Does childhood love ever die?

[Elenesephy]

I'm not talking about crushes,I mean that one guy or girl that you really loved with your young tender heart and would have given up the whole world just to be there for ;or however you may describe it,point is:it hurt you when they were hurting and you would take up a beating for them.Have you ever gotten over it.Do you know someone/two who actually feel nothing for that one they loved trully when in childhood?

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My guy always loved me from childhood.He was the class prefect and would always keep me out of punishment lists and always pick me to assist him in special tasks,take special note of everything about me,cared when I cried and was shattered when his family moved away and even proposed to me at age 11.He's now 21 and we chat online,text and call.I feel he really still afores me and I didn't know love back then,but now I love him right back and so would marry him.

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Not that I would judge my case any differently,I just want to know if all childhood loves are lucky or we were just meant to be.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you can ever move on from them, to be honest. I met a guy when I was young and we grew up together and fell in love with one another. Yeah, most people said we were too young to know what love is, but we were definitely in love. He was perfect for me. We were inseparable for a long time. I didn't think he would ever do anything harmful to me, but I was wrong...after the years of being together, he started cheating on me. I left him, and we've been separated for about 3 years now and we are both with other people who we love. However, him and I will always remain close, even if he did cheat on me. I will always have feelings for him and he will ALWAYS have a spot in my heart. It hurts knowing he would have been mine for the rest of my life if he hadn't cheated..but it's not worth going through the pain and torture of wondering if you're gonna get cheated on again and again and again...which is why I don't even attempt to get back with him...plus this guy I am with right now is amazing. We've been together for over a year now, but I still think about my childhood love every now and then.

Simply put, no you won't get over them however you will grow to be more understanding about it to put it behind yourself and move on for the best.

[sof93x]

I think it's sweet. I only know about teenage love and what I had I know it wasn't only a crush but more. He is still everything to me. I think you shouldn't give up. I mean you still both care for each other and keep in touch after all these years. It's incredible. Nobody can tell you if it's true love or not and you should listen only to your heart. There are people who may think that childhood love dies, but you and him only know best if your childhood love is dead ;)

You can create your life how you want it to be. I wish you the best :)

[Anonymous]

I don't even remember my first crushes last name or what he even looked like :p all I remember was one day I liked him and we held hands and then suddenly all I remember is... turning 9.

... wow, the 5 year old me needs to get it together.

[schlierkampification]

Childhood loves will be with you forever. Just like a first marriage will be with both partners for the rest of their life, especially if they had children together, even if they re-marry. Maybe you should ask him what he thinks about getting together and see where things go from there. Your first love, no matter how young you were, if you remember it well, will never leave you. When you meet someone else and fall in love, if you meet someone else and fall in love, you kinda forget about that old love, but at certain times it comes back to you. It doesn't mean you were destined to be together or that you didn't know how to love back then and now you do and realize now that had you been older you two would have been together because of your young feelings for each other. But if you don't want to keep guessing, talk to this guy. Tell him how you feel and see what happens.

[Elenesephy]

OMG,I can't help thinking you have a point!-he probably doesn't know me as he thinks/thought he always has.And for the first time,it's scary!but the sooner I found out,the better for both of us.Thanks

[schlierkampification]

No problem!

[ketfoen]

Childhood loves stick with you for the rest of your life and you should cherish it as a good memory if you don't end up with the person.

My childhood love was at the age of 4 and 5 with a cute little girl, which I also wanted to marry, well we moved away and I lost contact with her, we met again 23 years later, she has a son and is still with her boyfriend, she never married.

We laughed and joked together and stayed friends, she also told me I had her first kiss, I totally don't remember it, but it seems she did so I must have made a very good impression.

[Elenesephy]

Aaw!;-(.I had a fear of mine ending like that, but at least you are over it yourself and she has a reason to move on herself-her young family,I mean.

[ketfoen]

yup, but when we spoke I could still feel an attraction between us and even being away from her so long, I couldn't remember her face but when I saw her after so long, it was her beautiful green/grayish eyes which I could remember from my childhood, very weird lol. She also grew up to be very beautiful too, well in my eyes anyways.

[crazybastard]

childhood love? too deep man! I was running around with a soccer ball not thinking about love at all. you people start loving too early in your life. no wonder ya'll so obsessed with relationships!

[Anywayysss]

I used to "love" my third grade teacher. Now 8 years later, I'm repulsed by her.

[kaitlovesyou]

No my friends grandparents are 52 and have been together sense the age of 12

[ilovehotcheetos]

It never dies. My crush from when I was 11 is still the love of my life and Im 20 now.

[myspacemybroke]

It dies like a small kitten struck by lightning.

[MrReal]

I think it depends on how deep the love was.