Remember the time when you still had pimples, wore braces and had just hit puberty? You hated the other sex and had no clue what 'love' was, until that certain someone walked into the frame and changed everything forever. It was love at first sight and your heart melted like butter on a hot aaloo parantha. Even after all these years, you still have that face etched in your mind. We go on to meet a lot of people in our lives, but the first crush always has a special place in our hearts. Here are 11 reasons why childhood crushes are the most special:

11. It also taught you the most important lesson of your life - that it always goes on.

10. Unlike now, love didn't hurt.

There was beauty even in rejection, which by the way did not hamper your spirits or kept you from trying again.