I had a big crush on my high school classmate, but was too shy/scared to tell her what I feel.
After high school, I wrote her love letters and she always replied. That went on for a few months.
Until one day, she told me that we should only be friends. That crushed me and broke my heart so I stopped writing her.
That was 20 years ago. Then recently she told me on Facebook that she had been trying to call me on the phone. She even sent me a Christmas card which I ignored.
She also saw me with a girl. So she assumed that I no longer loved her so she married someone else.
She said that she loved me but didn't want to disobey her parents. That's why she wrote me that we should only be friends. She was scared of her parents.
My regret was that I gave up so easily. I should have fought for her. But I was too young and naive back then. Who knows we could have been together now and have a fanily.
But that's life. I'm just happy to have known and loved her. We met but we're not meant to be.