The Only Real Happily-Ever-After Is the One You Create On Your Own: A Teen Girl’s View on Dating
By Teen Writers – June 19, 2012
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Romantic relationships are one of the hardest things for young teens to maintain in their lives. In the beginning they are so beautiful, but in the end you get hurt. I may be young, but I have learned a lot I can share. Here are 4 things to remember:
1. Wait. As a young teen I’m telling you to wait to get into a serious relationship. Falling in love isn’t as amazing as it seems because once you and that one special guy break up, you have nothing left.
2. Be Careful. People say its better to love then to not love at all. That is true, but be careful who you love because not everyone you love will love you back.
3. Grow Up First. You really shouldn’t be looking for love until you’re around 16 years of age. Before you’re 16 a lot of things won’t make sense. I dated this boy at the age of 14. Everything was going great, but I never got to see him. It was like we had a long distance relationship. He only lived ten minutes away from me. He would promise me that we would do all these things and we never did any of them. After three months, we broke up. A few days after we broke up, I noticed that not only did I lose my boyfriend, but I lost a friend too.
4. Know the Risks. Sometimes you have to look at the risks of a relationship. For every guy you date (no matter if you fell in love or not) a piece of you stays with him. You don’t have to rush into something you’re not ready for. Just take your time and wait. You watch all these Disney fairy tales about true love and happy ever afters, but you’re not going to find that. The real happily ever after is the one you create on your own.
So here is my advice to you. Don’t end up being the girl watching your ex-boyfriend with another girl because it’s going to change you. You will end up either changing because you want change or because you’ve been hurt so much that it will change you.
Heart Renewal by Lemuel Montejo Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
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