Garth Brook's "Unanswered Prayers" says it best...
I've had the opportunity to run into some of the girls I either lusted after or dated while I was a JW teenager.
One was a tiny little thing with the cutest button nose and big brown eyes. Saw her a few years later at District Assemby in San Diego. She looked like a five-foot tall Jabba the Hutt, dragging three kids, all under 4 years old along. Her husband was about 6'5" and weighed about 120. Very, very hard on the eyes.
Another was not that pretty, but always dressed in a very classy way. More sexy than beautiful. Saw her at a shopping mall. I didn't recognize her but she noticed me. Came over and reintroduced herself. She told me she was "single again." I told her I was DF'd and no longer a JW. You should have seen the change in her countenance. Reminded me of Agnes Moorehead in "Dark Passage." She actually said, "Eewww!" threw up her hands and pointed the palms toward me, and then turned and practically ran away.
One gal was the niece of our Congregation Servant. She was so cute when she was 11. Cuter at 12. Getting hot at 13. Eye popping at 15. Voluptuous at 16. I dated her a couple of times when we were both 17. Took her to the beach. Couldn't take my eyes off of her. I lusted after that girl, but nothing happened. Ran into her when we were both 20 - she was still single and seemed hot to date again. Told her I was married and had a little girl. Her eyes went cold and her lips flattened into a small crease. I looked at her again and realized that much of her appeal was in her smile and her flashing eyes, not her body. Suddenly, she looked like someone's 45-year old maiden aunt.
There have been a few others that I've bumped into over the years. Now that I'm in my late 60s, I will see some girls that were in my high school graduating class. Very few have aged well (of course, neither have I), and I'm often relieved that I did not end up with most of them.
Unanswered prayers! Thank you Jehovah!!!
JV