"La Douleur Exquise"
It's a love that was not meant to be shared
This is a story that is mostly true and that involves four people. I was the only consistent connection between all of them. Yet I will write this from one person’s perspective for continuity. The French would call this “La douleur exquise”. It translates to the “Exquisite pain.” It’s the wanting someone that you can never share. And so it begins… It was the mid-1980s, and I (Mike) was serving in the Navy. It was a differ...