Should I have married him?
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In my early twenties I was engaged to a man for two years but, realising some of our aims in life were different, we separated. We had a clean break and possibly would never see each other again as we now lived in different parts of the country, but one day after a rare shopping session in London, I got on to the Tube and there was my ex-fiance sitting opposite me in the same carriage. In my bags were the material and pattern for making my wedding dress as I was engaged to be married to someone else that summer. As I got up to leave at my station, the pattern fell out of its bag and landed face upwards on the floor at his feet. Apart from a rather awkward and painful initial hello nothing was said, but after stepping out of the carriage I looked through the window and saw him bent over with his hands over his face. That moment has always stayed with me.
Date submitted:Wed, 02 May 2012 21:55:29 +0000Coincidence ID:6306
