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Shaking off surprise news about an old flame

Seven years ago, when I was in college, I fell in love for the first time, and fell hard. We both made lots of mistakes because of youth and inexperience, but at the time I really wished that we could have tried again. He broke off the relationship suddenly, partially because he said he didn't think he'd ever get married or have a family. For a few years I thought of him as "the one that got away." Years later, I am in a good, happy long term relationship, that is healthy and that I enjoy. Via my alumni magazine, I recently found out that he got married about a year after we were last together, and that he's got children. I should be happy for him, but instead I feel like I've been punched in the gut. This doesn't make sense. What can I do to move my thoughts onward, and to stop thinking about what could have been when what I have is good?
posted by anonymous on May 19, 2013 - 13 answers

 

When should I present this recording to my niece?

A while back my sister left a message on my mom's answering machine, saying "Hi mom, we had a baby girl..." and then she goes on to describe the birth of her daughter and how cute she was, basically leaving an audio record of this wonderful occasion. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to save this recording. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 15, 2013 - 33 answers

Find a reference!

Please help me track down the source of a quote by Germaine de Staƫl [more inside]
posted by leibniz on Feb 15, 2013 - 1 answer

the search for the next phone

What is the lay of the land of with Sony Ericsson phones these days? I used to have their Walkman phones up until five years ago, and they were fantastic, with features I miss almost every day since I transitioned to the iphone. I could do video editing on those things, even adding a soundtrack from songs I had on the phone! Plus, I could leave messages to myself on the front screen, and other super-helpful things-- and that was all before they even had micro SD slots, which sound great. Now that my iphone is almost kaput I thought I'd investigate a bit, but I can't find a good overview of the different phones. [more inside]
posted by thegreatfleecircus on Oct 9, 2012 - 4 answers

Please help my old tired brain recall a beloved childhood toy.

Nostalgia Zone - Does anyone remember a little yellow duck/duckling toy that had a cocoa or chocolate scent? It's from the early 80's and was a hard toy but it was really soft and fuzzy. PLEASE HELP because I can't sleep until I figure this out. Thanks!
posted by Little Orphan Ennui on Oct 8, 2012 - 6 answers

What should I do with these old newspapers?

Should I save old newspapers? [more inside]
posted by chocolate_butch on Sep 28, 2012 - 13 answers

But, I need my physics notes from 1995!

I have about 3 smallish boxes of old school things from high school through university. I'd like to get rid of some of it, and keep the rest in some kind of (inexpensive) way that is compact and more or less won't fall apart. Do other people do this? (scrapbooks? photo albums? ruthless scanning?) How? [more inside]
posted by oranger on Sep 25, 2012 - 9 answers

Stuck in nostalgia; how to move forward?

Stuck in nostalgia. How to move forward? [more inside]
posted by fieldcannotbeblank on Sep 15, 2012 - 7 answers

She's full of seeeeeecrets

I've recently been watching Twin Peaks again, and I've been wondering... to people who actually watched it air in its original run, what was it like seeing something like this on TV? Did you have watching parties that I've heard so much about? Was the reveal of the killer and the twists and turns along the way surprising? Did you watch until the end of the second season, and were you disappointed when it got the plug pulled on it? [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Aug 3, 2012 - 66 answers

Name that show - hand-nailed-to-a-tree edition

What was this show - late night UK channel 4 community-service soap opera. [more inside]
posted by xchmp on Jul 18, 2012 - 2 answers

How do I move on?

Please help me move on. [more inside]
posted by cobain_angel on Jun 18, 2012 - 12 answers

Looking for music tinged with nostalgia and sad longing.

Songs like Jackson Browne's These Days are suffused with nostalgia and wistfulness, what other great songs fit this mold? Help me find them. [more inside]
posted by MasonDixon on May 16, 2012 - 60 answers

Contemporary songs about the Cold War?

There have been questions about Cold War songs from the '80s (1, 2, 3). What about songs about the Cold War from the 2000s? [more inside]
posted by flawsekno on May 7, 2012 - 7 answers

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Need sources on the media build-up to the premiere of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. [more inside]
posted by glenngulia on Apr 22, 2012 - 6 answers

Yet another "what is this novel..." question!

