Do you believe in first love thing? - Page 2

Do you mean first love as in the first time you fell in love or love at first sight where you fall just by seeing a glimpse of your potential partner?

There are differences in between the two.

While I find the love at first sight concept a bit ridiculous, first love is a special thing in my opinion. It's the first time you are feeling those feelings & discovering a new side of your own self.... that's pretty special. If your first love do work out & you end up with the said person for life, you are lucky.... even if it does not you look back to it & either fondly remember the moments while it lasted or remember the life lessons it taught you. It does have its importance.

If it's actually love and it last for few years then it's actually as special as they say it is. Maybe not the person himself/herself but the feeling. The first time of any thing is special and it's never the same when you do it again.

Originally posted by: HearMeRoar

I think the OP means 1st love remains only love beyond end of time as shown in BW movies. No matter whether it works out or not.

I don't think there is one true love - whether first or later in life. People waste too much time on fantastical concepts like true love or soulmates. Any two people can meet and feel that they want to be together, and no matter what - both of them have to work to make the relationship work. And since we are constantly evolving and changing as humans, and our likes, dislikes, and needs change to it is always possible that the day comes when two people don't make sense together anymore.

Anyway, first experiences always have a lasting imprint on everyone. It is natural to remember firsts and look back on it nostalgically for several years in life. Its because prior to that you have no idea what it feels like. You have mental images and concepts - but the experience is not there. But when you finally experience it - there is a rush of hormones - that's literally what causes the butterflies in the stomach, the faster heartrates, the head rush - biochemical reactions in the body - and the level of biochemical reactions can make a memory imprint forever.

Athletes remember their very first pro game or a first win. Many people remember their first job. Some people form nostalgic memories around the first time watching a movie they love or their first concert. In interpersonal relationships, people remember the first time they met their significant other or even best friend. People do remember the first time they fell in love or the first time they had sex even if they forget some later ones.

Perhaps movies over romanticize it and make an extra huge deal. But nostalgia over first love and having the memories last a lifetime is a result of natural biochemistry in how hormones impact memory development. There are a lot of things our brain and body does involuntarily - so even if you are with someone different now - having dreams or random pangs of yearning for a first love is something that just happens. If the current relationship is a happy one it becomes easy to filter it out and be like "oh that's nice, but I am so much more happy now". But if the current relationship is unhappy or unfulfilling it can be confusing and lead to feelings of regret and remorse of lost love.

LOL, it is definitely considered a novel experience into exploring the relationship dynamics for the first time for sure. Depending on the two individuals & their take on the relationship, it could be either a hit or a miss (and the resulting aftermath since some can recover with time whereas others don't).

If you are talking about love at first sight for the first time, it could be love or it could be not be called love --- again, a case of hit or miss. The individuals should explore each other's company & the dynamics in the relationship so the concept of love at first sight is really inane.

Mainstream media & the entertainment industry just like to make BS & tag it as love.

there should be an initial attraction otherwise it wont end up love. people may cohabit together even without attraction , they can adjust but love is based on attraction.

I think people remember their first crush till they die. Do they fall in love with their first crush is a completely different thing.

Love does not exist. Its all lust.

Pure love is between mother/father and child.

Originally posted by: SugaAgustD

Love does not exist. Its all lust.

Pure love is between mother/father and child.

Sometimes latter can give way to former given the favorable pairing in conducive circumstances..

Concurred , highest degree of love that can exist among us ordinary mortals..

You are 20 and fall in love 20 times means you had 20 infatuations by now , unless you dated them all, you have to be dated or been in realtionship for some time to be actually call it love otherwise it's just crush or infatuation.

I don't know, I never got my first love😭