Our readers told us about the feelings they had when they met their old sweetheart years later.
It’s not that big
By then, I’d been on my own for years and wanted to believe I’d finally found the big one. With minor beauty flaws, of course. For example, with the fact that it was very difficult for him to stick to himself and he preferred solitary programs: he went to train five days a week, and went fishing and skiing on weekends, whenever it was in the season. It sparked something in me, and I was really into it. However, when it was discovered that he cheated on me, I was devastated and broke up with him very painfully. However, even then I did not see that all this happened because I was not well picked. Finally, after a treatment that started for a completely different reason, I realized what drew me to it. When we ran into each other many years later and sat down for coffee, I kept thinking, What could I have seen in this guy? The meeting was like sitting down and talking to myself ten years ago. I’m shocked at how far I’ve come emotionally since then. Zsovy (31)
5 human connections you need to stop feeling lonely
cosmetic distance
The first kiss of my life happened on a hot May night during the 10th grade field trip. The young man went to another school, we met on the beach, and in the evening we ran away from the camp. At the time, there were no cell phones or Facebook, and we lived hundreds of kilometers apart, so we never met again, but that made it all the more modern. The memory of him lived on in me like that of a great platonic love: I wrote poems for him as well as a short story, which he did well in a literary competition. I often imagined what it would be like if fate brought us together again. Then we met eight years later. We celebrated my girlfriend’s bachelorette party and served in a restaurant. It had nothing to do with the image I had of him, his teeth were crooked and he looked rather silly, and I didn’t recognize him at first. The “big meeting” was very funny and a bit dramatic at the same time. Plum (38)
What alternative error will be made?
“The lame little brother of my platonic love”—this is roughly the picture I had of Balint, who was about twelve when I was fifteen and was in a gang with his older brother, whom I was secretly in love with. Unfortunately, nothing came of it, and we moved out soon after, and it’s been ten years. When a really nice guy logged into Facebook, I suddenly didn’t know who he was, but then from mutual acquaintances it turned out that he was Balnett, who was no longer twelve, but twenty-two. We started flirting and it turned out I was his platonic crush. A few weeks later we were dating. At first it was a bit funny that “little brother” was my new boyfriend, but the past was quickly replaced by the present. Zeta (26)
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