You just might find, you get what you need

Today, while reading various posts on another social networking site, I came across a comment directed at me from my middle school crush.  The comment was on a post about our old neighborhood.  I had made a comment about our old middle school.  He also commented and then proceeded to tell me he had a crush on me way back then.  My first reaction was: me?  Then it was: ME!  I proceeded to confessing  I also had a crush on him way back then...30+ years ago!

Time has been kind to both of us.  He is happily married and has 3 kids and a grand baby too.  Although I am a single mom, I consider my life to be happy as well.  Throughout the years, we have run into each other from time to time. I met his wife and he met my daughter's father. We were always friendly to each other.  Funny thing is,  I wondered had either one of us acted on our feelings way back then, how different would our lives had been?

Although we were both in the gifted program, we led very different lives.  He was the boy from the "hood".  While I was the girl bound for THE college prep high school.  He cut school: I spent my free time reading.  He ran with a rough crowd; my friends and I had slumber parties and stuffed animals.  He was the "bad boy"; I was the girl voted most likely to succeed.  Classic Ro-Com material, right? 

Our life paths crossed at a young age.  Perhaps that interaction alone was enough to affect us and our decisions when looking for life partners. Had we acted on our "feelings", one or both of our lives may have ended up badly...OR, we could have had a whirlwind romance. We will never know, "what could have been".  What I do know is this: he found stability with his wife and I learned to have a colorful life with my daughter's father. My lesson learned is, that just like the song says, "You can't always get what you want...(BUT)... You just might find, you get what you need."

So when did I become so "uncool": maybe when I decided to blog about a romance that never was...