I think this is romantic: slow dancing with Heidi Wegner in somebody's basement, in the 7th grade at my first boy-girl party to 10cc's 'I'm Not In Love' (still love that song) . She and I had been friendly for a few years already but that moment changed me forever. All my senses were overwhelmed with her nearness, her smell, her touch, our shared movement. In one sense that is when I entered puberty (I'm only half-joking) but it's also when I began to realize the possibilities of a physically and emotionally intimate relationship. That's one of those moments I'll remember on my death-bed.

Yes semi- painful feelings about it