What was the worst mistake of your life that you can't take back?

Oh man. I have multiple, starting with smoking cigarettes, buying a vehicle with a loan but the worst mistake of my life was falling for wrong person.

It actually happened this January. A girl I've met was broken up with her ex for 6 months. She told me that the decision was mutual (lol)

Anyways, she was having a really hard time and my dumbass played along, ONLINE texting and calling her for three months. Now I do know, that online texting for that long without actually seeing the person is really really bad and hurts your chances.

That being said, she was at her lowest point in life - depression, unhappy and all that stuff. I've been there for her, I was her first good morning and last good night. She told me multiple times how happy she was to meet me and all.

Fast forward to April, that was it! Tomorrow was the day to actually see her for the first time and here's what she did - she told me that she couldn't meet me as she still had feelings for her ex. Anyways, she offered me a friendship but I politely declined. Now she's back with her ex, which she did describe as "toxic." She told me that in the end, relationship became toxic but now they've wanted to try again.

As you can see, I still remember her, even though everything we had was digital.

I still feel terrible that people like her exist. She genuinely made me the happiest man I've ever been in my life, because we had so many things in common - we could talk for hours and would never run out of topic to discuss.

When she left, I had a terrible depression. I've cried twice in total - once in April and then month later - I genuinely don't remember the last time I've cried for a girl before that.

However, she did leave a few good things in my life and love of The Lord Of The Rings is one of them.

We've ended on good terms tho - our last conversation was 45 days ago, because before what happened, I had some souvenir I've wanted to give to her so I didn't want to throw it away or keep it locked forever. But honestly, part of me just wanted to hear her voice again.

Well, after she left me for her ex, I've started working out, got a new job and got promoted there - my salary is now 4X compared to my old job. She made me learn so much stuff about women I can't imagine. I've had a few casual relationships after that and I'm 10X better because now I know even more red flags and etc.

To be fair, I'd call it mistake and life experience at the same time but it just sucks to meet someone so compatible just to get betrayed in the end.

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