Adults seeking out their first love to rekindle the childhood romance | 60 Minutes Australia 

The hair dresser: "Yes, this will make you 20 yrs younger" Then proceeded & gave her a granny hair style from the 80's 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm an American who met my first love in Perth while in the US Navy in 1975. We wrote letters to each other the old fashioned way for a year and half and fell in love. Things happened and I let her go. Fast forward to 2016 when I found her. She was living in the US and we reconnected. The first pictures we exchanged were interesting, her wearing a necklace I sent her for her 16th birthday and I sent her a photo of all the love letters and cards she sent me all those years ago. I kept them. We are together now, travel together and share a love of music. It's a pretty good story.

My husband and I broke up in junior high school (in the States). After several marriages and five children between us, we married 33 years after we broke up. We have now been married 32 years and have seven grandchildren between us. Love can find a way when least expected!

I dated my teen romance 25 years later. It lasted for two years, and learned the lesson that the past is best left in the past.

The gal with the box of picture's is delusional. Why does she assume the old boyfriend wants the pictures? She is using the picture's as an excuse to see him. She should not intrude on his life, no disrupt hers.

I agree with the Dr. regarding the lady trying to find an old flame to give him a box of photos. The fact she kept the box this entire time says a lot. It's a bad idea for her if she wants to continue with her current marriage. Maybe I'm old fashioned....but you just shouldn't look up old boyfriends (and try to make contact) when you're married.

My "secret" highschool crush is happily married, living in a gorgeous home in Hawaii with his gorgeous spouse. And, I couldn't be happier for him.

my childhood sweetheart was killed in an horrific car accident when I was 17 he was 18. I never never forget what our love was. we may have been married now if he was still alive

Counting my blessings to be married and together for 47 years now.... looking forward to the coming decades!

I’m glad that therapist was straight up

I married my first love when we were both only 16-17 we are still together 13 years later with 4 children, 3 Beautiful girls and a baby boy that’s named after him ❤

I met my old flame when I was 16, after we split up I moved away for collage, fell in love with someone else and had a child. I never forgot and my boyfriend from school but after a while I gave up thinking I'd ever see him again. Then one day, after 24 years he messaged me on facebook, we started chatting, I felt just as I did all those years ago.. We met up and that was it, we've been back together for 6 years now and I'm the happiest I've ever been!

When i was 16 in 1972 my mom sent me away for the summer,it was to get me away from my 1st boyfriend. He did come to visit but lost contact. Retired back near my hometown and he found me over a year ago after 52 yrs. He filled me in on all those yrs,were smitten,dealing with both mom's passing,family's, retirement,will see where it goes. Cheers from B.C,Canada.

How wonderful people search for their old flames. I see an old flame I run the opposite direction and hide behind a bin.

Happy for those who can find their way to each other again, without hurting anyone. For myself, my exes are exes for a reason! 😂😂😂

Lynn and Bruce getting dolled up for their date warmed my heart 😭❤️

This happened to one of my parents, they got back together and remarried. They moved to another country, they dated at 14. They're very happy now 😊

My mum and dad were married for over 20 years but when they got divorced, a year later my mother’s first boyfriend from when she was 16 contacted her because he was now divorced. They met up and got back together in their 40s and 20+ years on they are still together. It’s a shame that circumstances broke them up, when they were 16 and 18 because they are soulmates.

The woman with the box of photos has not been honest about her true feelings which are causing her driving need of wanting to see him to give them to him.

I feel sorry for the husband with the box wife 😮

I had a great friendship with a guy when we were 18, I was in a happy relationship at the start but it became turbulent and abusive. As time went on I got engaged with my bf of 7 years despite this, sadly he battled with heroin addiction towards the end of his life and passed away on Mother's Day 2016. I lost touch with almost all of our mutual friends, they never reached out to see how I was doing. This friend was different, he always checked up on me. 5 years later, single the whole time, lots of therapy and a nursing degree, my life was stable and I was better off alone. We eventually had a short lived fling, just heat of the moment. I saved up and bought a house on my own, a quiet and lonely life. I invited the old friend to my housewarming thinking it'd be nice to see a familiar face. He left a note behind in a drawer and in the morning told me to read it. Among reminiscing on great memories we shared, he wrote that he has always loved me. We have been together ever since, we share everything together and bever dreamt we could be so lucky to have each other. 12 years of friendship before finally admitting we are perfect for eachother.

