First crush; Sandra
First inspiration to write endless love letters (with 300 miles' separation we were were definitely GI); Heather
First experience of exaltation (with her as my dancing partner we made onlookers weep, a la Torvil & Dean); Marilyn
First experience of desolation (from the outset I knew she wanted to become a Carmelite; Miriam
First experience of utter inadequacy (I wasn't anywhere near Jewish enough for her mother); Rachel
First experience of complete fulfilment (I couldn't even remember what it was like to have been single); Yvonne

Fond memories all and each, in their way, was a "first love".

Cheers, Rowan