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From: "meet me in montauk"
Registered: May 2006

posted May 30, 2006 12:00 AM         

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Does anyone have a story of the one that got away? what happened? why did they get away?
why didnt you fight for it?

(sigh)

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posted May 30, 2006 03:55 AM         

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Heh, I have more than a story about "the one that got away". Seems they all run screaming after a certain period of time. I know! I'll call it OPS, or Over-exposure to Paras Syndrome.

But I didn't post to say that. What I really want to say is that I like your new nickname much better.

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From: and the embers never fade in your city by the lake
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posted May 30, 2006 04:15 AM         

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I like your new username, too.

As for the "One".....I used to think he got away, but now I know that no one in my past is the person that I was meant to be with. At least, I don't think so. But god knows I used to feel that way, and to some extent, sometimes still do.

I guess it's hard to know -- how much you should put up a fight. Or instead, go by: "if you love someone, let them go..."

I don't know..................

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From: "meet me in montauk"
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posted May 30, 2006 04:52 AM         

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yeah shop22much was getting on my nerves, honestly it started annoying within a month of being on Lindaland but was too lazy to change it, I didnt think i'd end up here very long coz I only wanted to ask 1 question....now look at me...haha

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posted May 30, 2006 09:09 AM         

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The Universe is sacred.
You cannot improve it.
If you try to change it, you will ruin it.
If you try to hold it you will lose it.

Lao-Tzu

This passage moved me, if they got away they he/she was probably supposed to.

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posted May 30, 2006 09:12 AM         

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yeah i think so too....maybe they had to get away so the person could learn next time to value the love they got....its just sh- when its not you.....

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posted May 30, 2006 02:46 PM         

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I wonder if its possible to get into a relationship and treat it as if it will end from the beginning. That way you would take each day as it comes and enjoy every moment. Your emotions would surely get in the way of this though right?

And why isn't there a saying "If you love them you get to keep them"? I dunno, the world seems harsh sometimes.

Swerve

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posted May 31, 2006 12:47 AM         

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I just came across this quote 5 minutes ago. It applies doesn;t it?

"Somewhere out there is the man you're supposed to marry and if you don't get him first, somebody else will...and then, you'll have to spend the rest of your life thinking that somebody else is married to your husband."

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posted May 31, 2006 03:21 AM         

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lovely~

Ouch!

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posted May 31, 2006 03:02 PM         

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Hahahahaha! I love that quote "if you love someone then you get to keep them"! Hahahaha! Yeah, why isn't there that saying? I say we implement it and see if it flies.

As for the actual one, (if it comes back to you it is yours, if it doesn't it never was, etc.) it was on my bathroom wall when I was a little girl and I used to ponder it constantly, wondering if and when I would ever have to make use of it.

Of course, I have made use of it... currently in fact. And every once in a while I remember being this little six year old trying to wrap my head around how I would ever be able to release something or someone I loved. Now I'm this not-as-little 29 year old who is valiantly trying to practice it.

Love

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posted June 02, 2006 02:26 AM         

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Love, our inner child speaks more clearly the older we get huh?

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posted June 02, 2006 10:57 PM         

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The one that got away! My water boy (he was a cancer). I just wanted more than he was able to give @ the time. I adored him and never felt so close to a man in such an emotional way in my life. I would've bled for that man. He was just the sun, the moon and the stars.

Alas, he just wasn't ready and very scared. I was young and impatient. Oh to have it all to over again. What a difference there would be on my part. My moon is in Cancer so you can imagine the emotional connection there.

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posted June 03, 2006 05:34 AM         

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His name was Lee and he was Spanish/Irish with double lashed chocolate eyes.
we were kids, in our teens.
We use to have these amazing conversations, very deep and spiritual, we had gone through very similar life experiences and he just plain "got" who I was/am.
This is weird, but I once looked into his eyes and told him that we should treasure every moment that we have together, because we only had a short time and then we would part and never see each other on earth again, he just kind of half smiled and said-"I know!".
His father decided to move back to Florida and on the day he left, we both cried and knew this was it.
I never saw him again...
I remember looking out of my bedroom window and praying with all of my heart to see him just once more, wishing I would look out and see him walking down our road.
I cried for two weeks, and then I decided that I had cried enough and that I wasn't going to cry anymore, and I haven't, at least not the deep heart wrencing sobs.
I still miss him though and every now and then, I shed a silent tear or two.

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