“We have a bit of a chemical connection” - coolest line in the whole vid and damn isn’t it so true, that’s really what that first love feels like.

I am happy for those people. Who found their old first love❤❤❤

I am back with my first love ,25 years after we separated couldn't be happier

My first ex-husband was totally fixated on his first love. He'd have intimate phone conversations with her right in front of me. He'd go to see her when her trucker husband was out on the road. Her photo was in his wallet. When I was pregnant with my son, my ex-husband wanted, if I had a daughter, to name her after his "true love". After I finally left him, he didn't get his "happy ending."

😂😂 I lost it when the first guy was asked what he thinks and the first thing was to touch his tummy 😂😂😂

Love it, but also.. this could just as easily be the premise for a great thriller/horror movie about a stalker who finds that their highschool sweetheart is happily married with poor home security. 😂

I accidentally ran into my first love 40 years later- I was tickled pink! We had 3 dates, on the third he confessed to me he liked to wear women’s underwear…😳😳😳 All of a sudden I had this image of my knight In white armor with pink bikini underwear Under his armor- I ran for the hills!!! Somethings are best to be left in the past!!!

So glad I didn’t end up with my first love. I’m not the same person 30 years later and based on some of his FB posts, I wouldn’t want to be associated with him, let alone be in a relationship. Bullet dodged! 😅

The intensity of first love never dies... forever close to my heart 50 years ❤.... later ...LS...due to circumstances, never made it😢 awesome for those first loves to find each other again... blessed❤

Not a chance! Lol 😂 however I wish them all luck and every happiness.

When I was 16 years old I met, which I didn’t know it was gonna be the love of my life. He went to Vietnam while he was gone I got remarried he came back, got remarried, and 20 years later we met at a party and guess what I divorce my husband and ended up marrying him and we lived happily ever after until 10 years ago, when he passed away suddenly ago when he passed away, we were married for over 23 years. And obviously I was ready to leave my marriage which I did and never regretted it for one minute.

I’m happy for you all! My first love is waiting for me in heaven

This is so cute! My first love is now married with 2 kids. We met at 15. And i am so happy for him, he deserves more than a great life, his childhood was hard & really sad, he was living on the streets as a teenager & in & out of boys homes, & always getting in trouble. I tried my best to help him turn into a good man, i studied the bible with him & i feel like i did a good job as he is now religious & married with kids of his own. I was pregnant when we were together to someone else & he was there at the birth & brought my son up for the first 3 years with me until we grew apart. But i will always have huge love for him. And i will never forget him. We still talk every now & then too.

Well done Lynn and Bruce, for giving it a go..

The other side of this is that in reconnecting with an old love, many don't take time to know who this person is today or take time to study this person's actions. Instead, they see that person as who they were decades ago and rush into a relationship. When the "rush" wears off, many find they have made a terrible mistake.

First love never dies😊

I had bad taste when I was young. I would never want to see an ex, much less rekindle something.

It's a beautiful thing to rekindle old flames❤❤❤

I’ve witnessed a lot of old school lovers who meet at reunion and then cheated on their spouse. Old school reunion ain’t good if you’re still in marriage because you Will definitely divorce your partner for your first school lover.

I see trouble brewing for Tanya's marriage. I would be extremely unhappy if my husband would want to move heaven and earth to find an old school love. I don't see this ending well.

Early love can definitely leave a lasting impression But somebody from my past looked me up to try to reconnect and my feeling was just, thank goodness I didn't end up with him. Found the real true love of my life when I was older. He's 1,000 times better than the childhood ones, in every way. I have some kept lifelong platonic girl friends though. They are sweet friendships because of history.

My meeting with my first love after 56 years in Paris was a catastrophe!! We first met in England kn art school. I left to study and live in Germany and then married after which my husband and I retired to Sri Lanka. My husband died. He found me in the Internet as I still used my maiden name. It was a very unpleasant experience. He turned out to be a terribly different difficult person whom I could not put up with. After two days I left Paris and flew back to Germany where I was on holiday breathing a sigh of great relief that I did not marry him! So it does not always turn out well!!!

