On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 22:30:18 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> wrote:

> But I know what you mean about the real deal not
> living up to the memory, in most cases.

Old boyfriends don't/can't either. I'd moved away and visited a few
years later. Met up with my old BF, the one I moaned over and thought
my heart would break because I couldn't be with him... and I realized
years after that the poor kid was doomed. He failed because he hadn't
changed, but if he'd shown me how much he had changed too - I would
have faulted him for that. He couldn't win, poor guy. I'd moved
on, but didn't know it at the moment.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.