Yet another "what is this novel..." question! [more inside]
posted by slipperywhenwet on Apr 3, 2012 - 9 answers

I've been thinking about our fortune

Quitting a prestigious job I really enjoyed but grew incompatible with, starting a new one that has more promise, but is still an unknown. I've listened the hell out of Moody Blues' "Story In Your Eyes" and Simple Minds' "Don't You." What other songs capture the essence of a bittersweet ending and an exciting but uncertain future?
posted by Slap*Happy on Mar 30, 2012 - 18 answers

Way too much thinking about backpack morality

After almost a decade of hard work and loyalty, I have decided to retire my old hiking daypack. Today I went out and bought a new one, but can't decide whether or not to move the patches from the old one to the new one. [more inside]
posted by Elly Vortex on Mar 28, 2012 - 18 answers

Help me say goodbye to New York.

You've lived in New York/Brooklyn your whole life. You're moving to Southern California in three months. You have a lot of free time. (No car, but access to Zipcar.) You realize you won't be back in New York for a long time. You're making a list of everything you want to do before you go - places you want to visit, things you want to see, things you want to eat. What's on your list? [more inside]
posted by blackcatcuriouser on Mar 28, 2012 - 45 answers

Design Nostalgia

Looking for online stores with interior design elements like Design Within Reach. [more inside]
posted by DisreputableDog on Feb 27, 2012 - 7 answers

Does anyone remember this educational computer game?

Does anyone remember this educational computer game? [more inside]
posted by thebots on Dec 1, 2011 - 17 answers

You movie opened in 9 theaters!

Classic Mac Game Filter: You write a screenplay synopsis and try to market your movie. I remember pulling this one off an old MacAddict CD-ROM back in the day. Maybe you remember it? [more inside]
posted by littlerobothead on Aug 6, 2011 - 5 answers

Haunted by Your Own Personal Ghosts

Nostalgia? Place Memory? Grief? Saudade? What Causes this Feeling? What part of the brain controls/causes memories and feelings to be triggered by places or events? Is it different than the memory-smell connection? Is there anything stronger to explain these associations in the brain other than nostalgia? [more inside]
posted by gov_moonbeam on Jul 31, 2011 - 6 answers

Remembrance of Comics Past

Looking for pictures of (or anecdotes about!) Island Fantasy, a direct-market comic shop in Victoria, BC that was active in the mid-80s. [more inside]
posted by Bobby Bittman on Jul 24, 2011 - 1 answer

seeking the playlist of a compilation cassette

Can someone locate the complete playlist of a cassette that was included with the purchase of a Mercury Marquis station wagon in 1984? [more inside]
posted by germdisco on Jul 19, 2011 - 8 answers

What's changed in Lawrence, KS in the past 10 years

What's changed in Lawrence, KS since 2001-ish? [more inside]
posted by madajb on May 12, 2011 - 14 answers

Model rocket launch at 1500. Don't be late.

Is there a good online repository for technology geek ephemera from the 80s? I'm thinking of a teenage kid in his 80s bedroom holding a soldering iron, working on a hobby project next to his C64. Would love to see imagery, video, back issues of magazines, whatever.
posted by circular on May 12, 2011 - 6 answers

Why does the sounds of smacking give me a euphoric rush?

Why does the sounds of smacking give me a euphoric rush? [more inside]
posted by supyo on May 9, 2011 - 4 answers

This game haunts my dreams.

Trying to track down a Flash game/interactive animation made sometime between 2001 and 2004. [more inside]
posted by OverlappingElvis on Apr 4, 2011 - 2 answers

Around the electronic shag-carpet campfire.

Please recommend articles/books/etc. which talk about broadcast media and American suburbia in the 1970s and 1980s. [more inside]
posted by mykescipark on Jan 27, 2011 - 2 answers

Best Gift Ever?

Where can I find gifts similar to this for under $100 a pop? [more inside]
posted by thankyoumuchly on Jan 25, 2011 - 7 answers

Help me remember this Disney Channel Movie, with a thunderstorm and a hospital!

