High School Kids, These Days... Options

[Tung]

I am sick of the guy who obsesses over the girl: the songwriter, 3458345 telephone messages, love notes, picnics under the stars, the works. Girl breaks up with him and he mopes for the rest of his life. Love. no, loneliness, lack of confidence, insecurity.

And high school. face it. your high school relationships are probably going nowhere. "high school love." that's a contradiction in itself. rarely does one find "love" in high school, and when students claim to "love," it's usually merely an illusion created by their idealistic brighteyed and bushytailedness, as well as a need to feel wanted, or to attach themselves to something concrete. Or perhaps they're bored and feel the need to get caught up in the whole dating fad. After all, it does get them the attention they crave. They're just abusing the word to fit their own false, superficial situation.

So I ask you to think a little more when you confess "love." If there's one thing I hate, it's people who don't take things seriously about using the word love. And yes, i'm one of those people who takes everything seriously about using the word love.

[salcha4u]

But what if y'all grew up together and you were like family (you knew them all your life) and you could really say you loved them? Like the way you love your best friend. But then you dated them for like two years, and you really fell in love with them?

I know a couple like that...they got engaged their senior year, and married their freshman year in college. They are both like 26 now and seem to be working out just fine, but yeah that's a rare, rare case.

Lol my friend's grandparents met their freshman year in high school and they still hold hands even till now.