Cielle Taaffe

Staff Writer

The Rules of Romantic Mixtapes

There's still time, lovergirls and loverboys. Photo by Cielle Taaffe.

My first boyfriend had the right idea. For Valentine’s Day in sixth grade, he gave me a single long-stem rose and a mixtape featuring The Beatles’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” It was romantic, age appropriate and showed solid good taste. That boy knew how to woo, and Sixth Grade Boyfriend and I are still friends nearly 20 years later.

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