Can high-school sweethearts last?
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Warning, adult content. The Hookup, Love and F***ing on Triple J. Can first loves last? On the podcast, we're talking about high school sweethearts, how you can make those relationships last and what you might miss out on if your first love is your only love. Soon you'll hear from a clinical psychologist on how you might be able to get over those first relationship humps. But first, I checked to Rebecca, who's been with her husband for nine years. They met when he was 15 and she was 17. And Bec says their love is still growing strong, despite the challenges of growing up together. Yeah,
I really agree that you do change. I'm not the person I was 10 years ago, and he's definitely not the person he was 10 years ago. But I think the key is that in a good relationship, you do grow, but you grow together as opposed to growing apart. So I think it can kind of be luck of the draw because, you know, you are so young when you're in high school. You're still kids
and you
don't really know who you are. But, you know, if you can work together and become better people together, then it really does work. And in regards to, you know, staying, keeping it fresh, we're just nice to each other. I don't know how else to put it, to be honest. Yeah. You know, we still adore each other and we've never had a fight in 10 years. Wow. Yeah. I mean, we're cute as ever, honestly. We're adorable. It's ridiculous. I'll give myself credit in that. But I think, yeah, just honestly being nice to each other, not saying anything that you are going to regret, that you're not going to be able to take back is crucial. And just treating each other with respect and love is, going to get you through anything to be honest
yeah do you ever sort of get a bit of FOMO though do you ever wonder what else could be out there Yeah,
I mean, when we were about a year into our relationship and we did have a break for about three months, it was sort of a tricky time. And I did kind of consider looking elsewhere. We broke up on mutual terms back then. But then we both just realised that we were each other's person and there was honestly no point looking. When I was considering looking for someone else, I was looking for the same traits that I saw in him. And I thought, well, what's the point of looking for someone like him if he's right there sort of thing? And, you know, we weren't there. We're only apart for, yeah, about three months, so a blip in, you know, time compared to your whole relationship. So, yeah, but, you know, he is my soulmate, definitely.
And, you know, I'd be lost without him and he's the same with me.
I
mean, we just hope it's
romantic. It's shocking. Well, good on you, Rebecca. Thanks for calling in.
No worries. Thanks, Nat.
Taylor from Port Pirie in South Australia, how are you doing? You've been together with your partner for a very long time, since you were 15, 16?
Yeah, I was 14 and he was 15, so we've been about 11 years now. Hasn't been easy, but it's definitely worth it. We've worked through a lot of different things and as the others were saying, we've grown as people together.
How did Rebecca’s high‑school sweetheart relationship survive nine years?
and grew independently. But yeah, it was probably stronger than ever now.
What sort of conflicts did you kind of come up against? I mean, maybe not specific to you, but like, was there anything that you felt was part of just leaving high school and growing up and getting into your 20s? Did you feel like you grew apart at all?
Yeah, there was different things like different interests and it kind of, kind of going in different directions. But We chose to work on it and try to support each other through the different things instead of, you know, just kind of giving up.
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