The married woman trying to reconnect with her ex is wild. Girl he doesn't want those damn photos 😂

I stay in touch with my high school boyfriend. I am divorced and he is married. It has been over 50 years. Lots of affection and memories.

Almost this exact story happened to my old colleague and it was absolutely magical to hear her story !

I met a young Aussie on holiday in 1988. We met at Surfers literally bumping into each other on the busy street. Not realizing it was love at first site. We weren't teenagers, he was 24 and I was 29! Never felt like that about anyone! I kept all his love letters under my bed for my 20 year marriage! It was a world wind romance! Fast forward and not having ever forgotten him (I named my youngest Sydney) It was under the Sydney Harbour Bridge that I knew I was hopelessly in love! I finally found him on Facebook 25 years later. We rekindled, long distance (I live in Canada) We were in daily contact for almost 3 years ( he named his only daughter after me) and then he abruptly stopped communicating! That was extremely difficult. Good luck to anyone in the same situation!

I looked up my first love/husband after 38 yrs. I found, I visited, l left. He had so many chances to improve his life, but he preferred alcohol over EVERYthing. A very talented artist-but wasted it all. Oh well, now I know.

When I joined Facebook in 2009, I was pleasantly surprised to start receiving contacts from my old high school friends. Despite being away from my hometown for over 25 years, I was able to reconnect with many of them. Of course, I was still struggling with the fact that I was gay, and only one of my friends knew. When I tried to get in touch with him, I was devastated to learn that he had been killed in a hate crime. It was the most heartbreaking news I ever received over the internet. I am in a relationship for over 30 years, I am so devasted that my sweetheart never had that chance. RIP Jimmy 💔

Yep I married my childhood sweetheart after we rekindle thanks to fb. Can’t explain it but it’s like we had always been together. Best thing we ever did and have been happily married no w for over 4yrs. They say you never forget your first love and we never did.

I did meet briefly with a long lost love after 16 years. You realise they got the dream life you thought you were going to have with them. The reason for contact was losing my sister. At the time I was what I thought was in a happy marriage. How times change. I'd still go on a coffee date because I never fell out of love.

Good story But I must say, that Bruce and Lynne look like they're in their late 60's to early 70's as opposed to being in their mid-50's. I often see Australians looking much, much older.

Love This My Face Hurt from Smiling all through This I never forgot my first love either

If your first love shows up, RUN!!!!

I dont think Anyone forgets their first love and the older they get, the more curious they become. It's a combination of "do you think about me periodically the way I think about you? and wanting to connect with someone who truly knew you well "way back when". BUT...if you are happily married, making this connection is pitting your spouse and your reality against your first love and your dreams and would be a Huge mistake.

I've tried to look for an ex for over 20 years here and there, no luck...and finally this year I found him and he has already passed away, that's how I found him from a funeral home page. I regret not finding him earlier.

My first love happened when I was 15 we were best friends as well, but we broke up after 2 years. Over many years we tried to contact each other but we always missed on the timing. When I was in my 40's I happened to be in the area and gave his mom a call she gave me his number and told me he was married. I talked with my dad about it and he said don't call it could cause problems and hurt. I didn't call and threw away the number. I am 77 now and still think about him from time to time. I am happy I didn't make that call.

Through Facebook I was able to catch up with my heartthrob since the age of 16. He is 2 years older than I am and the years have been rough on him because of alcoholism and a few failed marriages. Those images I had carried around in my head for so long bore no resemblance to what I found. I was glad for the answer but very sorry he wound up the way he did. Needless to say, the fantasy abruptly ended.

We have done that. My husband an I were school sweethearts. He was my first boyfriend and will be my last husband 😂 We got married at the young age of 50yrs old😂😂

Ahhh there's nothing like first love.

I've never gotten over my first love . We were victims of circumstance.

It can also lead to disaster and you end up remembering why it didn't work out the first time. Coming from experience, remember the good and the bad.

