High School Relationships

...Are amazingly cute and everything, but I can't help but think that they cause more problems than they're worth. Of course, once (if) I get a boyfriend, I'll probably be appalled that I ever even thought about this, let alone blogged it, but ehhh.

For once, it's very, very improbable that you're going to stay with your high school boyfriend/girlfriend for the rest of your life (or even stay with the same person all of high school), so from a cynical point of view, high school relationships are pretty much test drives. Experience. Personally, I don't believe that, it's just something that could be said about them.

What do we know about love? We're barely teenagers. How can we even tell if we love someone? I don't doubt that it's possible, I just don't know how you could tell. -shrugs- I haven't personally had any experience with this, so I don't really have anything to say about it other than the questions I'm asking.

It's wayyy easy to get jealous, which I had a slight run-in with just now. It's not that we don't trust people, I think it's just that you want to spend all your time with the person that if they spend time with someone else, you feel neglected and sort of end up resenting the person for "stealing" them from you. (By the way, this has nothing to do with my run-in, that event just reminded me that I've wanted to write this for a while. xD) But at this point, it's hard for most of us to even develop trust, so that could be a factor too. Anyways, once one person in the relationship gets jealous, its usually harder and harder for the other to just hang out with friends without his/her partner tagging along. Which sort of sucks. For pretty much everyone.
I would be lying if I said I would never be jealous, because I'm pretty sure I would. I'm going to have to keep that in check though, because I'd hate for my boyfriend to lose time to hang out with his pals because of me. Of course, he's got to compromise too. =P

Too much PDA. Self-explanatory.

And there's always the chance that the guy you fall for is a jerk. Which has happened. It's not like we choose to fall for people, but most of the time, even if we could choose, girls might choose the guy anyways, because they always seem so nice and amazing at the beginning.
But then there's that whole issue with the girls/guys loving the chase. That's a main reason why everyone always falls for the bad boy who has a reputation instead of going for the sweet guy who loves you. I guess it has something to do with the fact that you know the one who already likes you will still be there, and its a "challenge" or "adventure" to go after one who doesn't like you yet. And even though it's always an ego boost to learn someone likes you (don't deny it, it's true), it's even more of one to realize you can make someone like you.
Personally, I think that's stupid. Amazing, sweet, cute, caring guy likes you? If you don't like anyone, fine. You can't really change that. If you already like someone else, you can't do much about that either. But if you're a free agent looking for someone, why go after the complete idiot and ignore the wonderful guy right in front of you? Major lack in reasoning there.

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But then there's all the upsides too, like having someone to confide in and lean on. Having someone to dry your tears when you cry. Having someone to let you know you're loved. Having someone to do littler, stupid things to make your day better. Having someone to protect you. Having someone make you feel special. Having someone make your life seem so much brighter.

I guess it really just depends on perspective. As of now, I'm iffy on the subject. I guess that with anything involving love or relationships, Ill just have to wait it out.