The one that got away...

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

There was the girl I really wanted to take out to Prom. Due to me being a bit of a coward, I procrastinated in asking her and when I was going to I learned that a friend of mine had asked three days earlier.

It was lonely without an escort but you know what, it didn't matter too much to me. There was no other girl in my school I cared to ask anyway.

 

[Paksenarrion]

This thread is in desperate need of mood music:

 

[Watchmacallit]

Does anyone have a girl or guy that got away? That one you were too afraid to be with or just too stupid/ignorant at the time.

Well frankly I wouldn't know because I am one of those too stupid/ignorant types when it comes to members of the opposite sex. A few.

I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. The only reason I would add the 'stupid/ignorant' is because I was like that and I'm pretty sure I let one get away.

 

[Watchmacallit]

I may be young (14 gonna be 15 on the 28th, though technically I'm a leap year baby.) but I know when I'm in love. There's this girl who I've know since June. She's basically the coolest girl ever. She's smart, beautiful, laid back, nice, and a great friend. Well, I like her over the summer but we never hung out. Eventually I liked someone else from September to October. That didn't work out. I then realized who it was I wanted. The girl I liked over the summer. Let's call her Liz. So, I asked Liz on October 29th to go to Homecoming with me as friends and she said she'd see if she could. Eventually I realized how much I liked her. On November 15th (Yes, I have a good memory.) I went up to her and asked her out. She said she was busy with school work and sports. She's an honors student and does a lot of sports. She said we could still hang out and be friends but she didn't want to go out with anyone. I said it was okay and I thought it was. But, it turns out I wasn't. I kept thinking about her and just couldn't stop liking her. I never told her I still liked her though. The girls at my school are just huge bitches and can't get over themselves and only like pretty boys and nothing else. Eventually, it was just so much for me. I didn't understand what made this girl so special to me. My friend told me last week on the 9th "It's obvious you really care about her but she doesn't see that. She's not the one for you, dude." I guess that helped. Then last Friday on the 11th I made a status on Facebook that said I was back and better than ever and people who knew about the situation knew what I meant. So, that's all good right? Wrong. On Wednesday night I had a dream where I told her I love her and she said the same thing back. I have no clue why I had that dream though since I thought I was over her. I told my friend about it and he said to act like I did from Friday-Wednesday. I have no clue why this has to happen to me and I've totally just written something long. But yeah, this is the one who got away, I guess.

Wow. Your life just came out of an American highschool romance. I'd have to agree with your friend, if she isn't showing interest she isn't the one...but honestly the fact that you can remember dates like that is freaking awesome, girls love that. My ex goot pissy because I forgot the date of our first kiss >_> I didn't think that was something people remembered.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

In a way...

I tend to act upon my own feelings...with varying results.

There were a couple of girls from a while back, who I knew liked me, but I didn't give them a chance. I got to know them better after anything was really viable and they turned out to be pretty cool.

If I had been more open I mighta had some fun there.

But, regret?...not really.

 

[Watchmacallit]

F5, quick save. Ouch.

This thread is in desperate need of mood music:

I found myself listening to this while reading the posts. Moody indeed.

These are some great posts, some great stories as well. i feel like its gonna become an advice topic at some point.

 

[Watchmacallit]

Yep, and I didn't even realize she liked me until one of my female colleagues explained the concept of "aggressive flirtation" to me. I don't fault myself for not believing that taking my glasses without permission was a gesture of affection. That supposedly means that I have to focus on her, and it makes me more vulnerable, while to me, it was more akin to "I am attempting to rob you of your vision", which is one step short of a punch in the face when it comes to aggressive actions.

Aggressive attention...Constant pokes, drawing on me with highlighters...Being attacked with glitter. At one point she untied my shoelace...Not a big deal? My left hand was broken at the time. She then told me a year later she had to do all those things to get my attention...I told her I thought she was just being annoying.

 

[Watchmacallit]

I was fishing with my dad years ago at a local series of small lakes early in the morning. Anyway, something took the bait and ran with it heading across the other side of the lake. I whittled it down for about 10 minutes before it had another burst of energy and snapped the first two sections of my pole off.

It was a decent pole with a line on it which should have been able to handle anything in the lake, so god knows what it was that took it but I'll always remember it as the big fucking fish that got away.

As for women, yeah loads of them. I usually like a girl, say absolutely nothing, then they get with a guy and seem really happy so I figure I made the right choice with my silence. They are far happier with those guys than they ever would be with me.

Noooo. Bad thought mentality. You never know how much happier they could be with you or how much they might actually like you.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

She hasn't gotten away yet but I think it's moving in that direction. She really liked me while I was still in a relationship with my ex, and now I've developed feelings for her, but I haven't really been able to spend a lot of time with her. She also said she didn't really want a relationship right now, but told me not to rule it out. I don't know. It's just a little complicated at the moment.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Heh. I used to think I "let her get away" a few months after she left me, but I realized she was a cold-hearted ***** in many further complications in the relationship and have come to terms with the fact that even though I loved her, its far better off this way.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

A few years ago I met a guy, well quite randomly... Anyway, we became great friends although it was rather odd because he was the kind of person that, had I not met him at the exact moment I did, I would have hated. It was rather strange honestly, I was a goodie good, and he turned out to be this cocky bad ass (for lack of a better description).

Anyway, long story short... I fell absolutely in love with him. After a year or so of us spending time together he told me he had never felt anything like he felt for me...

We ended up together for a few months, and it was absolutely wonderful... But eventually our differing personalities caused a few fights. It's hard to explain exactly... He use to love debating as did I, but I took it too far one to many times.

After some months of silence I started having conversations with him again, and he asked me to spend more time with him. Having been tongue tied I kept putting it off and off until eventually he joined the military and moved south.


I don't know how he feels anymore. I know a day doesn't go by that I don't miss him, (and it's been 3 years...) but I'm not sure when - if ever - I'll have a chance again.

 

[Nouw]

Obligatory song.
Well there was one that got away but that's because she was taken >.>

 

[ScarletRider]

She had a short bob cut, jet black to match her style. She had a few piercings and body mods that were beyond what would normally catch my eye, but her brilliant smile charmed me, though not as much as her ringing laughter and spirit. She was handy with a blade, something I had tested more than a few times in between flirtations. I felt something there, but right when I should have made a move, I got cold feet. And we just drifted apart. I still think of her from time to time.

 

[MrSpunkSponge]

Not necessarily "the one that got away" for me but more missed opportunity. I finally plucked up the courage to ask the girl I liked for years out on Valentines day on monday but got friendzoned (albeit I did it very awkwardly and wish I never just blurted out to her, especially when Id barely talked to her that day). If Id asked her out a a few years ago when were alot more flirty then she probably would of said yes, but I left it too long.

 

[Dwarfman]

Does anyone have a girl or guy that got away? That one you were too afraid to be with or just too stupid/ignorant at the time.

Well frankly I wouldn't know because I am one of those too stupid/ignorant types when it comes to members of the opposite sex. A few.

I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. The only reason I would add the 'stupid/ignorant' is because I was like that and I'm pretty sure I let one get away.

No offence taken, I was mearly stating the cold fact of the matter. It's something I've been steadily trying to rectify.

 

[Woodsey]

Yes.

And now I'll give you the obligatory: "grow some balls!" to restore my own masculinity.

[sub]And mods, if you cannot see that as a joke, even though it's in quotations, and when I've even labelled it as a joke now and a time before, and you warn/probate/ban me, I will write you a very stern letter, and send it by owl to the household of Dobby (teh house ELVZ), who will deliver it to your doorstep in turn.

Or, y'know, I'll swear.
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