How to Get Over Your First Love

Tips for Getting Over that Tough First Relationship

The Writer
If you ever want to have a successful relationship again, then you are going to have to get over your first love. Most of us have those first loves and then watch them as they go away. We let them go. A certain few hold onto that first love, though. If this is you, then you need to read this article, which will read like a self-help on how to get over that first love.

Out of sight often means out of mind. If you really want to get over that first love, then quit talking to them. Get rid of your means of communication. Block their internet name, delete their phone number, and cut it all off. This might sound difficult, but it will be the best thing for you. You will feel some hurt and some pain to begin with, but eventually you will see the benefit of this break in communication. If you really want to get over that person, it is essential not to even try to be friends. It will not work that way. If you get as far enough away from them, then you will get over them quickly. Never, under any circumstances, put yourself through having to witness the terrible experience of them getting over you.

You will love again. Remember that. It is not the end of the world when you break it off. Everybody had a first love that they had to get over at some point. Ask around to those who are closest to you. How did they get over it? What exactly did they do to move on? If you learn these things, you will stand a better chance of getting over that first love of yours.

It is important to lean on, and cry on, those who are closest to you. You have those best friends for a reason. Use your best friend to cry on for a while. You must realize that good relationships will help to rejuvenate your life. If you let some relationships go while you were out making whoopee with your first love, then do what you can to get back to that point with your relationships. If you ditched your best friend for a guy or a gal, then you have some apologizing to do. If they are a true friend, you can probably build that relationship back up, though. You will need to realize that trying to get over this by yourself is probably the worst idea that you could ever have. Your friends will be there for you and sometimes getting those feelings out into the open is the best thing you can do.

While you want to lean on those best friends, you must also remember to be courteous of them. These folks are your friends, but they are not to be abused. They will be patient to a point, but sometimes they will get tired of hearing what you have to say. Respect them and do not wallow around in self-pity. The sooner you get out of this self-pity cycle, the better off you will end up.

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  • Out of sight, out of mind
  • Remember that there are more out there for you
  • Use your friends
The first love is the hardest to get over.

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  • Vimala4/29/2012

    I am loving him..................................

  • OVER2/23/2011

    When i was n the 6th grade i saw the boy of my dreams, that summer we started going out, we went out until the middle of our 8th grade year, i dont know why we broke up, but for some reason he always waned to talk to me and hang out with me, he was all talk he always wanted pictures and stuff, we had a great friendship until he got his next gf then he started acting werid, and they broke up but something has just been weird, im in the middle/end of my tenth grade year, and now he just ignores me wont give me a reason for anything just ignores and i cant get him out of my mind i always think about of him and i just dont know what to do no more

  • Broken :/12/16/2010

    Almost a month ago the girl of my dreams dumped me, she left me for some guy and we were together for 3 and half years. Since i was 14 and now im going to be 18. I have many wonderful friends trying to help me but she was my bestfriend. ive wanted to kill myself because she keeps me around thinking she still wants me but only was doing it so if that guy hurts her she has me to fall back on. I loved her so much and our relationship was so complicated but amazing, many people didnt want us together. I cry everyday and everynight. I pray to God she comes back to me because without her i feel lost. :'( I hope within time i could move on and find someone that loves me for what i have... please pray for me.

  • Beau12/16/2010

    Ok so i knew this girl, and she was really fun to be around, i mean i never had this much fun when i was on a date, i always tried to work too hard to try and impress them and then i would lose sight of the actual fun i was supposed to be having, but not with her. We started seeing each other and after a while i guess you could say that we had a "thing". A few months earlier i had learned that she had a crush on me, and i admit i liked her back, but she had just broke with my friend so i thought it was too soon, so i gave it time but eventually forgot about her. Then a few months later we start talking again and we decide to hang out and stuff. Then she revealed to me that she had a boyfriend, and i was devastated. She said that she was only going to be with him a little while longer and she said that she cared more about me than anyone else, and i believed her. 5 months later she still didn't break up with him so i said forget it, but i still have really really strong fe

  • Ben12/15/2010

    Meandmyexhavebeenbestfriendsforaslongasicanrememberallthroughhighschoolwewereinseperable,Iwashomecomingkindandshewasqueen.Wehadfriendstogetherandlifewasgooduntilthissummer.Thencollegecameandshesaidthatididntadoreherasmuchasiusedtowhichisnttrueijustdidnthavethemoneytobetakingherondatesallthetimeanddoingcutethingsforher..andthenwebrokeupanditsbeenterriblewehardlyeventalktoeachothernowandshealreadyisgettingintoarelationshipwiththisotherguyandhangingoutwithhimallthetimeandprettymuchthrowingherselfathimeventhoitsonlybeenamonthsincewebrokeupandicantstandit!inevercheatedortalkedbadorfooledaroundoranythingandnowthis!whatdoido? i mean i can just feel we are suppose to be together. but i dont know how to get back with her

  • ali9/11/2010

    how do i get over someone who i have been with for 16 and a half years and have 2 great kids, he continously cheated and i forgave him but now he gone im begging him to come back i just cant see ourselves living without him, PLEASE HELP!

  • riley8/31/2010

    how am i suppose to get over my first love when he is my best friend?
    the thing is we never got together because we never knew that both our love was returned. he ended up with my best friend (who knew that i loved him) altho now they have broken up.
    i am still best friends with my First Love. i cant possibly just cut of all ties!
    damn, i will never get over him then...

  • ronnie6/24/2010

    and i do agree with some of you guys! this is how i fel.. i know i need to let go and on some days i even want to! i dont miss him not at all.. i miss who i thought he was! he was the best thing about my life.. and i still replay the date in my head where i met him. i have so many people i could date at this moment. my life is finally starting to fall inn place. thats what i said to my self... and then i remembered zach :( i cant take this pain! but i cant let go. i know there is still something between us. theres gotta be! i feel in love with him the day i met him NEVER EVER thought he would do this to me!

  • Ronnie Bailey6/24/2010

    well, my love Zach. was EVERYTHING to me.. and we never dated or anything. but we ''Talked'' for about 11 months ( as of yesterday ] and every time i see him with anyother girl i honsetly wish i had a gun... it hurts sooo bad! like i cant even explain it. we just stopped talking and i dont even know what i did. i feel for him soo hard. and you guys are so lucky! because, he now hates me. so all of you guys that get to be friends with your exes live it up! because, mine hates me with everything he has! and he tells me thattt..

  • pooh20095/12/2010

    well i have been on and off in a relationship for a little over a year & a half. we meet on a party line. when we first started talking it was strictly friends. then september 14,2008 he asked me to be his girl. 2 weeks later he said he loved me, of course i said it back because i thought it was the rite thing to do. then that december i loged into his myspace account and see that he was messing with other girls. i stayed with him even tho he was talking to other people, he told me that he would stop. over time things became worse. i started haveing confertations with these females. he kept lying & i still stayed. oh and this was a long distance relationship. he lived in south carolina & i stayed in ohio. we never seen each other but i was deeply in love with him. last week we broke up for good. yesterday we talked and he told me he had a girl...the girl he is with is the girl i have been asking him about for the longest. he toldme not to call him anymore & to move on with my life. i w

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