You did the right thing by moving on to the next woman if this one didn't want you or was unavailable. What was she expecting you to do? Keep hanging around her so she can continually shoot you down when you ask her out?
As a man, I know I am moving on to the next woman if a particular woman I am flirting up didn't want me for whatever reason. Her loss and not mine. I am pleased with you that you adopted to same philosophy.
You should be commended that aren't a sap like a lot of guys are and that they can't take no for an answer. There are guys who would have continually chased this woman regardless of whether or not she was taken. I sure hope that this woman in question didn't lie to you that she had a boyfriend in order to play hard to get.
If that is the case, then she has nobody to blame for losing you than herself. She should know that when a guy hears that she has a boyfriend or husband, then it is time to back off. If she is still carrying a grudge against you for over a year because you moved on, then that is her problem to deal with.
Not yours.
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