I know how this feels. It's hard to find that one true love. I'll edit a story in when I can of a time I remember I had the "fake" love situation. But the technical truth about it..... My heart was broken then. I just don't know why.
First, I'm sorry, about your parent's divorce. My parents got divorced when I was 6 years old, and it was pretty devastating so I know the feeling. Second, yes, most 13 years olds and below (maybe even 14, I don't know) date only to be cool. Some people might actually date at the age of 13 because they actully love the person they're dating. Not all 13 years olds on this planet are immature. I'm 13 and many people told me they thought I'm 15 at least because of my maturity, so we can't really generalize in this case. Loving someone online has a good side and a bad side, like pros and cons. The pros: in real life, when you first see a person, you'll most likely judge him/her by his/her looks. And don't try to be a little angel here and say "no, personality is better than looks" because we all look at a person and then decide if we're intrested in him/her or not. Internet relationship is kinda like blind dating. You get to meet a person's personality, and you could judge him/her by personality and not looks. The cons: the person might live in a different country, and that'll be kinda hard to keep in touch. I had a boyfriend last year but he moved to America, and we both agreed that it'll be pretty hard to keep in touch so we broke up. And honestly, I feel good about that because now we could have our relationships in the country we live in and not worry about the distance between us. Another disadvantage, is that even though you fell in love with the person, he might be older than you, or have a different religion. In real life, you only get to know the people that around your age. In my school, I only hang out with the 7th graders, and maybe some 8th graders sometimes, because we go camping together and do most of the social activities together since we're almost the same age. But, in the internet there are people who are way older than you/way younger than you, and you can befriend all of them, and the chances of you falling in love with someone who's older/younger than you on the internet are bigger than in real life. About the religion part, take me for example. I'm Jewish, but 95% of the people I know from the internet are Christians. And I prefer not falling in love with a Christian because you know, I'd rather date someone that is Jewish too, have a Jewish family and Jewish life. But, we can't control love, so we can basically fall for anyone. I hope you understand any of this because I really suck at explaining ._.
I've only ever been "In love" once, and it was/is real, I think... And I don't date, but its hard for some people to understand that :c But yes, this is very true, Cream
I'm sorry about what's happening Cream :c I only think that if you're mature enough and ready for a serious relationship, you can get in a relationship, and you have to know that person well enough to do the relationship thingy. I've seen more than enough students at my school that are not serious or ready and they ask out someone that they don't even know, it truly disgusts me.
Hmmmm... Yeah, my opinion on this thread here is overdue. In all honesty, I kinda agree that someone dating in sixth and seventh grade is dumb, and that it won't work out. But why should I prevent them from doing it? In the end, I don't really care what happens to them. It's their life. If they want to date in sixth and seventh grade, then they can go ahead. It probably won't work out very well for them, but I'm not going to stop them. That being said, I also wish that people wouldn't make such a big deal out of dating, either. Like, threads that are all professing your love to someone on the forums? Not necessary. At that point, you're kinda begging for attention. If you like someone (for example, on these forums) then it is perfectly possible to tell them privately. The forums doesn't need to know about your respective relationships. That's not their business. I'm in a relationship right now, and I don't prance around making threads about it every five seconds. Anyway, back to them main point. Love is something misinterpreted by people... I really don't care if they misinterpret it though. Doesn't affect me :P (I really do wish people would cut the "I'm dating ______ threads" though. I made a fake one once on April Fools Day, and the amount of attention it got was ridiculous)
I guess this is where Im supposed to open this in an incognito page because shit is about to get real..
Well I mean this thread is an actual discussion that many people feel strongly about... and putting something like that just isn't necessary and it is quite offensive learn to think before you post kthxbai