My first love: “After our first time, he puts on Lionel Richie and makes me dance.”

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"A time that those under 20 cannot experience"? First love, however, occurs in 75 % of cases before this age, according to a 2023 study by Statista . Often fleeting, this moment when we fall in love with each other is no less intense for the protagonists who reveal and expose themselves for the first time without knowing the risks. Let us pay tribute to this person who will remain the one who opened the ball , alerting our senses for the first time and allowing us to learn more about ourselves and others. Today, Chiara (1), a 22-year-old student in the Paris region, is experiencing a very intense relationship with Rayan (1) at the time of Covid.

“I was almost 17 when I met Rayan, at high school. We got close pretty quickly: he teased me in the hallways, we laughed, we walked together. At the end of December 2019, we kissed for the first time. It was a kiss between 16-year-olds.