This is again a bit eerily similar to how it happened in my case.

Met a batchmate from college who I fell in love with on the first date itself - we kissed, sh*t got complicated, and things fizzled out.

While the embers of hope stayed alive, I serial-dated a bit before going monk mode.

Then, 2 months later, out of the blue, I meet and fall in REAL love with a girl who's the opposite of my "template" - lo and behold, 9 months later, I'm certain I've found the future mother of my kids