I was so happy to reconnect with my first love, but now she’s ghosted me

Stressed out middle aged man sitting on the floor of his home, holding a mobile phone

DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER more than 20 years since we separated, I was so happy when I reconnected with my first love. 

In my mind, she was always the one that got away, so it felt like a dream having her back in my life. 

Yet now, after months of rebuilding our connection, I fear I’ve ruined our second chance, and she’ll never talk to me again.

I’m 54, she’s 49, and we...