Þrátt fyrir að fólk sem er ástfangið sé svipað sama á hvaða tímabili sögunnar við skoðum, þá má með sanni segja að erfiðleikar síðustu aldar hafi kennt elskendum að bíða, vona og trúa á ástina.
Ástin var því kannski örlítið öðruvísi í gamla daga og gott dæmi um það eru þessar 15 myndir hér fyrir neðan:
1. New Hope lestarstöðin, 1945
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8117010-New_Hope_Train_Station_1945-1511169584-650-c41452769d-1544081540.jpg)
2. Síðasti kossinn
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116960-3210637493_9d427d4e00_o-1511171278-650-6f52b9d097-1544081540.jpg)
3. Halló ást!
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116910-trw52b31533e2d53_1024-1511184336-650-c9956b1807-1544081540.jpg)
4. Sjómaður og hjúkrunarkona að kyssast á Times Square
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116860-Kissing_the_War_Goodbye-1511168687-650-da7cd633db-1544081540.jpg)
5. Bandarískir hermenn árið 1963 að fá síðasta kossinn áður en þeir leggja af stað til Egyptalands
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116810-tumblr_o7jwgdUTzu1trk33wo4_1280-1543953297-728-c8cbc005c5-1544081540.jpg)
6. Kossinn sem truflaði skrúðgönguna, 1943
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116410-4028855472_a7be070349_o-1511170344-650-92c8fc6868-1544081540.jpg)
7. Beth Brown og Travis Taylor liðþjálfi að kyssast bless við lestarstöð í Tallahassee í Flórída
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116760-11221726153_466ee17d15_o-1511187348-650-c70470037c-1544081540.jpg)
8. Ungt par að teikna hjörtu í tré, 1944
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116710-4112917253_9c57d6ae28_o-1511170782-650-a463f94a4d-1544081540.jpg)
9. Maður og kona að kyssast á milli tveggja skipa, 1920
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116660-8045774277_1bc436b3b1_o-1511169098-650-4d792e78cf-1544081540.jpg)
10. Laumast til að kyssast í gegnum Berlínarmúrinn, 1985
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116610-R73fIiFb28mud0Rv4TRYl7UB_bfTzgT9N02aOM6xLAA-1511179353-650-5896c65f5b-1544081540.jpg)
11. Frönsk kona að kyssa bandarískan hermann eftir að hann tók þátt í að frelsa París
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116560-EN_01051273_0464-1511350521-650-652e3a9708-1544081540.jpg)
12. Ungt par að kyssast á grindverki
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116510-9870649393_0fd3fc3abd_o-1511173329-650-e21f68097b-1544081540.jpg)
13. RAN áhafnarmeðlimur að beygja sig og kyssa konu, 1941
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116460-3293370857_53e4d99500_o-1511169795-650-d607b4a16f-1544081540.jpg)
14. Kveðjukossinn
![18 Stirring Photos That Show What Love Was Like in the Past](https://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_65/658510/8116360-4193329663_d5156326d7_o-1511171639-650-69faa58b33-1544081540.jpg)
15. Vægast sagt ákafur adrenalín koss
![](https://www.nutiminn.is/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/extreme-kiss-back-in-the-day.jpg)