premise: And you know you will always wonder all of your life whether it was because you wanted him so bad that you did n't get him , and you can feel nearly sorry enough to cry when you think of that other <mask> , the chump who begged you to marry him , the one with the plastered hair and the car he could n't afford and the too shiny shoes .
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be an informal term for a youth or man