Two young lovers had arranged to meet in 20 years. He joined his ex at the meeting point in Château-Thierry, Hauts-de-France.
His mishap caused a stir on X, a social networking site in France. He waited 30 minutes in the town hall square before turning back. He no longer has feelings for his former lover and is not going there in a spirit of reconquest. But social networks sometimes work miracles: he is the only one to complete the process.