Glad to see you make your semi-annual post, Caliban.

As Lilith said, no one can judge but I can share some thoughts with you.

First, I do believe your hearts skip when you think of each other. That is the way you both WERE when neither of you had any of life's serious experiences and as the first love should be for everyone. That 'magic' should always be remembered and cherished, especially when you can recall it with the one you shared it with. …………….But you can never go back!

It wasn't the universe that reconnected you. It was Face Book. You know the 'six degrees of separation' thing and all that. The only magic here is what you were able to share in that passage of life. Humans are not adapt at 'controlling feelings' (instincts), which would be great if we didn't have reality on the other edge of that sword. But that what seems to make us a separate specie.

I don't make these comments off-handedly. I too reconnected with my very first love through Farce Blog, ...only 50 years later. We have been chatting regularly for almost a year now. We've met a few times and talk on the phone every now and then. She is still married and we talk about our kids and grandkids and the MANY paths we did not share through this life. It still gets around to "do you think we could have made it?". We are at a point where changes in our lives are not likely but we both know we can't go back.

You flip your own coin of instinct/logic ………….and come back sooner than normal and let us know how it turns out.

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