Help me remember this Disney Channel Movie, with a thunderstorm and a hospital! [more inside]
posted by chocolatemilkshakes on Jan 6, 2011 - 7 answers

Not So Superglue

Is superglue not as good as it used to be? When I was a teenager in the 70s I used to make models of polyhedra using just toothpicks and superglue. I have been trying to recreate those recently and having no luck. I am holding two toothpick ends together as still as I can for 30-60 seconds and getting nothing. [more inside]
posted by bitslayer on Jan 5, 2011 - 12 answers

I want to play this game again, but don't know what it is! *sad face*

Help me track down an old arcade game, if you can... [more inside]
posted by tacodave on Dec 28, 2010 - 5 answers

What was this crazy show called?

Okay, I have scoured the "Worldwide Web" for YEARS trying to remember the name of a tv series that used to air on TLC back in the 90s (in the days of actual "learning"....). It was a British show--or, at least, the host was British--and it was called something like The Most Amazing Machine or the Incredible Machine or something like that..... [more inside]
posted by oohisay on Nov 10, 2010 - 11 answers

that high school feeling

Songs that evoke high school nostalgia? [more inside]
posted by changeling on Oct 20, 2010 - 56 answers

What was the name of an 80's Apple educational software title about reading?

What was the name of a 1980s educational software package for the Apple ][ series that gave stories to read and asked multiple choice questions to test your knowledge? [more inside]
posted by NBJack on Oct 8, 2010 - 4 answers

Last chance

Tell me about some things that aren't going to be around much longer. [more inside]
posted by theodolite on Aug 25, 2010 - 102 answers

Didn't get an invite to my high school reunion

Why do I care about not being invited to a high school reunion I wouldn't have wanted to go in the first place? Do I have too much time on my hands this morning? [more inside]
posted by braemar on Aug 21, 2010 - 21 answers

Have you seen these cats?

Can you identify these 90s cartoon cats from Happy Meals or some other restaurant prizes? [more inside]
posted by lily_bart on Jun 22, 2010 - 66 answers

Where can I find those plastic oranges you can drink out of?

Do you remember drinking some kind of orange drink out of plastic oranges? Particularly at movie theaters or amusement parks, and probably a few decades ago? I'm looking for information! [more inside]
posted by penduluum on Jun 18, 2010 - 35 answers

A message from the past

A very old family photograph has come into my possession. On the back of the photo is a message written in Yiddish. Can you (or anyone you know) translate this? [more inside]
posted by gnutron on Jun 14, 2010 - 8 answers

De profundis clamavi ad te

Ghosts-of-relationships-past-filter: How do I forget an old girlfriend, years gone by? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 11, 2010 - 20 answers

yet another lost children's book

I am looking for information -- author, publisher, possibly title -- about a particular illustrated version of Verne's From the Earth to the Moon. [more inside]
posted by flechsig on Jun 6, 2010 - 4 answers

I got killed by a mouse in a trashcan!

Do you remember an old Mac game where you play as a wizard's apprentice who goes to a magic store? [more inside]
posted by Gordafarin on Jun 5, 2010 - 10 answers

Teddy Bear's Picnic weirdness?

Does anyone else recall a creepy version of the Teddy Bear's picnic from the 80's? (it was a cartoon) I think I may have seen it on Nickelodeon. [more inside]
posted by iabide79 on May 17, 2010 - 11 answers

What is this game from my childhood?

My sister and I have been trying to remember a computer game from our childhood. It was on a Macintosh, and involved a stick-figure man who tried to go up levels using ladders, but could also fall down through space from whatever level was on. [more inside]
posted by warble on Mar 24, 2010 - 19 answers

Can one have a nostalgic feeling for a time of great suffering?

Can one have a nostalgic feeling even for a time of great personal suffering? [more inside]
posted by Senor Cardgage on Mar 24, 2010 - 23 answers

AskMe used to be SO much better at questions like this two years ago!

Is there a word, term, or phrase for comments along the lines of "This bar (club, restaurant, event, party, public space, etc) used to be cool, but now it sucks." ? [more inside]
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model on Mar 8, 2010 - 56 answers

Help me find this cool record player jukebox thing I had when I was a kid.

Help me find this cool record player jukebox thing I had when I was a kid. [more inside]
posted by anazgnos on Feb 20, 2010 - 3 answers

Brainwashing Machine? Or what?

What is the terminal-type thing I used in a New York State elementary school in the mid- to late-70s and early 80s? [more inside]
posted by exlotuseater on Feb 9, 2010 - 6 answers

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