The first cut is the deepest...

What is it about the first love for a woman that you give your heart away in a way that you never do again? Most women (and some men) decide no one will ever hurt them like that ever again, so they never allow all of them to be revealed - to anyone. They just cannot go out on that limb. Getting sawed off was so painful that we never venture that far again. This was certainly true for me.
I just didn't want DD to suffer the same pain - or the same plight...