First love can also be your true love. But I think that is rare, especially if it happens at a very young age.
Something that sets you up for the real, true love is how old you are when it happens and how much life experience you have. When you are really young, most of us don't have a clue. Odds are if your first love is when you are really young, it is based on really simple understanding about life. about it all being new, physical attraction - and you may not even truly know what you want.
I think the true love, "the one" it comes at a time where you really know what is important to you in life, you have some experience of good and bad, and you find someone who understands you and accepts you for who you are, and you accept them for who they are and understand them, and you have a physical and mental and emotional connection that is over the top. The person is your best friend, the person you trust the most, and you have a crazy chemistry physically. Where you would throw yourself in front of a train to save them, and they would for you.
I think there is a level of true love that not many achieve... something that has a lot of depth and complexity and you almost feel as one with the other person. You like who they are, you love being with them, you accept all of their flaws and maybe even find them endearing. When you are in their arms you feel like you are "home". You can talk about anything. And its a love based as much on how they are on the inside as how they are on the outside - for both of you. And you have been on a journey with this person, known each other, spent a lot of time together, you got past all the superficial stuff and got down to the real authentic stuff - and realize that at the deepest level of your true selves, you are soul mates and feel an amazing bond and acceptance. Some people are just not capable of this kind of love. A lot of people are not.
I don't know if there is only one true love for everyone, I don't think that is true, but to get to a really serious love that is going to stand the test of time and all the ups and downs, the two of you have to be really close and let each other get very deep and close have that true bond. Its not easy to find / achieve, and it takes two for it to happen. When it does happen, you will realize that the world is a much more amazing place than you ever thought before. You have a romance that just goes on and on. You are one of those couples that everyone looks at, and feels some envy. :-)
Some people spend their whole lives looking for a love like this and never find it. Its not easy to achieve, but once you find that person, it feels easy to live it.
You stated it perfectly. I also want to add, however, that you can't achieve true love until you reach a point in your life where you love yourself too. You have to know yourself and low your strengths and weaknesses just as much as your true love in order to be open enough to accept them. If you're insecure about yourself and can't accept yourself how you are, even if your partner does love you, you will be pushing them away and think you don't deserve them. True love is about tolerance, acceptance, loyalty, and companionship.
According to me, your first love is your first time being in love with someone else. You’re no longer in the puppy dog love state but in actual genuine love and happiness with a person.
True love is kind of different, you can have true love with your first love too if it works out but true love works differently. True love to me is developed over time with a partner who you do love but you both went through trials and challenges yet still together. It’s not a specific milestone that defines but when both people acknowledge the beauty of their time together does it become known as true love.
Love is love, and I think people all define it differently. But if you mean "first love" as in the first time you personally THOUGHT you were in love (but wasn't) it's definitely different. The "first love" by that definition happens anywhere from the age of 5-18 years old. However "true love" rarely happens before the age of 16, and mostly it's after 18 years.
I remember the first time I thought I was in love, I was 13 years old, I didn't understand the word at all, and I hate thinking back on it. I've been with my boyfriend for about 2 years now, and I am finally comfortable saying that I am in love for real this time.
Love is love, doesn't matter if it's first or last. Generally speaking, people who 'fall in love' in early teens or so often confuse infatuation with love. Love takes time, you need to build it with your partner, accept how they are, give them their freedom, loyalty shouldn't even be a hard thing for you, cherish them and despite being aware of all the negative traits you may see or know about them, they'll still be the best you have. This is what is love.
My first love happened when I was 14 and lasted until I was 32. It was caring, and it was a strong bond. It was convenient. My true love began shortly after the first love. My true love was unexplainable. All the feelings being so much stronger than you ever thought possible. I wanted to spend every minute I could with her and I would have done anything I possibly could to make her happy. Feelings that great can also create a fear of losing it which can cause problems.
First love teaches you to prepare for what comes in a relationship and true love is when you and your partner understands what you guys want and settlesdown
True love is when you meet someone who's irreplaceable. Love is like cities. nyc is irreplaceable thus it is a true city but baton rouge is 100% replaceable
First love is just new and exciting and it might last or might not last , but true love comes in time , when someone stands by you at all costs , and removes selfishness to be with you
First love and true love are the same. We were both young and inexperienced. Learned about love and life together. Still happily married and in love after over 56 years.
