FIRST LOVE Steph and Josh met on Facebook. Will they update their relationship status?

Each month, we send two former lovers on a date to see what happens…

“He broke my heart” Steph Horn, 21, is an actress from Chichester

I was scrolling through Facebook one day and saw Josh’s name pop up on my suggested friends. I’d never added someone I didn’t know before, but something made me click the button. He messaged me and we instantly got on – it turned out we lived close to each other. After two months of chatting I found myself waiting in a bar to meet him. I had no idea if our online relationship would translate to reality, but despite initial awkwardness it was a lovely date. A week later I helped him babysit his little brother, and that night we kissed.

We started seeing each other. Then, when he came back from college for the summer, he said casually, “How would you feel if I called you my girlfriend?” At first he was the perfect boyfriend, always surprising me with little things – like taking me to a dessert restaurant when I’d had a bad day.

But he became complacent, and once he didn’t talk to me for four days. When he texted asking to meet, I thought, “He’s going to take me for a nice dinner to make up for it.” Instead I got the clichéd “It’s not you, it’s me” speech and it was over after less than three months. It’s been over a year but I haven’t dated anyone else. It kind of put me off men.

He broke my heart, so I was apprehensive about meeting him again. He apologised straight away and the dynamic between us felt completely different as he was so much more open about everything. Our lunch date turned into dinner and then drinks – we talked non-stop for 10 hours. It was like we were a couple again – we spent the whole day kissing. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have feelings for him.

“I’m totally smitten” Josh Saffold-Geri, 21, is a screenwriter from Chichester

When Steph randomly added me on Facebook, I thought she was really cute. I messaged her with the classic “Do I know you?” It escalated from there and after a couple of months I asked to meet her. For our first date I took her to a Wetherspoons – classy, I know. It was insanely awkward. I was trying to seem cool and interesting in front of this girl I was blown away by. She was so pretty with her long dark hair and big almond eyes. Plus she was really ambitious, a quality I find very attractive. She was different from anyone I had ever met.

On our second date I was nervous; I knew I was going to kiss her. I realised how much I liked her just before returning to university. It was bad timing, but we Skyped a lot. When I came back for the summer we made it official. I showed up at her work with a huge chocolate cupcake to celebrate.

When I broke up with her, I thought we’d been drifting apart and that it would be mutual, but she didn’t take it well. I did love her but was too afraid to do anything about it. I immediately regretted breaking up, but thought that I had to stick with it.

I thought about Steph every day, so I was excited to see her again. I felt guilty and wanted a chance to make amends.

Our reunion ended up lasting nine hours – there was a lot of laughing, kissing, and chocolate cake. We got the train home together and fell asleep on each other. The date was a massive success, which I honestly wasn’t expecting.

Would you like to be reunited with your first love? Email us at first.love@ cosmopolitan.co.uk.