This is the second love, and it’s usually the one that turns our world upside down. What We Learn: That falling in love is the most incredible feeling in the world, but that not all relationships last forever, and they certainly aren’t always like they appear to be in the movies.

The heartbreak can feel immense, initially, but you usually recover from it quickly. While it certainly feels like true love at the time, it’s not usually the deep, raw love that you’ll experience later on. This love is usually more surface level, with more importance placed on how the relationship might look to others. Often we experience our first love in high school, and usually it ends because the two people either grow apart or because of some trivial argument that the relationship simply isn’t strong enough to withstand.

It’s that all-consuming puppy love and one that, at the time, you think will last forever. The three types of love are the first love, the intense love, and the unconditional love. Ahead, we’re breaking down the meaning of each and what you typically learn from each stage of love. Each love feels totally unique from the other and teaches us something different that shapes the person that we becoming.

A theory that throughout our lifetime, we will fall in love three times, at three different stages of our lives.

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