Heart Month Part 1

I asked some of my dearest, bestest friends about love, here's part 1:

1. Who was the first person who broke your heart? How old were you?

• elwees: George - age 10
• Slee: was actually pretty old before I experienced .... true heartbreak. The good thing is that despite the pain I immediately saw it for what it was and realized that we really didn't belong together anyway.
  
• Timmy: Can’t remember her name, but she was from Oxnard, CA and had a glass eye…...(no kidding) 15.
• Mags: When I was 12, my friend Harriet took up with my boyfriend. I had no idea such betrayals and reversals were even possible. I’d say Harriet; I don’t remember the boy’s name.
• JA: Cathy 6th grade. She not only broke my heart. She kicked me in the shins and made me cry. Although at the time, I insisted it just made my eyes water.
• Me: I don't want to say his name, he knows who he is and I was 19 or so and didn't see it coming. The feeling of a broken heart is as intense as first love and for that reason it was all a bit confusing, painful of course, yet also very much like a rite of passage.
  
  

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