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First Loves: Then Vs. Now

You never forget your first love. It's heavy stuff to go through, just like those in The Spectacular Now, playing select cities, nationwide August 28.

First loves are always going to be kinda awkward.

And then really romantic.

...but some things have certainly changed.

1. Like trying to flirt online without being too obvious:

2. Then leaving your crush a secret note:

3. And where you wait a million hours for a response:

4. Food that you and your date could get for about twenty bucks:

5. Finally making your relationship official:

6. Posting photos of the two of you together:

7. Sharing your favorite jams:

8. Staying in to watch a video:

9. Grand declarations of asking someone to prom:

10. Getting noticed when you show up for the big night:

11. If the relationship goes long-distance after graduation, this is how you interact:

12. You store his/her picture someplace close:

13. If the love starts to fade, this type of stuff starts:

14. Then there's an inevitable breakup. It feels like this:

But whenever/whatever happened in your first love, it most certainly existed in The Spectacular Now:

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