"When I was young, I went on a school trip to Madrid and spent all my money on gifts for my girlfriend: a necklace, a crystal trinket, cute little things. When I returned, I handed everything over with my heart in my hand… and she broke up with me. It was too much. I understood later. Sometimes we give so much that we scare people, as if we’re trying to buy affection without realizing it. I slept poorly, cried at night. And it was my mom who sat next to me on the bed and told me: 'Yes, it hurts… but remember, you are a good catch. She will notice what she lost.'"
That was my first love… and my first heartbreak. Later, in eighth grade, another girl wrote to me in a note: “I love you.” And when, with my soul trembling, I said it back to her… she broke up with me the next day. Since then, love became an enigma for me. Why does it leave just when you accept it? Over the years I understood that sometimes people just want to prove they can make you say 'I love you'… and when they succeed, they leave. It’s an emotional trap disguised as connection. Since then, I’ve been more cautious with my feelings. Because loving without guarantees hurts more than one is ready to endure.
Matthew McConaughey on his first great heartbreak and the fragility of saying 'I love you' for the first time.