Young women (20-30’s) of Reddit: In your early experiences with dating, what are some lessons you learned that you wish to pass along to other young women or to young men?

I‘ve got a very important question. 7 years ago I found the love of my life. A lovestory I can not imagine finding again. She was my best friend and we had so much fun together, trusted eachother and helped to make our lifes much better. Eventually she confessed her love and we became a couple. I swear to god this girl was everything to me but our relationship did not last because I was not mature enough back then. Years have passed and we have had all sorts of other relationships to eachother. We fought, we were „strangers“, we missed us but after all this time we still get somehow back in our lifes again and again. We both had other significant others in that time and I can not get her out of my head. We talked very often and she told me how much she misses our time together,how much she missed me and how I will always be the guy from back then to her. On the other hand she also told me that she made herself promise to never get back with me again. It is a feeling deep in my heart that is very difficult to understand if you have not felt it yourself yet. We both matured, but although we are not talking that often anymore, we had a very sweet conversation about the old days a week ago (she initiated it with a i think sarcastic „thanks for breaking up with me“ and „I am so sad you did not hold your promise that you would be there for me in good and bad times) In this talk she told me that our history is very special to her and the way she learned to love me is the best way she experienced yet and nobody could take it from her. I honestly dont know what to do. Many people here always talk about letting people go and to stop chasing a girl. In all this time nobody could give me the feeling I had and have that she gave me. I thought of taking it very slowly and start becoming friends again, making romantic gestures while retaining anonymous and looking how things will go out. My question now is: Girls, do you ever think someone you once loved could make a great fire out of a spark again? Would you appreciate if someone fights for your love after all this time?

Tldr found the love of my life, fucked things up and want to get her back somehow

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