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Adele’s Brutal Lesson on “Could’ve been” Relationships
What happened when the singer finally met the “someone” from “Someone like you”
Could’ve-been relationships hurt. Not necessarily because they leave us scarred. But because they leave us profoundly disappointed. From our perspective, some tiny anxiety had robbed us of a monumental, movie-adaptation-worthy love.
In such situations, one tends to listen to “Someone like you” by Adele. In case you didn’t have access to the Internet for the last 10 years, the song is about a could’ve-been relationship haunting the singer. It starts with “I heard that you settled down” and ends with “for me, it isn’t over.”
The song was Adele’s breakthrough hit, paving her way into mainstream entertainment. Years later, she finally had the chance to meet the guy the song was about.
The sweaty handshake
I don’t have many regrets in this life, but I do have unresolved questions. Many of them revolve around the could’ve-been relationships that seemed to slip away despite my best efforts. In my weak moments, I can’t help but wonder whether I’d done something wrong.
Adele has had her chance to make peace with the heartbreak of the past. But the encounter was far less dramatic than the…
