a tale

once upon a time there was an ordinary boy. the ordinary boy was the next-to-oldest in an ordinary family of six children. when he was a teenager, the ordinary boy met an extraordinarily beautiful girl from a smaller, ordinary family. the extraordinarily beautiful girl had an older brother who was years older than she. 

the ordinary boy pursued the extraordinarily beautiful girl. he loved her. when the ordinary boy went off to college, he struggled. he missed his extraordinarily beautiful girlfriend. in his third year in college the ordinary man married the extraordinarily beautiful woman. they were very happy. when the ordinary man finished college, their first daughter was born. they were very happy.

a short time later the ordinary man was drafted. his extraordinarily beautiful wife and daughter came to live with the ordinary man while he was in the army. shortly after the ordinary man was discharged from the army, their son was born. two more daughters were born eight and ten years later. during that time the ordinary man worked his job and his extraordinarily beautiful wife worked her job as wife and mother. 

to the ordinary man they seemed to be an ordinary family. but, what the ordinary man didn't realize was that his extraordinarily beautiful wife wasn't as happy as the ordinary man thought that she was. unfortunately, the ordinary man didn't fully realize this until many years later.

after many years the ordinary man and his extraordinarily beautiful wife are still together. the ordinary man misses the love that he and the extraordinarily beautiful girl shared so many years ago. it's all his fault. the end.