First innocent love

I hope this is allowed , since it is very off topic .

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my 1st innocent love . I was 5 . We were at school. I think it started when I heroically called the teacher when she was sick in class. I remember wrapping my jumper round her to keep her warm ! I really loved her in the purest way . No complications, no “angst” no jealousy, just unconditional love
Sadly, at the end of the 1st year, she moved away . Next district? Next town ? Another country ? No idea , all I remember is that she wasn’t there anymore . No one could ever replace her .
In my teenage years, my mum used to gently tease me about my "first girlfriend " , and how we would come out of school holding hands and how sweet it looked .
Now in my 60s , I wonder what happened to her ? So many questions. I hope she’s had a great life , filled with endless happiness . She was my first , most perfect , innocent love .
Knowing I’ll never see her again is painful, yet comforting, because to me , she will always be that perfect, innocent little girl

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I am still in contact with mine. Her mom died when we were 5. I looked after her and thought she was beautiful. She lives 100’s of miles away now and has been treated abysmally by her first partner and the father of her child.
She’s ok now and lives her best life. We are both in our 60’s now, and there will always be a special place in my heart for her.

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Not me, but my 5 year old son.

He went to nursery aged 2, and there was a girl called Edie in there, she was infatuated with him, he was clueless but they played together a lot and she had a birthday party and she wanted him to sit next to her at the party.

Fast forward a few months and we change nursery’s to get him into a decent school and she’s still at the old nursery, didn’t expect any of them to remember each other and it to be done.

Starts year 1 and she ends up being in the same school and as soon as she seen him her eyes lit up and both rekindled there friendship. She was in a different class for reception.

Been a year and a half now and both of them are in the same class and absolutely adore each other, every day they’ll always play together and always come out of class at the end of day together.

I couldn’t tell you if it’s innocent love or just good friends but it’s lovely to see. Guess time will tell.

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My husband had one. He was in reception class. She was called Samantha, long blonde hair, blue eyes, infectious giggle.
They were inseparable for a few years, then he moved away. Since the moment he announced it, she didn’t talk to him. She really hurt him.
He looked for her a few times online, and then had a lead to her married name. They had a phone call and she burst out crying. She knew she hurt him and the guilt was there all those years.
They talk every few weeks on the phone, and we plan to meet up soon (she lives a good few hours drive away). Unfinished business still matters, even when you were 10 at the time.

My first proper girlfriend was late high-school. We were both 16 but I was a year ahead of her. We dated for close to a year but we were both so shy that we never really kissed let alone other things teenagers were getting up to. (My country’s age of consent is 16)

I met a friend of hers a few years later, who told me my former girlfriend used to tell her mates about all the x-rated stuff we got up to … which we didn’t. I can understand why she would have lied.

I tried reaching out more recently after thinking about her … really would just love to let her know I still think fondly of her (not romantically at all, just nice thoughts) … but she’s not on social media, and I don’t want to hunt too hard. I’m not wanting to rekindle or anything. But it’d be nice to know how she’s doing.

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