Given that 17 is the approximate average age of first love, and that relationships of those aged 16 - 18 last an average of 20 months, it may be estimated that Americans are, on average, between 18 and 19 years of age when they experience their first break ups.

What age did you first fall in love?

And though for most people it happens young, its certainly not true for everyone. They found 55 percent of people fall in love for the first time between the ages of 15 and 18. So its more than half, but that means 45 percent of people still havent been in love when they enter college.