The way it should be

Me and my best friend were swinging quietly on a swing outside my parents place. My father liked to build these types of things with us. He said he liked to feel that we were safe.My friend Jason Thomas had just come back from his first date. He called it a fling, which really didn't make sense because they were both single; however, I said nothing.He told me that this first date was more then just a date. It was his first love of his life. He told me prior to today, he hadn't experienced any feelings for the opposite sex.I was pleased for him. I mean he was a great guy and I remember my first date and if I'm honest I probably felt the same way too.

It felt like she was the one though. I never considered her a fling or anything. I think our first love is a very special time for usI guess that's why me and Kelly were still together. She was all I really needed. I think Jason deep down was perhaps mixed up about what love was and I felt that I could protect him from getting hurt.Over the coming weeks we talked about the concept of first love and why it's important for our emotional development.

We asked each other over time, why is it so important? Is it the bench mark which we judge every other relationship?I can safely say that I will never have what many would consider a fling. I'm just not that sort of kid. I say kid but I might as well say man now I think about it. I'm pretty mature for my age. I don't think I was ever much of a kidJason looked so happy. I'd never seen such expressions on his face. I started to wonder if that's how I was when it happened to me.

My mother at the time made a remark that I brushed aside. She said I looked like I had a spring in my stepLooking back I think my mother was right because ever since that moment, I felt I was forming better relationships.