| This isn't really supposed to be a serious reply, but I recall going to see
a comedian once who was commenting on getting back together with a previous
flame. He likened it to pulling a quart of milk from the fridge, finding
it had gone bad, putting the quart back in the fridge, and then going back
a year or two later to re-check its condition, and of course gacking on the
floor. The more I ponder the analogy, the more I believe it maps pretty
well to my own (admittedly limited) experience in this area.
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| I lost my wife of 16 years that way and also had a neighbor
who had his wife get back together with her high school sweetheart.
In both cases it was after more than 20+ years and in both cases
it resulted in double divorces...on both sides. I think you can
fantacize about how it could be and it might. In the two that
I have been close to...one personally, the union of two based
on memories has continued mostly on the fact they are too proud
to admit there are any reasons not to make it work...since they
originally convinced family and friends this is what they wanted
to do...so I think there is pleasure there, but not happiness.
In your case, as they say, your mileage may vary.
Jim
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| A friend told me this story:
Two women, friends, has children. One had a girl and the other a boy.
They fantasized that their children would marry when they grew up.
No. The girl married another man, and the boy became an F.B.I. agent,
who didn't marry. After some years, however, the husband died, at a
surprisingly early age, and the agent retired.
*Then* they got reacquainted, fell in love, and married.
Ann B.
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