To think this should be left in the past?

[SproutsWithLiverAndOnions]

Ok, so many years ago, in my late teens/early twenties, I made the mistake of being, well, popular with the opposite sex. As in, kissing and heavy petting, no sex. And word got round in our small village that I was easy.
I admit I had no self respect. I am ashamed of my past, but that’s just it.
It’s in the past.
I’m now 52. Married, happy and in a decent job.
Recently, dh and I bumped into one of those guys from my past, who knew dh from school, so they got chatting. Anyway, dh said, do you know my wife, sprouts? The guy sneered and said, yes very well, looking me up and down with his eyes. Then the subject got changed and we moved on.
AIBU to think that time has passed, we all make mistakes, and we should move on from them?
I feel so dirty now, and anxious that someone out there remembers me from what I did all those years ago, and not for what is happening in my current life.

There’s only one thing to say in circumstances like this. You say “oh yeah, I THINK I just about remember you too from all those years ago.... I’ve kissed quite a few more frogs since then but thankfully found my prince!”

Maybe it's not about what you did at all...but rather how you felt about yourself at that time of your life?

If you weren't loved and affirmed as you should have been then no wonder you had low self esteem.

Perhaps seeing that man brought back the emotions of that time, when perhaps you felt unloved, vulnerable and lacking in value.

You are of great value OP! Don't forget your uniqueness and all your great qualities!