Pertinent; I met an Australian girl a couple of years ago, long before I was married, and it was *boom* instant infatuation. Attractive, intelligent, mature... tiiiiny bit younger than I was, which made it even worse because I've always been exclusively attracted to older women. And the accent. My God.
When we broke up we kept in touch for a while - probably hoping to kick things up again at some point - but as my life moved on and so did hers, we fell out of contact. Slightly worried that I'll run into her when I go back, because things didn't ever end properly & we still have a lot of mutual friends who'll probably mention I'm back in town.
Those types of relationships are intense and great, and dangerous, but rarely ever lasting.
/lor'