Who Was It With? 

A guy I met at a concert, later bf

When Did You Realize It was Love? 

About 3 months into our relationship

What Did It Feel Like? 

Being in love feels like you want to be with the other person every second of every day. The minute I'm away from my boyfriend I miss him so much and I just want to run back and stay in his arms forever. Every time I see him I get butterflies and when I'm with him I feel like I can always be myself without ever being judged. Even when he's with his friends, he puts me as his #1 and makes me feel like I'm the most important person in the world. Best of all I know he'll be here for me no matter what. I love him <3

What Happened Next? 

We first met at a concert, like I put before, and we had a good time, but I thought we'd just be friends. He was 21 and I had just turned 18 so he thought I was too young for him. But we started texting anyways and then he asked me if I wanted to hang out. We ended up going to the movies then his place and we kissed a lot, but I wasn't sure if our relationship was going to go anywhere. We then started to hang out every weekend. He had a great personality and I started to like him more and more every time we hung out. He has a silly personality, he's a total bad boy, but he's also extremely smart (which I find very attractive). Finally about a month after we met he asked me to be his girlfriend. I said yes of course and I've seen him almost every week since then. About 3 months into the relationship neither of us said the word "love" yet and I was kind of starting to worry. I knew I loved him, but I wasn't sure if he felt the same way about me. Then one night we were lying on his bed kissing when I told him "I love you." He didn't say it back which made me really confused and hurt. The next time we were together he seemed really serious and almost upset. He told me that there was something I needed to know. He told me about all the horrible things that happened in his past and everything he regretted doing. I looked at him in his gorgeous blue eyes and told him that all of that was in the past and that I would always love him. With tears in his eyes he said that he loved me too and that hes loved me for a while but he wanted me to know everything first. We've been together for about 7 months now and we're still completely in love. We've never been in a fight and not only is he my boyfriend, but he's also my best friend. I've had many relationships in the past, but he's my first true love and I hope that this feeling will last forever :)

Lessons Learned

• Love is a strong feeling and I've thought I've been in love before, but now that I know what love really is, I know I wasn't.
• If you haven't found the right guy for you yet, it doesn't mean you won't. Just don't be in a rush to find "the perfect guy" or you might fall in love with the wrong guy.
• Enjoy life and always be yourself. You want a guy to fall in love with who you are, not someone else.