My first love

Of all the experiences of our school life, one of the most significant is our first love relationship. And it is important because it is something that prepares us for our future life, because it is the basis of our feelings, our interpersonal relationships and the essence of the formation of our family.

I must say that my first love in school was in junior high school, in ninth grade. And, if I am honest, what pushed me towards that relationship was the way and the number of times Nereida rejected me.

It all started with an argument I had with another boy who, apparently, was interested in her. The argument was over something related to sports or music and a teacher had to intervene when he saw that the argument was escalating.

I remember that she took sides with him and that bothered me.

From that moment on, flowers began to appear in her classroom, papers with phrases that she looked for from literary authors and left them for him or, simply, in Spanish classes she would compose texts that were meant for her.

One day she surprised me by putting one of my love mails and I must say that it has been one of the most pleasant embarrassments I have ever had in my life.

Nereida asked me why I had not been brave and expressed all that to her in person. I don't remember exactly the answer I gave her, but, the bottom line is that I thought she wouldn't notice me because that other guy I had argued with was obviously interested in her and, apparently, she reciprocated because they had been together for a long time.

From that moment on I had no other thought than to be by her side, to talk to her, to know about her tastes, her aspirations in life; in short, about everything she liked.

But, contrary to what you might think, it was not easy for us to become sweethearts. I remember that I spent 27 days trying to get her to say yes so I could feel like the luckiest guy in school.

One of the things that helped the relationship materialize was music. She had Roberto Carlos as her favorite singer and I knew practically all the songs she liked.

So, I started making up a gift and copied 33 Roberto Carlos songs and gave them to her as a gift. At that time we didn't have computers at school and I had to copy the songs in my own handwriting. I remember she told me that it was the nicest gift she had ever received.

Without me knowing it, she became my girlfriend that day because when she said goodbye she gave me a different kiss.

The following days were the most beautiful of those experienced in junior high school because I had conquered my first love. Those who lived through that stage know that courtships were quite conservative and often did not go beyond a couple of erotic kisses.

Nereida and I had a beautiful romance and, I must say, thanks to her I became a better student because I could not afford to look bad in front of her.

She taught me that to conquer something you have to fight and that what is achieved with sacrifice is cared for and appreciated much more.

For those things of adolescence that one does not explain, the relationship ended, but the beautiful thing was the experience lived with that girl who taught me several things that prepared me for my future.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading.

Note: I have used the translator DeepL Translate.

The images were taken from my family album.

Note: I have used the translator DeepL Translate.
The image is taken from my family album.