Who was it, how old were you?
For me it was Leah. I was a sophomore, she was a junior. I met her after her gymnastics practice. I jumped on the hood of her car and wouldn’t get off until she gave me her phone number. Can’t believe that worked.

Connie. HS freshman year. She was sweet and very shy. Often with us was her best friend, who was all over me when Connie wasn't watching. Best friend was skinny, pale and wore glasses. I was not interested. Then after summer break, the best friend bloomed big time, even becoming a red hot cheerleader.
I still kick myself.

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Connie...

Ha! Same name. Met at work, when I was 29.

But, as God willed it, my second girlfriend would eventually becaome Mrs. Q.

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Shannon, Long beautiful brunette.
Taught me things I never knew existed

https://youtu.be/kMPyentJIh4

me 5th grade, her 4th grade, went to my senior prom...live together now.

i'm 77, she's 76!!

^^^ Now, that's beautiful, K.

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^^^ Now, that's beautiful, K.

thank you q!!

I was 21 she was 18 1/2,
But looked 20.

For seven months we dated exclusively ,
Her parents were divorced.
My parents never talked about "love"
So I was emotionally illiterate.

I thought I was doing everything right,
In reality , just a stupid kid ,pretty much clueless.

Then she got jealous and banged a a guy out of spite I guess.

I was crushed very despondent.
Didn't sleep for three days.

Three months later she returned some stuff and wanted to try again, I declined.

it took me 7 years to figure "love " out.
Been with Bonnie now for 38 years.

Her name was Kim

She was a tall, very nicely built girl with brown hair who worked as a bus girl at the restaurant I was a prep cook and dishwasher in.

She was 15, I was 16 and had just gotten my DL and had my own car. We went to a miniature golf place for our first date and had a really fun time. 1989 I guess.

I made sure to walk up to her door and pick her up per my parents orders; I was NOT to sit there and honk my horn. Her parents watched my every move.

My older sister had told me at the end of the night before she got out of the car I should ask for a good night kiss.

So I did and was expecting a quick peck on the cheek but this girl GRABBED my face and gave me a huge and very nice long kiss right on the lips. WOW. I think I floated home that night like a cartoon character.

Her name was Lola.
She was a showgirl.
With yellow feathers in her hair.
And a dress cut down to there.

or

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
Nighttime would find me in Rosa's cantina.
Music would play and Felina would whirl.

The first girl I really cared about was 14 and I was 16 when we met. We were together for 6 years, then she broke up with me. It's was all my fault and it absolutely devastated me. I truly loved her, but I was immature. dumb and completely inept at being in a relationship. If we had met when we were older it may have worked out, but maybe not, who knows?

My first girlfriend was 16 and I was 15 when we met and we dated for two and 1/2 years. I didn't realize it at the time but that relationship was special. I thought they would all be like that.

We didn't talk to 22 years and then reconnected. Happily married since 2017.

Lisa. She was my version of Charlie Brown's Little Red-Haired Girl, except for the whole "red hair" part. Couldn't gather the courage to say anything to her in 8th, 9th, or 10th grades. I finally asked her out towards the end of Junior year, and nobody was more surprised than me when she said yes.

She was pretty, smart, and an absolute blast to be around. We dated through that summer and Senior year. She enlisted in the USAF after graduation, and while we tried the distance thing for a while, it didn't last. Thankfully, no hard feelings on either side during or after the breakup.

We're "social media" friends now. Still a little cutie.

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We didn't talk to 22 years and then reconnected. Happily married since 2017.

You married your high school sweetheart after not seeing her for 22 years? That is special!

Grace, still remember her last name as well. I believe I still have a written agreement to marriage somewhere, but likely not binding.

Oh - and 3rd grade!

I remember her fondly, a first love will stay in your heart.

Susie, I was 17 and she was 16. The Mothers of Invention were big at the time, and she called herself Susie Creamcheese (and lived up to the name). Married some other dude, lives in Hawaii now, we're still friends, but without benefits. She had a little sister, Beth, who I still regret letting get away.

Laura.
I’ll always recall the first time I saw her. It was the summer before 8th grade, she was going into 6th. I was sitting with my buddies on the bus getting ready to go to summer camp and she stepped on! I swear for me the bus lit up like the sun. I knew from that moment I had to get to know her. Unfortunately, I had to play it cool at camp because there was a girl from another state that I liked to hang out with at camp.
After camp I chased Laura for years but she had a boyfriend, if you can really call them in middle school. We were friends but not good friends as her boyfriend made sure of it.
They finally broke up and summer before my Senior year we were building a house with Habitat for Humanity in Dothan, Alabama and spent a lot of time together. Walked on the beach in Panama City one night and made our intentions known.
We got home and guess it became official. Had a great relationship for 3 years. Then college struck for her and we both kind of started drifting. We broke up but kept in pretty constant contact, anytime we were home we were together for a couple years and I’d still go visit her at college.
But at that point we realized that while we cared for each other we weren’t meant for each other.
We kept in a little bit of contact and had the same birthday and her mom was always the first to call me for years.
I moved away and met my wife and realized that my wife was the one and have not talked to Laura since.

Over the years since I have come to a couple realizations. While I was pissed I had to chase Laura for years, it was a good thing as we got to have a mature relationship and not a silly middle school fling.
And I was pissed and went into a very dark place when I realized Laura and I were not meant to be, but now understand having a solid relationship with her and her family helped to make me who I am today so that I would be the best husband I could be for my wife.

Anne in junior high. I always liked her more than she liked me, in hindsight.

Still . . .

Rita. And, I am so lucky I didn't end up with her. Dodge a huge bullet.