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Love Through A High School Girl's Eyes

I used to think I was in love all the time. High school does that to you. Being a girl always falling for the perfect guy only setting yourself up for heart ache. I've had my share of heartaches.

High school has made my life hell. High school has emotionally worn me out. I've been the girl who liked someone new each week. I've never found anyone that is my sort of speed. I'm one of those girls that are crazy and goofy and certain guys are just not looking for.

Younger girls come to me with their love problems only because I have been through everything you can possibly imagine. Horrible blind dates, worst case scenarios- I've experienced it all and I'm only 18. I have totally changed my perspective on love. I'm more of an observer when it comes to love. I watch those movies where everyone falls in love and everything works out just perfectly.  Those are horrible. We get this image in our head how love is supposed to be and then we are setting ourselves up to feel like hell in the end.

I'm beginning to think that I'm never really going to experience love. All of these little crushes I've been through and they haven't worked out; it helps me in the long run because it makes me stronger. It makes me not trust anyone anymore and makes me view love in different ways.

High school love isn't worth stressing out over. I'm one of the girls in high school that hasn't found love and I haven't had 3-year boyfriends. For a long time I kept thinking that I would rather just not get attached to someone.  I would tell my heart to never get attached because it's bound to get broken. Typical love scene for me usually consists of I like them they say they like me then I get ignored and eventually it just dies out. I'm not some over protective girlfriend that guys get so annoyed by. I am a simple kind of girl, low-maintenance, and just want to go out and have fun. Guys apparently don't care.

Girls don't understand that it's just high school. You're going to find someone sooner or later but don't go looking around in high school. Have fun while you can because it'll eventually end and then real life comes along. All of the typical drama will begin to fade. There are bigger and better things in the world and you have yet to experience them.

I want to become a writer for a magazine or newspaper in New York. I want to write columns on love and experiences and things that people have felt but never have found words to describe. The kind where when someone reads something they know exactly what I'm talking about and constantly start comparing their love life with my columns. I want to go out and write about the different guys I've met and the typical types of guys there are. I know what I know from high school and how it has affected my life so far. I'm curious to see what's coming next...

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