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The First Love

Falling in love is an exciting and wonderful moment in [ ]. When it happens to teenagers and young people, they hardly [ ] anything else. Studies and other activities [ ] when the heart is full of feelings towards a special person. But the first love [ ] mean the couple will be together until the end of life. Why is it so [ ]?

To many people, Romeo and Juliet are an example of [ ]. But if we look better at their feelings, we will find out that they were nothing but [ ]. Shakespeare's heroes were very young — their early [ ]. Of course, their feelings were gorgeous, but love is something else.

In [ ], there still exists a custom that [ ] look for a spouse for their children. Many betrothed know their spouse only after the wedding [ ]. My Indian friends say that it helps build a strong family and cultivate real love. They compare the feeling with a candle. When you burn the candle, at first, it burns brightly, but it [ ] in a while. To their mind, it is what happens to the feeling if you marry [ ]. But if you do it without love, you ignite the fire of love later and keep it from blowing out. You become older, and your feelings become older. That is, in my friends' opinion, how love is strengthened. You two just [ ] your feelings.

It is a [ ] moment, and we all differ — countries, cultures, mentalities… and people, of course. Love stories are also diverse. I know a couple who have an [ ]. She was only 17 when she met her future husband, who was over 30. She hid her feelings until she was of age. Then they got married. Now, it is a [ ] family with children. Nobody is confused by the age difference. Another couple developed their relationship for a long time. They started dating at university, and it had been happening for about [ ] years until they understood they had to do something about their relationship. They got married. The third example I will give today was an Internet [ ]. It was sudden, but recently, the couple has celebrated their [ ] Wedding anniversary. However, only one of these stories developed from the first love.

We return to the question: why is first love so [ ]? Experts state that first love helps people to [ ] themselves better. You find out what is pleasing to you and what is annoying. And the second thing is — you learn to [ ] different reactions. The first love is not always reciprocal, and it hurts. But even in this case, you get some experience, which will be helpful in your future relationship.