I understand! Through facebook, I was able to find my "First love". We are still good friends and nothing more.🥰

I married my first crush , we met after 13 years. Happily married with one child and counting 😄

Thats a nice story, but I hope my first love doesn't watch this and start looking for me.

Oh boy….. I’m dyslexic and I read that title very, very wrong. I saw the words, “adult, childhood, and romance” and I literally thought this was gonna be a completely different video….. That goodness it’s not what I was expecting. 😭

Last love is more powerful… sometimes you’re lucky enough to have them be the same person.

Awwww I so wanted this for sooo long but now I am married to the real love of my life.

The woman with the box of photographs, is crazy! How disrespectful to her husband!!😡 Husband needs to kick her to the curb. If she does find her old boyfriend, I hope he doesn’t even remember her!😂

That wife that wants to find the ex howd you feel if your husband is looking for his ex girlfriend? He might be saying just looking for her to return the photos but you cant really be sure what will happen when they see each other. Its not a nice feeling is it. Youre not being empathetic. (Oh just listening now about this dr telling her the same stuff lol).

My first “love” found me on Facebook years later. He’s married. I’m divorced. He messaged me so we chatted a bit. Then he wouldn’t stop messaging me. I wasn’t interested in talking with a married man and ignored him till he went away. Lol. The lady with the box is delusional and ridiculous.

I absolutely hated most people I meet in school. At most, I liked people enough to hangout now and again. Cannot absolutely relate 😂 I'm graduating Med school in two weeks, grateful I meet my boyfriend elsewhere.

Never under-estimate how great the 80s were!

Since when did 60 mins allow comments 😂

Well, this sounds great what about when you only remember his name and wonderful memories!? I think just let it go…

Is it sweet to see how he never stopped looking for her... However Lynn 53? No way.

Just burn the box 😫

Nah, I'm a realist. In-between too many other memories are created which you were no part of. Why waste time on unknowns. If it did not work out the first time around, there probably was a good reason for it.

The first cut is the deepest, said Rod Stewart.

Tried this once. Didn't end well.

I have no boxes. Despite some good ending, life doesn't move backwards.

I have 2 former loves from my teen years, both being long resolved and I am very glad. Did finally get the love I had dreamed of as a young girl, we are so well suited for each other, plus the love we share is way more solid and beautiful than the former ones. We are indeed best friends, but didn't meet in our teen years

How lucky are we. Great story.

It ended for a reason the first time

That interviewer is top notch - love her!

I made contact with my high school love (we were together for four years.) I was totally in love with him. I contacted him at age 46 after my divorce. We talked and talked but there was no spark on his part, just friendship. He was divorced by his wife after his time in the service (Vietnam) and he was obviously afraid to try again. I moved on. Yes, at the bottom of that was knowing each other well as teenagers and the shared history of having the same background, same school memories, friends etc.

Liz you are glowing absolutely gorgeous here! ❤60 minutes always watching love from USA Michigan ❤

Awwww❤❤❤The couple meeting are both so sweet! Samantha and Kirk are so cute 🥰 too. Marty is cute too.

If I survive this marriage I will never ever even date.

Gosh I do not want to see any one from high school it was the worst time on my life I wouldn't like to see them egen, unfortunately I have seen some of them but I just pretend don't know them.

Too bad if your first love wasn't her/his first love... 🤨Tuff luck I guess... Don't give up True Love is out there, have faith Ya'll

Yep. I married mine 43 years ago.😊

I met my favorite guy 43 yrs later and the sweet, kind and fun loving gjynwas gone! he became an egotistical prick! life changes people, that's the facts!

After 40 years I reconnected with my first love. But only after 8 months he passed away. I am still heartbroken.

THIS is just the most beautiful thing

If you meet in person, years later, it will probably ruin those “perfect, fantasy” memories that you have of him!

What a story thanks for sharing David !! 🙏 I wish you the best 💕

Married my ole flame and every day was a honeymoon until he passed away 5years later Our story is a romance novel waiting to be written

Why does Tanya think her old boyfriend would want those pictures of their past relationship? If he’s not contacted her again since all those years, that pretty much means he doesn’t care. 😖

Praying for the man God has for me 🙏💯🤗🥰