When you .......... (live) with someone for a long time, the little unimportant things often .......... (blind you). They .......... (keep) your attention occupied and away from the things that really .......... (matter). Up until that morning in September there .......... (be) a truce between us. But it wasn't long before one of us .......... (have to) leave. Neither of us really (try) to do anything about it. We .......... (decide) a long time before not to have a family, so there wasn't that to sort out. A month later she .......... (leave) and we .......... (not meet) since. No, I tell a lie: we .......... (meet) in boots yesterday. She ......... (look) happier. While we .......... (talk), I .......... (keep) thinking that perhaps if we had been older at the time, we .......... (try) a bit harder.
Kajka93
When you live (live) with someone for a long time, the little unimportant things often blind you (blind you). They keep(keep) your attention occupied and away from the things that really matter (matter). Up until that morning in September there was (be) a truce between us. But it wasn't long before one of us had to (have to) leave. Neither of us really tried(try) to do anything about it. We decided (decide) a long time before not to have a family, so there wasn't that to sort out. A month later she left (leave) and we didn't (not meet) since. No, I tell a lie: we met (meet) in boots yesterday. She looked (look) happier. While we talked (talk), I kept (keep) thinking that perhaps if we had been older at the time, we would have tried (try) a bit harder.