The One That Got Away

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A well known phrase to fishermen yet also to people who don’t know what they’ve got until its gone.

Relationships, like fishing, are the lure and the give and take, the challenge seeking an unknown reward or possibility an embarrassing and humiliating failure. Whatever the attraction between two might be as simple as a random selection out of a group or as complicated as a flirty look. The following adventure is the cat and mouse game of association, desire, and possibly commitment.

Some are merely emotions of the moment and then they are gone with names forgotten. Some might last through certain periods of time or age and seem appropriate until they fade into the vastness of experience. Some come and go so fast there is not a chance to hang on. Some are unaware.

A relationship may be formulated by elders and seem a proper match for a lifetime of misery. A relationship may be a passion turned into a mistake that will last a lifetime. A relationship may be a one-sided effort thrust upon an unknown future.

And in years later, just like the green grass in your neighbors yard, some seem better than the one that is there. The thought of being a pubescent teen with a horde of testosterone running through your body may make a former name or time seem ultimately possible.

So as you sit comfortable with your significant other, do you ever wonder what that smile and pause when they hear a song or see a sunset or taste a special meal or check off a date on the calendar means?

 

It’s the one that got away.