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[quote=Anonymous]I have someone. We met when we were 15/16 in a candy shop. I walked in and felt a lightening strike immediately. He came over and introduced himself, we ended up going for a walk that lasted 4 hours. He asked me if I felt like I just met someone that I've been missing and didn't know it.

We had the most beautiful connection until we were 22ish. We went on different trajectories. I graduated college and began my career. He designs stages and traveled with various touring artists. I craved roots, he craved wings. I met DH and we dated for 7 years before getting engaged.  I hadn't seen candy shop boy in 5 years by that point. The night DH and I got engaged, we were on a trip in Chicago. We walked into a random dive bar for a celebratory drink. I was sitting at the bar facing the bartender when all of a sudden I felt like the air was sucked out of the room. I couldn't breathe. I didn't know if I was having a panic attack, if the reality of being engaged was hitting, or what but as I scanned the room for the bathroom, there was candy shop boy walking through the door. We stared at each other before hugging. I introduced him as an old friend to DH. We caught up for about 30 mins. I told him we had just gotten engaged and I never, ever forgot the look in his eyes. I will never understand why the universe threw him at me that night.

12 years later and I've run into him only once at a funeral. Same feeling, air was sucked out of the room so I knew he was there. He's still single and traveling with bands. He got a DUI a few years back. DH and I have a solid, happy, loving, easy marriage, but I think candy shop boy was my once in a lifetime emotional connection.

To the PPS that have a song that does them in, candy shop boy is an exceptional guitar player. He used to always play and sing Matchbox 20s version of Time After Time to me. Sometimes I listen to it on YouTube when I'm feeling nostalgic.[/quote]

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