Thinking About Old Girlfriend

[CJHorse]

For the last week I have not been able to stop thinking about a girl I used to know. We had a brief relationship in 1974 when we were teenagers and I adored her with the intensity which is only possible at that age. She broke up with me and it absolutely destroyed me at the time. I couldn't even think about another girl for around TWO YEARS. I had completely got over it a long time ago, but she popped into my mind and now won't go away. All I can think of is whether life has made her happy.

Is this common? I know it would be a terrible idea to try to contact her. I have been married very happily for 30 years and love my wife and children far too much to risk hurting them. The trouble is, 42 years have disappeared from my mind and I feel like a lovesick kid.

[CJHorse]

Thanks for all your input. I think the very act of posting the question might have been therapeutic. I don't think the past was necessarily better. I DON'T WANT to think about this girl, although I have fond memories of her. I just can't stop. It's like an earworm.

[frugalfred]

Alexandra aka Sasha, sqad. She went to Nottingham Uni, I to Durham Uni, and it fizzled out. Distance. We met up again end of the first term, by which time we were both in new relationships. Despite numerous philanderings, I never met Miya, regrettably. However, I did have a thing going for a while with a girl who eventually married a doctor. I believe the couple, now retired, live in Switzerland these days.

[Sqad]

LOL^^^^ well done Fred.

Miya was putting on weight then so neither of us have missed much.

[Khandro]

//I have been married very happily for 30 years and love my wife//

As the song says;
"You'd better keep her, you'll find it cheaper, than makin' whoopee"

[Hopkirk]

What would be interesting to know is if she ever thinks about you.

Unfortunately you will never know.