what are you looking for? Options

[transcendentalis...]

+ what's your age?

Some teens are just out there looking for fun and trying stuff out. Others, not so much. Some guys are just seeing what girls (or guys, if they're gay) are like and vice versa, while others are actually seriously looking for someone to commit to.

I'm 16, and even though I know everything's continually changing now and it's going to change even more in a couple years, I'm always looking for someone who's going to last a lifetime.

I'm just not into 'dating around' and hooking up unless I really think something deeper is coming out of it.

[Rachel]

Aww Anna, I know exactly what you mean. Last semester, I wasn't looking for anything too serious, I wanted to have fun and hook up. I just wasn't in a place in my life to be in a relationship. After winter break, I grew tired of the meaningless flings and feeling empty after hooking up. I had been hurt during senior year of high school, and couldn't let myself be happy. I was too scared of being hurt again and was determined not to let one person ever have that much of me again.

When I met Nick, I was immediately drawn to him. Even though there was only little more than a month left of school, I couldn't resist trying it out; I am so happy I did. After the first time we hooked up, I wasn't sure if it was going to go anywhere and wasn't sure if I wanted to even start anything, seeing as we were going home soon. Alas, my heart had a different plan and now I'm in a relationship with him.


I don't know where this is going, but I am completely satisfied and happy. He makes me feel beautiful no matter what I'm wearing and how I look. I can wake up next to him, shower with him, fall asleep with him, any and everything and he makes me feel alive. But most importantly, he makes me feel safe again.