Rant: The one that got away

[thrill]

So that makes me think that the grand illusion in my head of what the OTGA is and offers may be totally fabricated in my mind and reality could be very different.

Yeah man, nostalgia can be dangerous.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Just remember, if he/she is available, someone somewhere is tired of his/her [expletive]. At one point, that was you if you have a 'otga'. Don't waste time thinking about it.

[Numbers]

Dang this thread, I've just met a great new girl a few weeks ago, getting ready to go meet her for lunch in a bit, and you have to go and bring up all the melancholy lol.

It's funny how the OTGA maintains her mystique even after time reveals she's not all I thought she was

[IMADreamer]

Good luck 12 with your lunch date.
Btw I'm typing this from the restaurant that otga's grandmother works at. Fortunately we haven't spoken yet. Lol.

[Leroy]

Not sure if you are a country fan, but today might be a day to listen to Garth Brooks' 'Unanswered Prayers'.

I've been lucky. I dated three girls before Mrs. Leroy, and in each we both knew that it wasn't going to work in short order. Though, as it turns out I have a story.

I met my wife one night while my room mates and I were cruising the town. She was as well. There was a real good looking blonde with them, and I really liked her. Long story short, I ended up calling Mrs. Leroy to get the other girl's number. I couldn't stop talking to her. And I'm glad I missed out on the blonde, because while still cute, she is pretty much a head case. Youneverknow.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

There was another girl I liked a lot in college that over the years I thought a lot about. Because I'd been keeping in touch after I graduated but not getting anywhere. I move on and before long propose to the woman who is now my wife. I swear to God, later that night, college girl calls me on the phone and wants to talk. Seriously wants to talk. I cut her off before she gets too far to tell her I'm getting married.

Over the years I often wondered "What if I waited another night to pop the question? Would it have been a lot different?" I mean I used to think about that a lot.

Well when the power of google made it easy to find people I looked college girl up. And there she was. With her lesbian partner. End of wondering.

[Michael]

High school Michael feels everyone's pain.

[SHOW]

NSFW

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In all seriousness, in my experience it's really easy to project all your wants and needs on an unavailable girl. I used to work with a girl like that. We became really close work buddies and for over a year I pretty much obsessed about her every waking moment. Then we actually kinda took the next step and it was a disaster. I had built her in my head in to something she never was. Even today when I see her post on facebook sometimes I illogically feel saddened by "what could of been" but my head damn well knows better. I have no real desire to be with her. It makes no sense.

[Gashouse]

My wife would have been the OTGA, but fortunately, I got her back. I'm very lucky.

My OTGA scenarios generally revolve around the girls I could have slept with but didn't because I botched the opportunity. But at least one of those would have been a deal-breaker for my wife - she wouldn't have started dating me. Still a big net win, but damn that girl was fine.

[IMADreamer]

High school Michael feels everyone's pain.

[SHOW]

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In all seriousness, in my experience it's really easy to project all your wants and needs on to an unavailable girl. I used to work with a girl like that. We became really close work buddies and for over a year I pretty much obsessed about her every waking moment. Then we actually kinda took the next step and it was a disaster. I had built her in my head in to something she never was. Even today when I see her post on facebook sometimes I illogically feel saddened by "what could of been" but my head damn well knows better. I have no real desire to be with her. It makes no sense.

I know that I'm projecting a lot of things she's not on to her as well. If she really were the great catch she is in my head I'm pretty sure some great guy would have scooped her up and kept her. Well atleast that's what I tell myself. lol

I'm just glad I'm not the only one because when I made this post I was wanting to see how others felt because I didn't know if I was normal. Seems like this may be pretty common which makes me feel much better.

I do feel guilty from feeling this way though because the future Mrs. Dreamer is so awesome that I probably shouldn't have these thoughts about OTGA.

[haltz]

it helps when your otga posts a bunch of Glenn Beck nonsense on facebook all the time.

The other one I think about from time to time just because she was stupid hot. But she was also stupid stupid, and it drove me crazy.