I've been blissfully married for more than 20 years to the absolute love of my life, and yet I frequently wonder about my first boyfriend, to whom I became engaged after just 3 months together.
When I was fresh at uni in the early 1980s, I met a guy 6 years older than me while working at a local veteran's hospital for the summer. He was receiving treatment for multiple sclerosis, which he contracted while in the Navy.
After being engaged for 4 months, the differences in our lives and experiences really took their toll, and he broke up with me. I was devastated, mainly because he never gave me what I thought was a satisfactory reason. That's probably why I wonder about him - 'cuz if I did something wrong, he didn't tell me, and how would I know what to fix for my next relationship? In time, I came to learn how incompatible we were. He just knew long before me.
But I do wonder what happened to him and how his health is, especially because I've since seen the ravages of MS on both my best pal and my husband's nephew. Another (less noble) reason is because during the last month of our relationship, he started community college and when I went to one of his classes with him, he introduced me to a classmate named Melanie. She had more than a casual interest in him, I'm sure. I've always wondered if he hooked up with her.
I've gone only so far as to Google him, but he's got an incredibly common name. So I've never found a phone # for him. If I ever did, I'm sure the most I'd do is call and ask for Melanie, then hang up. I'd be too chicken to do anything more.