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[quote=Anonymous]Like many others here I'm not all for the terminology of "got away," as I had reasons/choices for breaking up and it's not like the person just slipped through my fingers; but there is the one person that I sometimes imagine "what if.."
We were graduate students. I had come out of a painful sort-of engagement (like one of the PPs' stories, he proposed, gave me a ring, but then started back-pedaling and it was all very confusing...), and this person was so very different than my ex and practically anyone I'd been close with before. 
He was intelligent, scholarly, reserved, but stylish, a little artsy, cultured, atheist, introduced me to things like cooking with capers... He was Japanese. We ate sushi and drank umeshu, plum wine. He was so kind, and unique, and sexy (maybe the best partner I've had in that department).
Refreshing as my ex was: charismatic, two-faced, showy, religious, prudish...

Anyway, there were cultural differences I got too hung up on. Minor things I would totally look past or talk about in different ways now. Also, I transferred schools, moved, had a wild party night and cheated, didn't like the long distance and probably the guilt pushed me over the edge to break up.

To this day, I think of him as still the kindest, best boyfriend I've ever had. I'm happily married for 5 years, with 2 kids, but still fantasize about our paths crossing romantically again someday.

We keep in touch as friends. I've seen him maybe 3 times in the 10 years since we broke up. He's always a superb gentleman. Not sure why no one else has scooped him up; I sort of asked about his dating status before I met my husband and he sounded like he hadn't dated anyone at all seriously since me. He's successful, completing his PhD in NY, assistant to some really intelligent people in his field... All around great guy.

So yeah, maybe he is the one who got away. I wonder what he thinks of me.[/quote]

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