Tell us about the One who got away

Maybe it was a romantic college night like “Before Sunrise” or a chance encounter with a cute stranger at the grocery store that keeps showing up in your dreams. Perhaps it was a high school sweetheart that you only came to appreciate years later, or a great love that you lost to illness.

Not every love story ends with two people living happily ever after – and stories about love and loss are lovely too. As Valentine’s Day approaches, The Times wants to hear about the one that got away.

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