i was 17 when i split up with my first love. it took me a year to move on, but i got back into the dating game. me and him stayed good friends - the best thing about our relationship was that we were best friends first and foremost, and that carried on. he introduced me to his gf, whom he got with bout 1year after we split, and they were together for 2years. i had no significant loves, but several relationships between the ages of 17 and 21. then, when he split up with his gf when we began to get close again. a few moonths later he told me thta he stil had feelings for me, and asked me what i thought about giving us another go. i was wary - i'd been really hurt when we split up, but i knew that i was still in love with him. we have now been together 18months (thias time, about3years in total!) and have never been happier.
some may well get over their first love. we thought we had. turned out we hadnt. and we are plannign our future together now. the time apart was brilliant for us, we learnt so much more about ourselves and each other, that we wouldnt have learned if we were together.