Did you ever fall in love with, have a secret crush on, or become infatuated with, someone you thought was unattainable -- but later found out that they weren't?

I had several intelligent and covetable GF’s in high school, I now realize. So I shouldn’t complain. But the sweetest fruit that seemed so unattainable (I didn’t do well in school and felt inferior) often times were more available than I realized.

Every once in a while, I’ll find someone on Facebook or at a Class Reunion. Or someone recognizes me in public. Turns out they had no idea I had a crush on them all those years ago, would have reciprocated, and their lives pretty much turned out like everyone else. The people they married really weren’t that much better or more different than I am.

Even in High School, a guy friend of mine was friends with a girl who knew my secret crush really well. To my dismay, my friend’s friend told the girl that I had a crush on her or really liked” her , and I was devastated—but my friend (and his female friend) said she didn’t have the averse reaction I expected. She was very surprised and had no idea I liked her. She didn’t express anything disdainful about me, except she didn’t plan on dating until after high school. My friends encouraged me to ask her out. I never did.

There were several others I could tell about, But its your turn. It is interesting to wonder what we might have missed. Then again, everyone I knew, whether I considered them vastly superior to me or “to be avoided”—most turned out quite ordinary.