Cosmopolitan - November 2016 UK

Each
month, we
send two
former lovers
on a date to
see what
happens…
‘We didn’t want to lose each other’
William Toose, 26, is a barber from St Albans
I was attracted to Rhiannon as soon as I met her
– she had this cool full fringe and a unique style.
She wasn’t interested in talking to me; she used to
poke fun at me, but that just intrigued me more.
After we met in the club, I texted her the next day, and
from then on we saw each other pretty much every night.
Everything was so easy. We’d stay up late just talking about
the silliest things. Rhiannon was planning to go to Leeds
University, and I didn’t want to lose her, so I went back to
college for a year and applied to do a history degree. Her
family let me come with them to Spain to celebrate our
acceptances. It was really touching for me – I’d never been
included in a family like that before.
When we moved to Leeds together, things started to go
wrong. It was too much, too soon. We broke up before
Christmas, but didn’t want to lose each other completely,
so we carried on living together. It became a very
tumultuous relationship and we were both really emotional.
I was happy we decided to see each other again because
we do have a friendship. Even though I haven’t seen her
for ages, I know she’s still there for me. I noticed how
much more comfortable she is in herself now. She’s really
grown up and I think I have too. We talked about how it
all went wrong. I know if we hadn’t moved in together,
we wouldn’t have broken up
so soon. We had a nice long
hug goodbye, and it felt
like the perfect end.
Would you like to be
reunited with your first love?
Email us at first.love@
cosmopolitan.co.uk.
Would you see her again?
“We do still have feelings
for each other, but it just
doesn’t feel like the right
time for us. We’ve both got
so much more of our lives
to go and explore.”
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