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{{quote|''Sometimes absence makes the heart fonder than its object deserves. . . .''}}

* An episode of ''[[Rumic Theater]]'' has a man being invited to a school reunion by a girl he remembers having a crush on, and who might just have reciprocated, but he was transferred out before he could learn the truth. His current married life is...disappointing, and he fantasizes about having a fling while simultaneously realizing how unlikely that would be.<br />At the reunion he meets the woman who reveals that she ''did'' have a crush on him, and is conveniently recently divorced...and is now grossly overweight, not one bit pretty and a sloppy drunk. He decides to bail out early. {{spoiler|On his way to the train, the men meets the actual girl he was thinking of (both women have the same given name) who is just as pretty and likeable as he remembers...and is happily married with several children who made her late for the reunion. He returns home somewhat heartened and determined to make his own marriage work.}}

* [[Patlabor]]: In the New Files series, it's revealed that Takeo Kumagami once had a relationship with {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil|Richard Wong.]]}} This naturally leads to a confrontation between the exes, just before he makes his escape. {{spoiler|Wong}} [[Troll|trollstroll]]s her by pretending to give himself up, because of his feelings for her. She falls for it, he [[Bridal Carry|scoops up her up]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|then dumps her... in a laundry basket]] and runs off. Needless to say, Kumigami considers them [[Ship Sinking|DONE.]]

* In [[PGP. G. Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]]'s ''A Damsel In Distress'', Maud meets her beloved Geoffrey -- whoGeoffrey—who's turned fat and obsessed with food, and her heart is breaking at the thought she has pledged herself to him, when he gets a break of promise suit served on him. She goes off to find the man who helped her meet him and propose marriage.

* In [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey|Gaudy Night]]'', Harriet Vane goes to Gaudy Night to meet an old school friend. Within minutes, they are making painfully polite inquires about the other's life, and Harriet is thinking it's terrible, and she should never have come.

* In [[LML. M. Montgomery]]'s ''[[A Tangled Web]]'', used twice.

* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm (Literature)|The January Dancer]]'', Hugh finds that [[Fire-Forged Friends|Fire Forged Friendship]] faded over time, and one such friend resents his return.

* In [[PGP. WodehouseG. (Creator)Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s ''Jill The Reckless'', Jill had deliberately thrown herself into work, far from Derek, to recover from him, and just before the meeting, noted that it had worked. Nevertheless, meeting him again reinforced that.