paige mcphee

First loves. Even typing it out seems a little corny to me, but what else can I say? It's a good, general term to describe someone who had a little piece of your heart before anyone else. The great thing about first loves is that they can be innocent and simple, like someone you kissed on the swing set when you were six or slow-danced with in the seventh grade. Or, on the contrary, they can be all the more serious; the first person you brought home to meet your parents, who you spent your first pay check on, went to prom with, spent one special night together...

But life happens. And first loves become first break-ups. When you're young, either in your teens or early twenties, this is more likely than not to happen. With popular cutting points like going off to university, moving away, or generally growing up and apart.