Comments on: Notes on First Love http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jen http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-31733 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:45:52 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-31733 So.....were you ejaculating, snotting all over, or crying when he disappeared beyond the ivy? Some say less is more. So…..were you ejaculating, snotting all over, or crying when he disappeared beyond the ivy?
Some say less is more.

]]> by: AS http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-25223 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:45:45 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-25223 Aside from the beautiful content of your story, I would just like to say that after the first paragraph, I sat up in my chair, and until the end of the story, I leaned in, my face inches away from the computer, and ohhhed and ahhhed at the WAY you wrote this story. You truly have a gift, much much much more than anyone I have read on commonties before, for writing. Your analogies are right on, your use of personification is amazing (anguish, the tyrant - wow!), and you tell the story in a beautiful voice. I LOVED IT!! Thank you. Aside from the beautiful content of your story, I would just like to say that after the first paragraph, I sat up in my chair, and until the end of the story, I leaned in, my face inches away from the computer, and ohhhed and ahhhed at the WAY you wrote this story.

You truly have a gift, much much much more than anyone I have read on commonties before, for writing. Your analogies are right on, your use of personification is amazing (anguish, the tyrant - wow!), and you tell the story in a beautiful voice.

I LOVED IT!! Thank you.

]]> by: Scott http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9201 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:31:24 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9201 Thanks for the kind posts. RS: You sense rightly: although I\'ve lived long enough to have regrets, this love certainly is not among them. And you\'re right on about the path on which these experiences leave bread crumbs. As for where he is, suffice to say, he\'s out there somewhere, and, I suspect, he also agrees with your conclusions. Thanks for the kind posts. RS: You sense rightly: although I\’ve lived long enough to have regrets, this love certainly is not among them. And you\’re right on about the path on which these experiences leave bread crumbs. As for where he is, suffice to say, he\’s out there somewhere, and, I suspect, he also agrees with your conclusions.

]]> by: Josh http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9159 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:02:08 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9159 I think you captured the feeling of waiting for a response from a love better than anyone else I've ever read. Great work. I think you captured the feeling of waiting for a response from a love better than anyone else I’ve ever read. Great work.

]]> by: Randall Shirley http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9093 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:43:58 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/04/02/notes-on-first-love/#comment-9093 Interesting work, Scott. I was right there with you in the first kiss from another man--such a clear memory. Ah, but better to have loved and lost! I regret none of my lost loves (nor do I sense that you do), for they all led me to the richer love I have with my partner today. But like you, there are certain "t-shirts" and "raincoats" that trigger their memory...I don't personally own those objects, but I see them around. You captured this all quite beautifully. But, like at the end of a good book, I believe the author truly knows "what happens next." So, where is he? Interesting work, Scott. I was right there with you in the first kiss from another man–such a clear memory. Ah, but better to have loved and lost! I regret none of my lost loves (nor do I sense that you do), for they all led me to the richer love I have with my partner today. But like you, there are certain “t-shirts” and “raincoats” that trigger their memory…I don’t personally own those objects, but I see them around. You captured this all quite beautifully. But, like at the end of a good book, I believe the author truly knows “what happens next.” So, where is he?

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