Merged: All Love Stories

[ronz_rodz]

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nice story.. nakakakilig parang sine

Love conquers all even in darkness ..

[ierolennail]

iv read this story a couple of times na and honestly it seems so real and ideal at the same time..yea, time...love..that will take a lot..but sometimes reality bites that though time manages to heal wounds and understnd, it will sometimes come a little too late...

[ravage333]

nice one!!

[kaytee]

In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with …AND THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.

Who is the one that got away?

I guess it’s that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. THERE WAS NO FAULT IN THE PERSON, THERE WAS NO FLAW IN THE CHEMISTRY, BUT THE CARDS JUST DIDN'T FALL THE RIGHT WAY, I SUPPOSE. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing.

It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? WHEN YOU'RE NOT READY TO COMMIT IN THAT MATURE MANNER, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU'RE WITH, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. IT'LL WORK BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT TIME AND YOU'LL MAKE IT WORK. And it’ll make sense, it really will. The day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come.

Hopefully you’re single… but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter. ALL YOU KNOW IS THAT YOU'VE CHANGED, AND FOR SOME REASON, THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, IS THE FIRST PERSON YOU THINK ABOUT. You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You’ll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?"

That’s what the one that got away is. The biggest "WHAT IF?" you’ll have in your life.

If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that if you’re already with the one you’re with, that this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. SURE, YOU'LL THINK ABOUT HIM/HER EVERY SO OFTEN, BUT IT'S ALRIGHT. It’s never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who’s already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that YOUR MEMORIES OF THAT PERSON WILL PROBABLY BRING A NICE LITTLE SMILE to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple… find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee; ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from out of nowhere. YOU'D BE SURPRISED, YOU JUST MIGHT BE "THAT ONE THAT GOT AWAY" AS WELL FOR THE PERSON WHO IS YOUR "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won’t make a difference.

If the timing is finally right, it’ll all just fall into place somehow. And it would be a great feeling, if in the end, you’d be able to say to someone, "HEY YOU, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY."


-=. k'09 .=-

[beyee]

oh my!!! this cuts right through my heart kate hehehe... share ko ha?

the one who got away was my one great love and he wasn't my boyfriend to begin with... he was my first crush in high school, he's my brother's barkada... then when i reached college, that was the time he began to notice me, i could still remember the first smile he gave during my debut and at the back of my mind kept telling myself, "finally he got to notice me!"

since then he became our frequent guest at home, the next thing i knew he asked for my brother's approval if it's ok to court me.. that whole week was like a fairytale to me that his proposal was still vivid to me and even his expression as he asked me things which i've been longing to hear from him.. but i turned him down coz i was too young back then and i promised my dad that i'd finish college before i get into any serious relationship... that was the last time i saw him when i broke his heart...

3 years came by so fast... i finally graduated and we saw each other again on a sad circumstance.. we met during my brother's wake... seeing him again made me realize how much i still love him... i was about to tell him that everything's okay now but i never had that chance coz he introduced me to his wife (weeks pa lang jud tawn!)... i mourned for two losses dat night.. my brother's death and my one great love... but the night before the funeral, he told me that he still can't forget me coz i gave him his first heartache... that night proved to us both that we still both have the spark... but it was too late na...

last time i saw him was valentines of this year and for the first time he kissed me on the cheek and felt the electricity once again everytime we are too close with each other... before we bid goodbye, he introduced me to his son... his smile is still so endearing to me which i can't get enough of...

the question is.. what if i said yes to him the night he proposed? what if i broke my promise to my Dad? what if kami jud noh?

well, there goes the man who got away... my one great love...

[kaytee]

@ beyee

thanks for sharing yee... ka sad woi.. but no matter how we'll ask ourselves with all of those what ifs.. still.. we cant change anything anymore.

all i can say is just be happy for him as to where his life is and never regretted the things that you've done. at that time, you thought that it was the right thing to do and i do hope it is still the same reason right now.

reality really bites..

[beyee]

yeah ur right kate... what's comforting to know is up to now, he still considers me special in his life and had so much respect for me when he knew why i turned him down coz of my being an obedient daughter.. though nasakitan sya but na proud cya for me... hahayss...

I'm happy for him man pod kate coz he has his family na and he finally straightened up hehehe... he will never be my biggest regret but my one great love hehehe...

[kaytee]

thats nice to hear. well he was really one heck of a guy. an almost perfect guy for you. he did respected your decision and he should really be proud of you. the more he admired you with your principles.. the more he was loving you

and this is where the last part of my post has to be cued... "so he was THE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY"

keep on loving yee ^_^ coz ako... dili lang sah. haha. i need a breather right now...

[beyee]

lols... same here.. don't wanna get serious sa kate.. i'm enjoying meeting lots of peeps... so for now, wala pa makapantay ni C.F.N. hehehe

[kaytee]

haha. cfn? na intriga ko dah... ha ha