wow, the front page bit sounds SO DIRTY.

I had a totally different thought in mind.

But, I have no similar stories. Although in college my sister did dump a guy she was seeing because he took up too much time and she never saw her friends anymore.
They're getting married in two months, so needless to say, he managed to change her mind.

I think most of us are more likely to have the opposite kind of story.

It's not clear to me if you mean, "can I do another long convince on someone I have in mind" or if you mean "can I find love again." The answer to both is yes, with some failures thrown in, but if this is a pattern of yours. . .well. . .people find love in many different ways - you don't always have to fight for it. (Again, I may be over-reading this - my original post was going to be "Yes, you can do it again." Then I started thinking.)

(and kellydamnit, I agree - eponysterical!)

And while I'm in the chair, welcome back mats, but maybe you're projecting, hmmmm? *kisses*

This is going to be really long...

I met a girl at a wedding in late 2003...we hit it off amazingly...until she mentioned that she was moving to LA in two weeks. In my head i remember thinking, shit, i'm never going to see her again (at that time i had no plans to move to LA, never even thought it was a possibility.) a few months later i was picking my grandmother from the airport and i was waiting for her luggage at the baggage claim when i heard my name being called from across the terminal...i turned and there she was, running towards me...she was in town for thanksgiving and had some free time so we hung out, ALOT!!

When she went back to LA...we talked on the phone like 8th graders (i.e. for at least 4-5 hours a night.) Eventually, she convinced me to move out there to live with her in Santa Barbara...we had an amazing run of about 2 years, ending with her asking me to leave...

I was her first BF, and she wanted to sow some wild oats.

We kept in touch, I would come visit her when she came back to St. Louis to visit family...but eventually i 'moved on'...

My new GF was understandably jealous of this woman i spent a lot of time talking to/about, but things worked themselves out and 'LA woman' and i drifted apart...

This spring, the new GF and i had a falling out and the first thing i did was run to 'LA Woman" (who in the interim had moved back to her hometown of St. Louis...we started hanging out a lot more, restarted a physical relationship, and we are almost as close as we once were...

I don't dare to bring up the L word or even hint at a 'defined' relationship, because i am very happy with the status quo and i do not want to rock the boat, but i daydream about living the rest of my life with this woman nearly every day.

Oh, i left out more of the synchronicities of our relationship...once we ran into each other in the east village in NYC...apparently her best friend and my best friend both lived on the same street...

i can't help but believe it is meant to be...