair shorter than me), blonde, brown eyes, and a ridiculous rack. I'm talking like.....a ridiculous rack.

She was the total package because she was cool on top of being smoking hot, which made her very approachable. She was really into the same music scene I was in (this was mid 2000s so a bunch of angsty emo stuff lol), she was country (her parents were from Kentucky), she liked sports well enough to tolerate my love of sports, and she was legitimately funny. She also never gave it up so she was like the holy grail.

The problem was, I was firmly entrenched in the friend zone. Like FIRMLY entrenched. I had a monopoly on the friend zone spaces and was already building green houses and eyeing the purchase of red apartments. But, I knew that she knew that I was a good fit for her and ultimately I thought we'd end up together. She was my homecoming date one year and things were trending in the right direction.

But........hence the thread title, she got away. I got sick of waiting on her and sick of tolerating her going on dates with guys, and I was a stupid high school kid and did some things I'm not too proud of that ultimately made us sever ties. She's married now. Man, they don't make girls like they made her. If I could do it over again.......

What y'all got? Let the nostalgia flow ;)
 
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TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm a sucker for songs with lyrics depicting the cliche "one who got away." It may be cliche but it's true, we all have that one girl that was perfect that got away for whatever reason, whether through fault of our own, circumstances, or whatever. Y'all all have one. Let's hear it. You can provide as little or as much info as you like.

For me, it's a no-brainer. I won't use her full name, but her first name was Elizabeth. She was the ultimate girl next door.....but the smoking "cute hot" kind. Well, I say "cute hot" but depending on what look she was going for on a particular day, she straddled the line of "cute hot" to "sexy hot." She was tall (5'8", just a hair shorter than me), blonde, brown eyes, and a ridiculous rack. I'm talking like.....a ridiculous rack.

She was the total package because she was cool on top of being smoking hot, which made her very approachable. She was really into the same music scene I was in (this was mid 2000s so a bunch of angsty emo stuff lol), she was country (her parents were from Kentucky), she liked sports well enough to tolerate my love of sports, and she was legitimately funny. She also never gave it up so she was like the holy grail.

The problem was, I was firmly entrenched in the friend zone. Like FIRMLY entrenched. I had a monopoly on the friend zone spaces and was already building green houses and eyeing the purchase of red apartments. But, I knew that she knew that I was a good fit for her and ultimately I thought we'd end up together. She was my homecoming date one year and things were trending in the right direction.

But........hence the thread title, she got away. I got sick of waiting on her and sick of tolerating her going on dates with guys, and I was a stupid high school kid and did some things I'm not too proud of that ultimately made us sever ties. She's married now. Man, they don't make girls like they made her. If I could do it over again.......

What y'all got? Let the nostalgia flow ;)
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TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm a sucker for songs with lyrics depicting the cliche "one who got away." It may be cliche but it's true, we all have that one girl that was perfect that got away for whatever reason, whether through fault of our own, circumstances, or whatever. Y'all all have one. Let's hear it. You can provide as little or as much info as you like.

For me, it's a no-brainer. I won't use her full name, but her first name was Elizabeth. She was the ultimate girl next door.....but the smoking "cute hot" kind. Well, I say "cute hot" but depending on what look she was going for on a particular day, she straddled the line of "cute hot" to "sexy hot." She was tall (5'8", just a hair shorter than me), blonde, brown eyes, and a ridiculous rack. I'm talking like.....a ridiculous rack.

She was the total package because she was cool on top of being smoking hot, which made her very approachable. She was really into the same music scene I was in (this was mid 2000s so a bunch of angsty emo stuff lol), she was country (her parents were from Kentucky), she liked sports well enough to tolerate my love of sports, and she was legitimately funny. She also never gave it up so she was like the holy grail.

The problem was, I was firmly entrenched in the friend zone. Like FIRMLY entrenched. I had a monopoly on the friend zone spaces and was already building green houses and eyeing the purchase of red apartments. But, I knew that she knew that I was a good fit for her and ultimately I thought we'd end up together. She was my homecoming date one year and things were trending in the right direction.

But........hence the thread title, she got away. I got sick of waiting on her and sick of tolerating her going on dates with guys, and I was a stupid high school kid and did some things I'm not too proud of that ultimately made us sever ties. She's married now. Man, they don't make girls like they made her. If I could do it over again.......

What y'all got? Let the nostalgia flow ;)
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I loved reading that. It's interesting because I KNOW of a guy from years ago that felt like that for me but I kept him in the friend zone, lost touch with him and then 30 years later we reconnect on Facebook and I see that I was the foolish one for not giving him a chance. Fortunately for him he did meet a beautiful woman and is happily married and has grandchildren now.

Your lady friend may come to have the same regret some day.

As for me, I don't have a good love story to tell. Sad but true.
 
