"Old flames"

[grahamg]

During this current crisis it has been speculated upon in the newspqpers as to how many people might feel tempted to contact old girlfriends/boyfriends or partners. The advice seemed to be "not to do so", because whatever caused the breakdown of the relationship in the first place still remains they said.

I was tempted myself, as we are in such unprecedented times, to contact an old girlfriend and left a message. When she rang back last night we had a friendly chat, although she reminded me I wasn't to call at the end of the conversation, but I did call her an " Old flame" although I'm not sure whether she liked me saying it or not (you can't always read a woman's mind can you!). .

 

[Aunt Bea]

I would stay off of the telephone and play a stack of old records but that's just me.

 

[terry123]

I am not contacting anybody I have not related to or am close friends with.

 

[Ferocious]

Hmmmm.....I'll have you know that I've had lots of old flames.....but they all had the same name......Ronson...

 

[grahamg]

Hmmmm.....I'll have you know that I've had lots of old flames.....but they all had the same name......Ronson...

I think you're "hiding your light under a bushel", and have plenty to tell if truth were known(?). .

 

[Ferocious]

I think you're "hiding your light under a bushel", and have plenty to tell if truth were known(?). .

Not so I'm afraid, I wasn't blessed with good looks, in fact, even when I was born, the midwife held me by the legs and then smacked my face.....

 

[win231]

My ex wife died two years ago - at 67. Most of her family is also gone.
My ex girlfriend got married 6 years ago. She contacts me occasionally to tell me how unhappy she is with him, but I don't contact her. I did, however, extend my sympathies to her husband.

 

[DaveA]

My only "old flame" is still with me today. Met as teens, married, and here we are, 60 some years later.

 

[gennie]

Could it be a touch of melancholy thinking of all the 'what ifs' and 'might have beens' because of so much free time.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

They are "old flames" for a reason, so why dredge up that reason?
And besides, I don't want my "old flames" knowing where I live.

 

[Capt Lightning]

I sometimes wonder what happened to some of the girls that I knew, but it was a long time ago. I don't suppose they wonder about me.

 

[oldman]

I'm not contacting any old flames. I have too many skeletons in my closet to rehash those days. Leave sleeping dogs lie, I always say.

 

[Gaer]

My old flames are all happily married. Best not to "rattle the bones".

 

[grahamg]

My old flames are all happily married. Best not to "rattle the bones".

" As long as we don't keep bumping into them its not too bad is it!"

 

[Gaer]

No chance of that. I moved thousands of miles away.

 

[Buckeye]

A few years ago I looked up an old flame on line, not to make contact, but just curious. Sadly, she had passed away a dozen or so years before, at the young age of 50.

 

[Sassycakes]

It's funny that I saw this now. Yesterday the boy I was dating for 3yrs when I was a teenager and I broke up with and met my now Husband contacted me on Facebook yesterday asking to be my friend. I thought about it for awhile because he was a nice guy, but I refused the request. I felt I would be disrespecting my Husband if I accepted.

 

[fmdog44]

Not only do I not recall their names I didn't know their names when we "dated".

 

[Ladybj]

They are an EX for a reason... Old Flames if not completely put out can start UNWANTED fires.

 

[Pecos]

They are "old flames" for a reason, so why dredge up that reason?
And besides, I don't want my "old flames" knowing where I live.

I am totally with your reasoning on this one.
Every once in awhile a bad idea pops up on this forum, and this is a really bad one.

 

[Ladybj]

It's funny that I saw this now. Yesterday the boy I was dating for 3yrs when I was a teenager and I broke up with and met my now Husband contacted me on Facebook yesterday asking to be my friend. I thought about it for awhile because he was a nice guy, but I refused the request. I felt I would be disrespecting my Husband if I accepted.

You did the right thing...

 

[Ladybj]

When my hubby and I separated for a few years.. I cross path with an old flame. We were both excited to reconnect.. Long story short, so glad hubby and I got back together. But I must say, him and I had fun and he was one guy that could make me smile without trying too hard and I did the same with him. He's been through quite a bit in his life...he use to tell me I know him better than his mom. He's a pretty good guy but need to work on his internal self...which he avoids.. he says its too painful. Again, so glad hubby and I decided to work on our marriage.

 

[Keesha]

No old flames here but no new flames either.
I’m happy just sleeping & eating lately.

 

[Keesha]

They are an EX for a reason... Old Flames if not completely put out can start UNWANTED fires.

That’s right.

 

[win231]

HAHA. I just remembered an episode of "The Jeffersons."
George ran into an old girlfriend he was seeing before he got married. She knew he was married but she wanted to have an affair with him & also came up with a fake story about needing several thousand dollars for her "sick mother's surgery."

George told her he wasn't interested in a relationship with her because he was happily married.
She asked, "What's wrong with burning the candle at both ends?"
He said, "Somebody's gonna get burned."