Freshly budding love is the best

Love is ironic. When falling in love for the first time, there is no blueprint you follow, you don't have any prior experience, so you have no idea what to expect. In other words, oftentimes, your first love is indeed special, in a lot of good ways. But they are also the first person to hurt you, the first person to teach you what you don't want in a relationship. In this case, OP's first (now ex) boyfriend said all the right things, despite his actions saying all the wrong things. At one point…

Our first serious relationship is a rite of passage for many of us, and the lessons we learn can stay with us for a lifetime. Whether it's learning to be more patient, more understanding, or more confident, there's always something to take away from the first time you call someone your girlfriend/boyfriend. On r/AskMen , one user raised the question of what the men in the group learned from their first serious relationship . Many talked about heartbreak and betrayal, but the majority of men sha…