Love birds are reunited after thirty years apart!

United States
August 6, 2007 11:54am CST
I was just reading a magazine article about a man and woman who dated in high school, but then broke up when they went off to college. They went on to get married to other people and had kids of their own. And, they never saw each other again. That is, until almost thirty years later when both were divorced, they happened to meet again by coincidence. And, wouldn't you know it, the romantic spark was still there. Reading the story almost made me cry. I guess I'm a romantic at heart and the idea that soul mates could find each other after so many years apart was very endearing. Has this ever happened to someone you know? Did you lose your true love in high school or college, only to be reunited later in life. Do you think things would have worked out had you not lost your soul mate in the first place? Or, do you think years spent apart made both of you more compatible. Please share your love story.
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@navtech (1773)
• India
6 Aug 07
Dear beautyqueen26, A man who was teacher and brought up from a very conservative family who never married upto the age of 52, married a woman abruptly, because she was her love in his school days. The woman also remained unmarried upto the age of 51. They knew in thier inner heart they love each other but never conveyed the fact to each other. They both belonging to the same community and conservative family. This had happened about 37 years ago. In those golden days, in our country talking in school between the boy and girl was very very rare. They were not prohibited from talking to each other. They could talk. But a taciturn convention existed. Therefore they could not convey their feeling.
• United States
6 Aug 07
Amazing how times have changed. Some good changes and some not so good. Well, you take the good with the bad.
• United States
2 Mar 12
VERY INTERESTING! I am meeting my first love this weekend after 30 years apart. I am now 47 and he 57 and he found me through my family who lives in another country and is coming to town to see me in 2 days. We have been talking by phone all week and it is as if time has never passed and yet so much so that just talking about our lives is soo interesting that its hard to stop when we do speak. We lived together 30 years ago for a year and I left him as I was no where near ready to be soo serious. I marries in my early 20's and ended up having tow girls and was married for 23 years. I am now divorced and at peace with it all as I have always beleived that everyting happens for a good reason. He never married and never had any children. So when we speak on the phone now ( until our meeting in person in 2 days) it flows so well and we have soo much to talk about and share. The interesting thing is that I have been terribly in awe of one man for 2 years and have just never done anything about it and now this past love appeared into my life 2 weeks ago and is on his way to see me. Wow life does have an interesting way of unfolding we we allow it vs. forcing things to work that we think is what we want. I really don;t know what else to say now as the time draws nearer and the jitter bugs kick in a little more. How often does something like this happen and why? Are we meant to look back in life and rekindle something or finish something that we never really had ther ability to do at the time? I am such a beleiver in fate and serendipity that maybe this is why it is happening. Anyhow I will post a long sotry after we meet for all to read becuase it is rather movie like is it not? Adventure is a great thing is we can take the journey.... so here I go....... A
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
19 Aug 07
That's a sweet story. It goes to show that love will find a way to bring people together, no matter how long they are apart.
@chari_dc (492)
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
our story isn't about losing and finding a love after so many years. but it has something to do about being lost and found. in our case, i lost my wallet to a pick-pocketer and a year later, one guy found it and called me to return it to me. i didn't believe him, thinking he might be the pick-pocketer. the next few weeks, different guys called me about my wallet. till one day, another guy called to say the same thing. but the difference was that he wanted to return my wallet coz he wanted to meet a friend of mine whose picture he saw inside. that caught me off guard so i went on and met up with him. well, he's my husband now and we have 2 beautiful kids. that's our unusual love story. it turned out that my husband's friend found my wallet and it got passed on among their group of friends and that's how he was able to call me. on our wedding day, we said our thanks to whoever took that wallet, for if he hadn't, we wouldn't have met. :-)
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
7 Aug 07
I began dating my first boyfriend again after going thru a divorce. He was and is a wonderful person but for me, I don't know...it just didn't feel right. I broke it off after a few months. I had children and he still has never been married ...no kids. We are still very good friends and his sister (also my friend) is forever telling me that we should get back together and that we are soul mates etc. i think we are soul friends but I really can't imagine going back to that spot and risking possibly hurting him again. I think your story is very cool and also very rare. You know what they say about going back.
@Lady_Yeng (102)
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
i never had a personal experience of it but i think that if you really love someone it would never fade especially when you both share experiences together.it wont fade no matter how long it would take even if you both have different life or got married and have kids on your own thats the power of love, a real love.
• United States
6 Aug 07
This has happened to me. Except that we are both married. My love is going back 40 years, and we found eachother, and nothing was different, except we are married to others. He is not happy with his wife of 16 years. I am very happy with my husband of 30 years though.
@zaichn (319)
• Philippines
7 Aug 07
I don't really have a very happy love life in high school since I feel in love with a girl who happened to be my best friend. After she knew how I feel, our friendship totally went apart. And its already been about 5 years ago since that happened. I don't really lost a soul mate since I don't know if she is one. I do hope she will be in the future. At this time, I'm currently dating someone new. And we'll be having our 4th anniversary in August 15. We're not yet married since were still in college. :) But sometimes, I still can feel my first love in high school. I'm sure I have moved on but what I feel will always be in my heart..., remembered. I wish I had a love story like that in the magazine that you read. That after all this time, after what happened in both of your lives.. destiny will always find ways to get you back together.
• United States
7 Aug 07
My mother was engaged to a man when she was 19 years old in the UK. Her grandmother didn't think he was good enough for the family and broke them up. She eventually married my dad and moved to the US and had me and two other girls. She married my dad in 1959 and he passed away in 1993. In 1997, she wound up back in contact with the man she was engaged to before. His wife had passed away also. They are back together after being apart for 40 years and they are very happy and very much in love. I am happy that my mother had to opportunity to find love again. She deserves it. And they make the cutest couple.