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.

[aaayotiffany]

hmm, there's this IDIOTIC freshman in my school and she came to high school last august and she's had like five boyfriends. with every one of them she claims that she "loves" them and that they're "the one". but they end up breaking up like two weeks later. it really pisses me off and annoys me to death, these little kids who take something like this to a level where they can say they've "fallen in love" with every guy they meet.

but i do know a few couples that have been together since middle school and they've graduated college now. sure they might have been through some stuff, but point is that they made it. its amazing, it really is. but some couples last, some don't. and thats life.

i'm very glad to say that the guy i've been with is definitely someone special and i've honestly never met anyone like him. if life leads us to marriage, then we'll take that road. but right now, we're just taking it one step at a time.