What is about first love?

Sunday, September 7, 2008

What is about 'first love' that we all have something treasured in terms of memories, moments that hold a special place in our heart. Things that look silly today had meaning and relevance in those days. We fall in love many times during the course of a lifetime, but the first rush of love is unforgettable.

Back in our school days if a good looking girl would share her lunch with me or talk to me for 5 minutes - I thought, yeah that's the girl, I want to date her, marry her and so on.. I remember once I even thought of the school I would send our kids to. But among all those girls that I dreamt of going out on dates or for that matter have kids with, there was one that I will always remember (lets call her Sue) - we wouldn't go out on dates or dinners or parties or exchange fancy gifts, actually I don't recall ever gifting her anything - but there was joy in small things like, walking home from school with her, going to her house for studying together, playing soccer and looking for her to see if she watched the goal I just scored.

Many years passed and I just came back from a project in Europe that I thought of getting back with her, I called her house and a lady picked up the phone, it was her aunt, she sound little reluctant when I asked for Sue. Her aunt passed the phone to her mother. I again asked can I talk to Sue, her mother said 'mmm actually she's getting married today, can you call her sometime later'.

The last time I saw her was about 15 years back, I fondly remember our friendship and good times.

For me, 'first love' is like the alphabets - they are the basics of the whole future relationships of a person.