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Sun, January 29, 2023 | 03:07
70% of those in 20s, 30s want to keep first love in memory
미혼녀들에 "첫사랑 만나고 싶나?" 물으니 70%가…
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The number of viewers of the Korean film, “An Introduction of Architecture” which portrays a woman’s first love with her classmate, has exceeded 3.5 million, industry sources said Monday. The film helps moviegoers remember their first love.

i-um.com, a website that arranges blind dates for single people, conducted a survey of 1,020 unmarried people in their 20s and 30s from April 10 through April 23.

When asked would they like to reunite with their first lover, 70 percent of respondents said no. They said they just wanted to keep the first love in their memories.

On the timing of their first love, one third of male respondents said they had their first when they attended college, followed by high school (30 percent), middle school (26 percent) and primary school (11 percent).

About 40 percent of female respondents answered that they experienced their first love when they attended college, followed by primary school (30 percent) and middle and high school (15 percent each).
When asked who their first lover was, 59 percent of male respondents and 40 percent of female interviewees said it was one of their classmates.

Twenty-six percent of males questioned said their first lover was a younger or older alumnus of their alma mater, while 23 percent of females said it was one of their friends.

As to physical affection, a half of respondents answered that they held hands with their partner during dates, whereas 43 percent said they kissed. Eight percent said they had sexual intercourses.
Seventy-eight percent of male respondents and 90 percent of female interviewees said they had vivid memories of their first love, the survey said.

When asked what their definition of first love was, 41 percent of respondents said it was pureness, followed by romance (30 percent), virility (19 percent), passion (7 percent) and pain (4 percent).

미혼녀들에 "첫사랑 만나고 싶나?" 물으니 70%가…
첫사랑의 아련한 추억을 떠올리게 하는 영화 ‘건축학개론’이 관객 350만을 돌파하며 연일 화제다. 첫사랑의 달콤쌉싸름한 기억을 불러일으키는 내용 덕분에 요즘 20~30대 청춘 남녀들이 첫사랑 신드롬에 빠져있다. 영화는 특히 30대 싱글남성들의 공감대를 형성하며 남성들의 절절한 첫사랑을 생생한 기억으로 다시 불러냈다. 그렇다면 실제 20~30대 싱글남녀들의 ‘첫사랑’에 대한 기억은 어떨까? 신개념 소개팅 서비스 이음은 지난 10~23일까지 20~30대 성인 미혼남녀 1020명을 대상으로 ‘첫사랑’에 대한 설문조사를 실시했다. 먼저 “첫사랑과 다시 재회하고 싶은가”라는 질문에 전체 설문 참여자의 70%인 714명이 “재회하지 않고 그냥 기억 속에 묻어두고 싶다”라고 답해 영화와 현실은 다르다는 것을 보여주었다. 싱글남녀들은 첫사랑을 마음속으로만 그리며 좋은 추억으로 간직하고 싶어 하는 것으로 나타났다. “첫사랑 시기는 언제였는가?”라는 질문에 전체 남성 설문참여자의 33%가 ‘대학교 때’를 가장 많이 꼽았고, 뒤를 이어 ‘고등학교 때'(30%), '중학교 때'(26%), '초등학교 때'(11%)순으로 답했다. 여성은 40%가 ‘대학교 때’를 선택하였으며 다음으로 ‘초등학교 때’(30%), ‘중학교 때’(15%), ‘고등학교 때’(15%)’의 순으로 답하였다. “첫사랑 상대는 누구였는가?”라는 질문에는 영화 건축학개론처럼 남성(59%)과 여성(40%) 모두 ‘학교·학원 친구’라 대답했으며 남성은 ‘학교 선후배'(26%), 여성은 ‘동네 친구'(23%)가 뒤를 이었다. “첫사랑과의 연애 진도는 어디까지였나”라는 질문에는 설문 참여자의 과반수인 50%가 ‘손잡기’라 선택했으며, 뒤를 이어 ‘키스(25%)’, ‘가벼운 입맞춤’(18%), ‘첫 경험’(8%)’이라 답해 손만 맞닿아도 가슴 떨리는 것이 첫사랑의 순수한 연애 방식이었음을 보여주었다. 첫사랑의 이름과 모습을 얼마나 기억하고 있는지 묻는 질문에도 남성의 78%와 여성의 90%가 ‘선명하게 기억하고 있다’라고 답하며 아직 가슴 속에서 또렷한 첫사랑의 기억을 회상했다. 마지막으로 설문에 참여한 남녀 모두에게 “내가 정의하는 첫사랑이란 무엇인가?”라고 질문한 결과, 남녀들의 41%가 ‘순수함’이라 가장 많이 답했다. 다음으로 ‘설렘’(30%), ‘미숙함’(19%), ‘열정’(7%), ‘아픔’(4%)이라는 대답이 뒤를 이으며 이들에게 첫사랑이란 순수한 사랑의 기억으로 가장 많이 정의 되었다. 설문조사를 실시한 이음 김윤진 홍보팀장은 “첫사랑은 대부분 이뤄지지 않는 경우가 많아 더욱더 애틋한 기억으로 남는 것일지도 모른다”며, “첫사랑의 따뜻한 추억과 닮은 봄날 싱글남녀들이 첫사랑의 두근거림과 같은 설레는 인연을 새롭게 선물 받을 수 있길 바란다”고 전했다.
 
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