This one will probably steal
your heart in your early 20’s, in
those years when you’re trying
to figure out who you are and
who you want to be, and
discovering your wings seems
to come with a side of
rebellion. You’ll think you can
change him, but you can’t.
1. The First Love.
Also commonly known as “The
High School Sweetheart.” This
boy is the Kevin to your
Winnie. The Cory to your
Topanga. The Dawson to your
Joey. Sweet, innocent,
idealistic…this is the stuff
coming-of-age movies are
made of. The First Love is
probably the first boy you’ll
ever kiss. (Or at least the first
one you’ll kiss and feel the
earth move.) He probably
plays a sport and wears a
letterman jacket.
2. The One That Could Have
Been (But the Timing Was
Always Off).
May be you met while one of
you was already in a
relationship. Maybe every time
you started to get close, life or
work or something else
completely unexpected came
between you. Maybe it was
simply God watching out for
you, because He knows the
two of you burned too brightly
together to ever sustain a
lasting spark.
Perhaps in another lifetime
you were perfect together…
but not this one.
3. The Bad Boy.
This one will probably steal
your heart in your early 20’s, in
those years when you’re trying
to figure out who you are and
who you want to be, and
discovering your wings seems
to come with a side of
rebellion. You’ll think you can
change him, but you can’t.
(And secretly, you won’t want
to, because if you did, he’d no
longer be the boy who stole
your heart). He’ll make you cry
as much or more as he makes
you laugh. Underneath it all,
you suspect he has a heart of
gold…and he probably does…
but it will take years and many
women after you to uncover it.
4. The One That Got Away.
This boy will seem perfect…
and secretly, you suspect he is.
He’ll say all the right things, do
all the right things, be the very
picture of everything you ever
imagined you wanted…except
now that you have it, you
question if you’re ready for
that kind of perfection. And
chances are, you’re not. Life
knows when you’re ready.
GOD knows when you’re
ready. So even though The
One That Got Away offers you
everything you thought you
wanted, he offers nothing you
KNOW you need. And what you
need is more time. Time to
date other boys you’ll like but
won’t love. Time to not date at
all and just figure out who YOU
are.
Except you didn’t.
5. The One.
I haven’t met this one yet. I
like to think he’s a mix of the
four loves that came before
him. I like to think he’s sweet
and steadfast like The First
Love, and passionate and
challenging like The One That
Could Have Been, and a little
wild and rough around the
edges like The Bad Boy, with
the heart for commitment and
building a life together like The
One That Got Away. I like to
think he’s all of them and none
of them, all at the same time.
I like to think he personifies
this list and also erases it…
using the scattered pieces of
my heart he gently reclaims
from each of them as the
eraser.
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