What if... Good thing about what ifs is that it can go both ways. You may have agreed to the other option he gave you and you guys would have ended in a way that you won't cherish his memory as you do now.
There's also this thing they say that what's meant to be will be... Maybe it wasn't meant to be and if it is it will be😌
You are right, @blezyn. I thought of it too that what if I had said yes and we did not work? The pain would be more than merely missing him after he left. Still, I'll never know.
Thank you for your kind comment. 🙂