Your first real Love

United States
March 19, 2007 9:48am CST
I am going to try a lame, easy discussion today and see if my chances of getting responses picks up.LOL When I was in middle school and highschool I had an on again off again relationship with a boy that I still to this day think about in fondness and love. I adored him back then and I can say he was the object of all the sappy, puppylove, bubble gum music of my youth. Every few years we send either a card by mail or now emails just to say hello how are you. He was not my first kiss(that maybe another lame discussion LOL), But certianly my first real love. Do any of you still think about your first love? Do you ever contact each other? Share your experiences.
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@weemam (13372)
21 Mar 07
Hiya angel , Well !! I am married to my first love , we met when I was 16 and him 19 , got engaged on my 18th and married 6 months later , Now almost 46 years later and I still get butterflies when I look at him , he is my best friend and my soul mate , I wouldn't swap him far anyone else on this earth , neither would my 3 sons our my 4 beautiful grandchildren xx
@weemam (13372)
29 Mar 07
That is so funny because my oldest son ( now 44) calls hubby ( mine farter) in a very affectionate way lol he has been doing this for years xx
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• United States
21 Mar 07
That is so neet :)) warms my heart. I am really amazed you are not calling him an old fart or something of that nature by now :)) My husband hates when I call him my old man :)) of course I hat to hear the old lady also. 46 years huh and your first love to boot wow.
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@Script (592)
• Australia
20 Mar 07
My first real love happened when I was 17. She ended up being my first real relationship. And my first broken heart! I look back at that time with a mixture of fondness and regret. We did keep in contact for some time after I moved out of the State she was living in. But we both ended up getting new partners and as these things go we lost touch. I still think about her from time to time and hope she's doing okay and is happy...
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@Script (592)
• Australia
22 Mar 07
Nope, I could probably find her quite easily if I wanted to... I don't think I really want to talk with her, but I still hope she's okay and happy.
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• United States
21 Mar 07
Its so wonderful to hear from you :)) With the internet and all have you ever tried to find her?
• United States
22 Mar 07
I use to often think about my first big crush in high school. I wondered how he was doing and what he looked like now. A few years ago we found each other on the Classmates website and exchanged a few messages to catch up on each other. I'm glad I found him because it answered my questions and made it easy for me to put that behind me and move on. I do not really think of him much anymore. From time to time when reflecting back on high school situations (like when talking to my son who is in high school now) I will rememeber silly things I did to try and get the attention of this crush but that's about it. I have also often thought about my first real boyfriend - wondered where he is now, if he's married and has kids etc. But the urge to know these things isn't that strong. We had some issues at the end of our relationship so I do not hold onto a lost love type of feeling. It was for the best that we split because I got together with the man who is now my husband shortly after breaking up with my first boyfriend. Everything happens for a reason, right? I think more about old friends that meant alot to me but we drifted apart over the years. I miss them.
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• United States
22 Mar 07
You bet everything happens for a reason. It might be unreasonable at the time and painful, but we grow from the experience. I am lucky to be back in the town I went to high school, so i run into a lot of old class mates but there are a few that have moved on that I miss terribly and would love to know how they are getting on.
@bkfuels (1603)
• Canada
20 Mar 07
My first love was a guy when I was 15, Through out the years I would see him and I always felt something special. Then he started to get really weird on me. My one friend has a nick name for him she calls him fatal attraction. He started doing things through out the years that blew any fond memories I may have had of him.
• United States
20 Mar 07
Thats kinda what I was just telling Willow, I live in the town I went to high school and have ran into a few of my old "dates" sure glad the attraction there did not last too long!
@jean_rose (415)
• Philippines
20 Mar 07
I couldn't really say that the first time was love but since it was the first time I had a boyfriend, I might as well use that experience as the basis of answering and responding to this discussion. My first boyfriend was 12 years my senior. It was alright with me coz I was always attracted to older men anyway. My husband, in fact, is 8 years my senior. I thought I was in love and chose to hang on for three long years never mind the fact that he would show whenever he would want to and disappear without a trace. The uncertainty got the best off me though. We never had a formal break-up coz I thought there was no point waiting for someone who I wasn't even sure would be coming back at all. Whwen I saw him again a couple of years later, I was with my husband already while he was still single. I greeted him like nothing happened but deep inside, I felt like laughing. Looking at him objecively at that time, I wondered what attracted me to him in the first place. My first real love, by the way, is my husband... We've been married ten years and the love just grows year after year. He might not be my first boyfriend but he is my first and last love.
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• United States
21 Mar 07
Thats wonderful, thanks for sharing your story!
