Her name was Beth. We were in first grade. We used to touch our tongues together. First girl I ever had lust for was Lisa. We were in 8th grade. First girl I had romantic feelings for was Laurie. I was a senior in high school. She was a sophomore in a local college.

If I only knew then what I know now....

Carrie. It was 1977 and we were freshmen in high school. The summer after our sophomore year, 1979, my family moved from North Little Rock AR to a small town near Wichita Falls TX.

I thought my heart was broken.

If we had not moved, I would not have met my current girlfriend in 1984. We have been married since 1987. Our wedding reception was at the place where we first met and where we had our first kiss.

I am so glad we moved.

My first girlfriend was Debi Meckling. She had such a beautiful face. We traded necklaces and hung out in class. I told her that I liked her. On the last day of sixth grade she gave me a letter letting me know her feelings and it made me smile. I thought about her every day during summer break. On the first day of seventh grade I couldn’t wait to see her.

She wouldn’t talk to me. Apparently, she expected me to talk to her over summer break. I had no idea. My friend Bill was still my friend after not seeing him all summer. Rich was still my friend. Terry was still my buddy. I didn’t know the rules were different for girlfriends.

I never saw her after seventh grade. I wish I could apologize.

Madeleine. Her parents escaped from Hungary in 1956 and she was born in Austria shortly thereafter. A cute, shy, smart girl, a year ahead of me, who (appropriately) broke up with me when she graduated and went off to A&M.

Her parents were great people.

Patrice, she was the captain of the dance squad, beautiful, hilarious, athletic. We were friends since middle school. She could have been the one. Later in life we had a marriage pact, the terms never happened. We still occasionally talk to this day. Got to see her a few months back when she was visiting family. Still beautiful as ever. No matter how frequently we see each other we remain best of friends and confidants in times of need.

Sue J. We walked around during recess. Holding hands in sixth grade. She had cat eye glasses.
1969-1970. When we came back to school in seventh grade she came back to school with modern glasses and it was never the same.

I should have gone to jail...

For me the first girl to like me back for me to call my girlfriend would be Rochelle in the 6th grade. Broke up with her by the end of the year. However stayed friends with her and took her to my high school Ring Dance. Still friends and we keep in touch on Facebook. God Bless

Tammie.

I was in 2nd grade. She gave me some Planet of the Apes cards and told me she was my girlfriend.

I attempted relationships in high school and college. No real success. Dated a few girls, sometimes for months. But, no real love. Post college I was a member of the singles class at church.

Then, Suzanne. Blind date. Love at first sight. For both of us.

Why so much love, and why did it end? We haven’t figured it out.

Married to Lynn since 1992.

I was 15 or so, a year before a driver’s license, she was one grade up. Her friend actually was the one acting flirty, I chose the natural blond.

We went together for 5.5 years, well into college. Had a few bumps along the way, practically lived together those college years, same town.

It came to be she wanted to get married, I wasn’t ready. She ended up engaged less than a year after we broke up. She has 3 daughters & is a grandmother now. Not sure if we would of made it, in hindsight should of married her.

Anyway, timing is often an issue, especially with guys. If nothing else, great memories over those years.

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Guess I married mine. Can't remember any others. Been married 44 years. I know, that's not a marriage, it's a sentence. Tomorrow we get to see our oldest grandson.

I knew my very first girl friend since the start of elementary school since we lived in the same neighborhood. We became boyfriend/girlfriend in the 5th grade an it lasted until 10th grade. I found she had some issues so I let it go. My best friend asked my permission to date her, I gave it, and he married her. She ended up cheating on him and they divorced. She basically became a hippy. I dogged a bullet.

I went in the army at age 17 after completing 11 years of school. Never had time to date girls as I was required to pay room and board to live at home. Had to work a job outside of school hours to have the money to pay.

I enlisted in the Third Armored Division at Ft. Knox because it was deploying to Germany, and I had this strange idea that I needed to go there. To make a long story shorter, I took a short leave to go visit a little village about 60 miles from where I was stationed. Checked into a small "hotel"(gastehaus) there and that evening while I was sitting in the dining room this young woman approached me and asked if she could sit down. Yes. It turned out that she could speak English having learned it in her high school. The gastehaus owners had asked her to tell me that there were to be "no girls in the room". And that is how I met my wife of some 65 years. Only girl/woman I ever dated and had to travel 6000 miles to find her.

Elaine. She was a year behind in high school, and she was a 10. I didn’t deserve her, and I realized I wouldn’t be able to hold up my end by providing her the life she deserved. She wanted to be a doctor, and I had no plans, so our time ended together shortly before my graduation.

Oh there was Laura in 3rd grade. Then Lorie in 9th grade.

First serious girlfriend was Carolyn. I was a senior and she was a junior. Redhead with curves and a seriously wicked sense of humor. I got dumped that summer before I headed off for college. It sucked. Still wonder about her every now and then.

She was never a girlfriend, but my friend Bryce had a sister named Samantha. She was a very curious young lady. I spent most of the entire seventh grade year going to Bryce’s house after school. It was a great year. I learned all sorts of things with Sam, and I became quite the skateboarder since after hanging out with Sam, all that was left to do was skate with Bryce.

First girlfriend was Beth. That lasted a summer between 8th grade and high school. I remember she gave me a G&S Sketeboards “hip sack”. (It cost around $25 back then, which was a whole lot of money) It was a silly little Fanny pack that was about the coolest thing in the world according to Thrasher Magazine. She got me that as a graduation gift. When her mom found out we went to third, and that a home run was in the very near future, her parents and my parents met up and decided that we would no longer be seeing each other again.

I was smitten with Susan from the first grade. She didn't pay attention to me, even though we were in the same class and activities.
She was a tough one to put aside!!!

First "crush" - Robin, 3rd grade. Sat next to each other. Can still "see" her face.

First girlfriend, as in going out on actual dates - Carla.

After we had been dating for about a year and a half, one of my best friends at the time told lies about me to her, she broke up with me, and started dating him. Guess she was that fickle, gullible, and shallow and he was/still is (I'm sure) an egotistical f**ktard. Hindsight being 20/20, they both did me a favor...