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TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm just messing with you. I am happy that you found something so amazing. That's my goal as well! I hope it happens soon, before I get too jaded to find love lol :p
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Well don't be tooooo picky over things that will change anyway (we all age) but at the same time do not settle just to have someone either. I think picky AND blindly foolish is how I ended up jaded now and I'd rather be alone than have to trust someone again or even go through getting to REALLY know someone again(something that really takes a few years).

You seem to be a very kind, witty, intelligent young man and those are great qualities to have. You'll meet someone. Just look with your heart, and less with your eyes ;)
 
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I'm just messing with you. I am happy that you found something so amazing. That's my goal as well! I hope it happens soon, before I get too jaded to find love lol :p
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We have never had a problem with our age difference but the older I get the more I think about it. It affects how I look at our investments, how I look at the fact that she will live quite a few years when I won't be around. I just want to make sure she will be alright after I am gone .
 
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Well don't be tooooo picky over things that will change anyway (we all age) but at the same time do not settle just to have someone either. I think picky AND blindly foolish is how I ended up jaded now and I'd rather be alone than have to trust someone again or even go through getting to REALLY know someone again(something that really takes a few years).

You seem to be a very kind, witty, intelligent young man and those are great qualities to have. You'll meet someone. Just look with your heart, and less with your eyes ;)
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Ehh like I said in another thread, physical attraction is important but only so important. You gotta be able to stand to be around the person doing normal things, not just when you're horizontal.

But yeah there definitely is a danger in finally finding someone and then settling or at least overlooking things that trouble you simply because you want to be with someone.
 
I won't go into tl;dr mode like some people here, but the friend zone was my primary residence in high school. Sure, I was in "relationships" but I wouldn't call any of them serious. Anyway, there was this chick during my junior year of high school who was absolutely perfect. We were good friends, but I was buried so deep in the friend zone that there was nothing I could do. Seems like she was with someone else every other week. By the end of our senior year, we weren't as close and we kind of just grew apart. I heard recently from a friend of mine she's kind of falling into hard times and is with someone who could easily pass as her father.

As far as I go, I got into a relationship with someone else in college, and she turned out to be a complete nutcase. Like overly attached girlfriend type of nutcase. I felt like a prisoner and just couldn't get out of it. We ended up breaking it off, but not without months of drama following it. Now, about six years later, I'm still by myself and haven't looked back. I'm happier now than I've ever been. Maybe I'll get back in it someday, but I'm in no hurry.

Did I go tl;dr anyway?
 
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TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm a sucker for songs with lyrics depicting the cliche "one who got away." It may be cliche but it's true, we all have that one girl that was perfect that got away for whatever reason, whether through fault of our own, circumstances, or whatever. Y'all all have one. Let's hear it. You can provide as little or as much info as you like.

For me, it's a no-brainer. I won't use her full name, but her first name was Elizabeth. She was the ultimate girl next door.....but the smoking "cute hot" kind. Well, I say "cute hot" but depending on what look she was going for on a particular day, she straddled the line of "cute hot" to "sexy hot." She was tall (5'8", just a hair shorter than me), blonde, brown eyes, and a ridiculous rack. I'm talking like.....a ridiculous rack.

She was the total package because she was cool on top of being smoking hot, which made her very approachable. She was really into the same music scene I was in (this was mid 2000s so a bunch of angsty emo stuff lol), she was country (her parents were from Kentucky), she liked sports well enough to tolerate my love of sports, and she was legitimately funny. She also never gave it up so she was like the holy grail.

The problem was, I was firmly entrenched in the friend zone. Like FIRMLY entrenched. I had a monopoly on the friend zone spaces and was already building green houses and eyeing the purchase of red apartments. But, I knew that she knew that I was a good fit for her and ultimately I thought we'd end up together. She was my homecoming date one year and things were trending in the right direction.

But........hence the thread title, she got away. I got sick of waiting on her and sick of tolerating her going on dates with guys, and I was a stupid high school kid and did some things I'm not too proud of that ultimately made us sever ties. She's married now. Man, they don't make girls like they made her. If I could do it over again.......

What y'all got? Let the nostalgia flow ;)
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This girl just had a kid two days ago, so I can officially cross her off the list. Thought y'all would want to know.
 
tarheel0910 said:
Not sure what's worse. The fact that you think we care or the fact that you're stalking her and know she just had a kid.
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The sad part is I'm not even stalking her lol. I don't get on Facebook but FB does this thing where once a week or so it will randomly select someone from my friends list and I'll get an alert on my phone that says "Person X shared a photo." It picked her the other day, so I looked and saw the baby pic. Probably a tie for both.
 
