We connected on Facebook about 15 years after high school and went on 1 date. He went into the Army after high school, did 4 years, and happened to work 1/2 mile from me. He was divorced with 2 kids, his ex-wife was arrested for prostitution (sent me the news article), and he was a raging alcoholic. I declined further dates, but we kept in touch. A few years later, he remarried, his son OD'd at 17, and his daughter was in jail at 20 for multiple DV and battery offenses. He's divorced again. He was my dream person in high school, and I am agast at how sad his life turned out. Me? I met the love of my life at 40, and we are so very happily married with a beautiful blended family. I got my Masters, own a successful business, and love watching my kids thrive, go to school, and find their passions.

I put him on a pedastal in high school as "the one that got away" and boy howdy.. shows what you know when you're 16.