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Dulcinea

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22. Yes!

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2023, 07:38 AM

Sep 2023

We started dating in high school. I went to college & he went to art school, & that led to the demise of the relationship. We reconnected again as young adults, but stayed friends only. We're both married to other people now & are friends on Facebook, but a small part of me will care for him forever. No one has ever made me laugh as hard or appreciated in me what few other people did. I smile every time I think of him, even though I graduated from high school 40 years ago.

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Do you know what happened to your first love? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 OP

We're still in touch via email. He married one of our spooky3 Sep 2023 #1

I last saw my first love at our 50th high school reunion. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #2

Mine had a collapse about one month after we married (we dated from highschool for four years)... marble falls Sep 2023 #3

I'm lost for words but wish I had something comforting to say Deuxcents Sep 2023 #5

It's more than 50 years now. marble falls Sep 2023 #9

I'm so sorry! redwitch Sep 2023 #7

Absolutely surreal and heart breaking. marble falls Sep 2023 #10

He passed away at a young age kimbutgar Sep 2023 #4

Sounds kinda like mine, only mine has a string of DUI's. He's still alive. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #28

I married my first love Deuxcents Sep 2023 #6

I wrote about this at least once here, then deleted the whole thing.... Hekate Sep 2023 #8

My son had a first love that her mother broke up. MOMFUDSKI Sep 2023 #13

I am so sorry about your son -- and loss of other family members... Hekate Sep 2023 #19

YES, I married him. MOMFUDSKI Sep 2023 #11

According to my last love, I never had a first love. Iggo Sep 2023 #12

He died in Viet Nam. Biophilic Sep 2023 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 2023 #16

he lives in Idaho Skittles Sep 2023 #15

He became a cop in Texas. BComplex Sep 2023 #17

He went into the Army and I went to college. He married a girl in California while sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #18

He's dead. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #20

I was in touch with him about 15 years ago. mnhtnbb Sep 2023 #21

Yes! Dulcinea Sep 2023 #22

I married him. Mad_Dem_X Sep 2023 #23

It was in another country, and besides, the wench is dead. n/t malthaussen Sep 2023 #24

She is seated in the chair next to mine. TomSlick Sep 2023 #25

No idea, haven't seen him or heard from him in 30+ years. Ocelot II Sep 2023 #26

I don't know. LudwigPastorius Sep 2023 #27

I haven't seen her since high school Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #29

Well, we both graduated first grade... Conjuay Sep 2023 #30

A lawyer flamingdem Sep 2023 #31

Man, I don't even know who would qualify as a first love gratuitous Sep 2023 #32

She got the life she wanted and so did I. Jokerman Sep 2023 #33

Not really recently, but as of a few decades ago, yes DFW Sep 2023 #34

Yes Chi67 Sep 2023 #35