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
20 Mar 07
Oh, yes! My first real love was a wonderful summer romance during my teens. I met him at the local bowling alley with a friend of mine, he was working there as a cashier. I was just taken aback by his beautiful blue eyes and blonde baby curls. We began seeing each other soon after and became inseperable. Everywhere he was I was and the other way around. I remember our first kiss like it was yesterday! It was profound and earth shaking. When our lips met, my knees went weak and the world was spinning. I remember that when I saw him I would become so nervous I didn't know what to do with myself. We thought we would be together forever. It didn't turn out that way. It turns out that he is gay. We are still very good friends to this day though, he has become like family. We have now known each other some 20 years now!
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• United States
21 Mar 07
Ahh My mother always told me beware of boys toting big balls :))
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
20 Mar 07
My first real love, was actually pretty late. I was working in ireland and met a spanish guy there - called FERNANDO. He was just the lovliest guy ever, and we had a relationship for a while. When I had to move back home (to sweden) he left back to spain. We stayed in touch for a long time but now I havenĀ“t spoken to him in a few years. However, his brother is my best friend and we visit eachother in our countries atleast once a year =) fernando has a baby now with the girl he was with before me - I always knew that in the end, those two would end up together *lol*
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@jojopuff (520)
• United States
20 Mar 07
I ended up marrying my first real love! However, I do often think about my old crushes and how they are doing. I obviously don't have feelings for them anymore, but it would be interesting to see where they are in life. We never contact each other (because that would just kind of weird, especially since I'm married!), but I think it is normal to wonder about where people you knew in high school are now and how they are doing.
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• United States
19 Mar 07
first love - red heart
I sure do.I always wonder what happened to him,if he ever married.All that kind of stuff. When i fell for him, it was your typical goofy teenage love.Sometimes when i think back to that time,i feel totally embarrassed,lol!I just wish he and i had of stayed in touch.
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• United States
20 Mar 07
LOL Aren't we all a little bit embarrassed by our youth. Shesh talk about silliness. Its not to late to look him up and find out what is going on with him. We are in the age of being connected after all. :))
• Philippines
20 Mar 07
I still think of my first love even now, and still dreaming of him too. But unfortunately we don't have any communication now. I wonder what had happened to him.
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• China
20 Mar 07
wow, in such a case, i should little pity myself, until now, i haven't had my puppy love. I'm feeling so ashamed of myself. BTW, i think u r lucky enough to keep in touch with him.
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@laltu86 (1249)
• India
21 Mar 07
I dont know how to respond this discussion , all i want to say that is i have fallen in love a few years back to a beautiful lady, and always try to be with her. She is the sweet song to my heart, my life, and every thingthat matters to me.
• China
20 Mar 07
I trid to build up a palace for my first love, but I faild. It is really precious to me that he is my first love. BUt it is crucial that I'm not happy though engaged with him. Loving him does not mean that I can appreciate everything he does and accept every though he bears. We just have trouble in getting alone wth each other. I should have enjoied my first love if I had dropped it before we got to learn each other so well.
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• Pakistan
14 Apr 07
I still remember my first love but dont contact her because se ditched me.
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• Pakistan
20 Mar 07
Hello I am also in love. I live in Pakistan and used not to believe in love. People betray each other and leave each other and I was never ready to take such pain. But, my father asked me to get married and when I met my Husband (as Fiance) I liked him and started to talk to him on phone. I realized he had a beautiful heart and he was caring too. After one month we both decided we should get married. And see....Im married with him and he is my first love. So, I am one of the most fortunate people in the world who have loved someone. Love is an emotion that cannot be explained. But, it can b felt. What do you say about my love?
• India
20 Mar 07
i was also in love with my first love and now we broked up i miss her a lot but i know i cant meet her anymore in my life but i really miss her
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• India
20 Mar 07
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• United States
20 Mar 07
I really do not have aclue what you are talking about and how this relates to the topic at hand.
• India
20 Mar 07
my first love is when i was in 6th std. this one sided i loved her very much.now i m a youung person with age 25 but i still remember my first love.i had studied for three years witj her.i never told her abt my feeling becas i m a shy person.now days i shifted to other city and she is living in the same city where i saw her first time.
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• United States
20 Mar 07
You are quite lucky to still have a relationship with your first love. Most people cannot say the same. I am lucky enough to say that I am still with my first love. Have been now for 8-1/2 years. We got together when I was 15 and have been together ever since. We now have children together. A 9 month old son, a 2 year old daughter, a 4 year old daughter and a 3 year old daughter that passed away back in August. And still through the good times and the bad we remain. He is forever my best friend no matter what. I think that it is wonderful for you to keep in contact with your first love. Sometimes they can be your best friend. So congratulations to you on such a wonderful friendship. Keep it up!
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• China
20 Mar 07
This topic is a little bit sad to me, for my first love is not my true love, and my true love is not his true love. So I feel very sorry to my first love and resentful to my true love. I find it`s so luky to meet someone who is true to each other. This is truly real love !
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