A stranger on holiday never to be seen again

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Just back from a sunny holiday and got chatting to a stranger by the pool bar. I was just with my daughter. We both talked about our love of a certain sport (I don't want to out myself). Our conversation was ended by my DD wanting to go back and sit by the pool. Back on my sunbed he looked at me but I was shy and looked away. I didn't see him again as I was flying back the next day.

Now home I find myself thinking about him a lot - we had a connection and he had a lovely voice. I wish I'd got his name so I could look him up. Not sure what I'm asking here - it's just I don't have these kind of connections very often and when I do I don't forget them and I thought in my 50s I wouldn't have this again but I had one last year and now again. It's the sliding doors moment of what would have happened if I had another day there or if we were able to chat for longer...

Anyone else meet an attractive stranger never to see them again?

I had one of those moments on holiday to Tenerife in 2003. I'd come out of a nasty break-up and had to move back home to my parents, and essentially start again. My parents were going to Tenerife and asked if I wanted to come along. I was sat by the pool, when I noticed a gorgeous man, sat with an older couple. My Mum got talking to what turned out to be this man's Mum. He apparently had just come out of a messy break-up and decided to go away with his parents. I had zero confidence at that time, and my self-esteem was none existent, due to my ex's treatment of me. We had a few conversations around the pool, it was clear we liked each other but he lived 3-4 hours away from me. I left it as it was, simply because the distance meant long-term, a relationship wasn't viable and I wasn't really ready. I do still wonder about him though.....