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dadioflex · 08-14-2003, 02:13 PM

I know I'm not the best person to be telling you this, since I'm probably older than you daddy but... I met my sweetheart when she was 17 and I was 16. We courted for 3 years and then I went to University. The next year she went to the Nursing College (I know it's not fair, that's just how things were.) For 2 years we struggled to keep a relationship going. The distances involved were probably a fraction of what you have (we were in England - the whole of which would barely justify the foundations of a KFC in the US.) So, we grew apart until years later when I met her at a dreary conference (Occupational Health And Safety) in Torquay of all places. I had already made reservations at Edwards so I invited her to join me - I may have given the impression that there would be other people there. There weren't. Absolutely nothing happened. The next day I tried to get in touch. She wouldn't return my calls or leave a message. Honestly the sight of her had rekindled feelings I hadn't felt for a long time for anybody. Time passed and I put the experience from my mind and got on with things. I know that sounds cold-blooded but if you don't know the feeling yet, you will....
Eventually, years later, I found out part of what had happened. The night I met her at the conference she had been offically single for three and a half weeks. We hadn't seen each other for nearly 14 years. I know she was glad to see me but I understand now that she was mainly just happy to see a friendly face. I will always be a happy face for her. Ack. While we were finishing off our dinner in Edwards her estranged husband was dying thousands of miles away in the Falklands. To this day I see her maybe 3 or 4 times a week and I still can't talk to her. She doesn't talk to me either. Won't talk to me. So, long story short... no.

08-14-2003, 02:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
dadioflex Upright	perspective I know I'm not the best person to be telling you this, since I'm probably older than you daddy but... I met my sweetheart when she was 17 and I was 16. We courted for 3 years and then I went to University. The next year she went to the Nursing College (I know it's not fair, that's just how things were.) For 2 years we struggled to keep a relationship going. The distances involved were probably a fraction of what you have (we were in England - the whole of which would barely justify the foundations of a KFC in the US.) So, we grew apart until years later when I met her at a dreary conference (Occupational Health And Safety) in Torquay of all places. I had already made reservations at Edwards so I invited her to join me - I may have given the impression that there would be other people there. There weren't. Absolutely nothing happened. The next day I tried to get in touch. She wouldn't return my calls or leave a message. Honestly the sight of her had rekindled feelings I hadn't felt for a long time for anybody. Time passed and I put the experience from my mind and got on with things. I know that sounds cold-blooded but if you don't know the feeling yet, you will.... Eventually, years later, I found out part of what had happened. The night I met her at the conference she had been offically single for three and a half weeks. We hadn't seen each other for nearly 14 years. I know she was glad to see me but I understand now that she was mainly just happy to see a friendly face. I will always be a happy face for her. Ack. While we were finishing off our dinner in Edwards her estranged husband was dying thousands of miles away in the Falklands. To this day I see her maybe 3 or 4 times a week and I still can't talk to her. She doesn't talk to me either. Won't talk to me. So, long story short... no.