![]() I replied and, whatever possessed me, I asked if he would like to meet for coffee as I was going to be in Dublin. He again apologised for the past and said how wonderful it was to see me. Several weeks later, he wrote a lovely letter about my mother, saying how it was over 23 years since we had seen each other and I hadn't aged one bit. He asked if he could write to me and I agreed. My family welcomed him and I chatted to him for a while but it wasn't the time or place for proper conversation. Last year my mother died and he came to the funeral. I didn't hear from him again until after a close relative died seven years later, when he sent me a sympathy card. I replied politely, saying I was happily married and wished him well. He was writing to apologise for the past. Thirteen years ago, my ex wrote to me at my parents' house to tell me that he has never gotten over me, realised he had made a huge mistake but he had just left a long-term relationship when he met me, and, as a young man new in Dublin, was drinking too much and could not commit to anyone. Throughout our marriage I never forgot this other man. I was heartbroken but fairly quickly met another man - a wonderfully kind, good man to whom I have been married for 21 years. So we went our separate ways, both of us devastated but knew that marriage was not on the cards for him at that time. I loved him deeply, but he just could not commit to a future together. Many years ago, when I was a student in Dublin, I began a relationship which lasted five years. I'm a married woman in my forties with teenage children.
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