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I once hooked up with this chick in high school, decent looking, but her friend was way hotter, found out later the hotter one liked me, never got a chance after hooking up with her friend, still pisses me off
 
coolwaterunc said:
I miss the days in high school when everyone was available for the choosing. If they weren't, then they would be within a week or so. Now, everyone is either married or divorced with three kids and a crazy insane jealous ex.
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Right? It's frickin wild. I have to date younger because every girl you and my age that's still single is either: 1). batshit crazy 2).has a kid with a crazy baby daddy 3) some combo of the two.
 
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TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm a sucker for songs with lyrics depicting the cliche "one who got away." It may be cliche but it's true, we all have that one girl that was perfect that got away for whatever reason, whether through fault of our own, circumstances, or whatever. Y'all all have one. Let's hear it. You can provide as little or as much info as you like.

For me, it's a no-brainer. I won't use her full name, but her first name was Elizabeth. She was the ultimate girl next door.....but the smoking "cute hot" kind. Well, I say "cute hot" but depending on what look she was going for on a particular day, she straddled the line of "cute hot" to "sexy hot." She was tall (5'8", just a hair shorter than me), blonde, brown eyes, and a ridiculous rack. I'm talking like.....a ridiculous rack.

She was the total package because she was cool on top of being smoking hot, which made her very approachable. She was really into the same music scene I was in (this was mid 2000s so a bunch of angsty emo stuff lol), she was country (her parents were from Kentucky), she liked sports well enough to tolerate my love of sports, and she was legitimately funny. She also never gave it up so she was like the holy grail.

The problem was, I was firmly entrenched in the friend zone. Like FIRMLY entrenched. I had a monopoly on the friend zone spaces and was already building green houses and eyeing the purchase of red apartments. But, I knew that she knew that I was a good fit for her and ultimately I thought we'd end up together. She was my homecoming date one year and things were trending in the right direction.

But........hence the thread title, she got away. I got sick of waiting on her and sick of tolerating her going on dates with guys, and I was a stupid high school kid and did some things I'm not too proud of that ultimately made us sever ties. She's married now. Man, they don't make girls like they made her. If I could do it over again.......

What y'all got? Let the nostalgia flow ;)
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I got several that , when I see them today , I am so damn glad they got away.
 
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TarHeelNation11 said:
The sad part is I'm not even stalking her lol. I don't get on Facebook but FB does this thing where once a week or so it will randomly select someone from my friends list and I'll get an alert on my phone that says "Person X shared a photo." It picked her the other day, so I looked and saw the baby pic. Probably a tie for both.
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I bet you still fap to her
 
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Had a best friend in 8th and 9th grade. Her Mom had cancer and was being treated at Dook. My Dad lost his arm in an accident and spent about 3 months at Dook. I would spend the night at her house and ride to the dark side with her Mom to see my Dad. Always had a crush on her. Drifted apart in HS. But ended up marrying her, and still am!
 
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nctransplant said:
Had a best friend in 8th and 9th grade. Her Mom had cancer and was being treated at Dook. My Dad lost his arm in an accident and spent about 3 months at Dook. I would spend the night at her house and ride to the dark side with her Mom to see my Dad. Always had a crush on her. Drifted apart in HS. But ended up marrying her, and still am!
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All kidding aside that is a nice story.
 
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Had a best friend in 8th and 9th grade. Her Mom had cancer and was being treated at Dook. My Dad lost his arm in an accident and spent about 3 months at Dook. I would spend the night at her house and ride to the dark side with her Mom to see my Dad. Always had a crush on her. Drifted apart in HS. But ended up marrying her, and still am!
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Ghey.







Jk.. That's awesome
 
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When I joined the military my girlfriend was just beginning her freshman year in college. We had dated since I was 16 and we both really thought we'd end up married. I went home every chance I got and she came to see me a couple of times. Just after the beginning of her soph year I got orders for Subic Bay. We wrote each other for a while...then the letters stopped coming as often. She had met another guy at school and that was that. I did every thing I could to avoid going home after that. I'd go for holidays to please the family but I knew she'd be home on break. Toombs County is a small place and I just didn't want to have to face seeing her so I'd usually leave after a couple of days. Still, I often thought of her and wondered what might have been. I'd hear about her every time I went home. She became a teacher and eventually married a guy from Savannah. They divorced and she married a guy we went to school with about 10 years ago.

When I finally joined FB she contacted me. She asked about a letter she had written me and given to my dad to give me when I was in the hospital in Wiesbaden back in '83/'84. I never got it. I asked my dad about it before he died and he said he threw it away for my own good. I was pretty mangled up at the time and I know he was just trying to protect me. I guess I understand...but it still pings a little. She won't tell me what she wrote and I guess it really doesn't matter. She has told me she regrets how we ended. But it doesn't change anything.

Besides, from the photos she looks like she doesn't weigh a pound more than a brand new Buick. Unanswered prayers.
 
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