Thanks all for the great advice. She decided that this relationship was not what she needed at this point in her life. I was crushed as I never was before, but I've been through stuff like this before. It was good for me I think. I cried for the first time in 8 years, and it felt really wierd. I also yelled at the world in my car, with no one round to hear, that felt really good actually. I think I realize why some people choose not to date at all. Why there is the saying, "it is better to ha...

Right now I am completely confused, and though I hate admitting this, a little hurt. I just began a relationship with a girl I have been waiting years for, literally. I was so pumped and even though I will not let myself become the overbearing clingy type, I have two weeks before I go back to college. Suffice to say, I want to spend as much time as possible with her. I asked her if she wanted to hang out with my friends and I today, and she wasn't able to, ah well I can understand that. W...

I have found myself sliding along the dangerous road of...."love". I'm head over heals for a girl, and I can be certain of things then not in about five minutes time. Nothing is making sense any more, nothing is working out right. Nothing I can do will ever work to my advantage. I thought we had something, now I lack the guts to find out for sure. I also lack the cash, as my car just presented me with a $700 repair bill. Yeah, can't afford that at all. I'm ready to give up in college too. i k...

This is probably the strangest thing I have ever gone through. Those who know me, know I hate the overuse of the word "love" in our culture. There is really nothing special about it in our culture today. It is used so commonly, that I have been extremely cautious about using it. If I had any feelings for a girl in high school, I referred to it as being “In like”. I still don’t know if the state of my emotions is mature enough to handle love. That is the problem in its entirety. I cannot st...