‘I check his Facebook every few months,’ says Hayley* of her first love . ‘Deep down, I know we had issues, but I can’t help but wonder if I made a huge mistake by letting him go.’ Hayley and her childhood sweetheart , Craig* had been inseparable as teens, but broke up while at university.
Despite it being over 20 years since they were an item, Hayley says she still has doubts over their split. ‘I’m married now, and very happy,’ she says, ‘but Craig will always be the one that got away .’ From My Best Friend’s Wedding to 500 Days of Summer, and Katy Perry’s song that’s literally called The One That Got Away, if we’re not thinking about our exes, we’re watching movies and singing songs that remind us of them.
And now, the rumour mill is in overdrive with speculation that Normal People – the 2020 lockdown hit about off-again-on-again couple Connell and Marianne – could be back for a second series . WAIT WHAT pic.twitter.
com/WYXGzT3db1 Stars of the show Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones took to Instagram to post a selfie captioned: ‘We’ve got some news to share!! Watch this space.’ And Element Pictures, who produced the show, even reshared the sweet snap, causing excited fans to wonder if there’ll be another installment. The TV series, based on the book by Sally Rooney, ended with Connell and Marianne at a crossroads in their relationship: Connell accepts an offer to study creative writing in New York, while Marianne will stay in Dublin.
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