High School Relationships

        Can high school relationships be taken seriously ? Almost everyone's high school relationships aren't stable and are sometimes very complicated. But these relationships should be important because they are often people's first official relationship, sometimes even first love. Though it is very difficult to have someone with everything happening at the same time. We teenagers these days have so much to handle, maybe not all of us are able to put enough effort into a relationship at this point of our life. And to be honest, if being in a relationship stresses you out, there's something wrong with that relationship.

        I think high school is at the stage where we need to start realizing that just because you like or love a person, you don't have to make a sound or make a move about it. I have heard countless times where girls are like, "...sure I like him, but that doesn't mean I want to date him." And that's because being in a relationship is becoming more of a job and commitment to us, and many of us aren't ready to be in such commitments. And it is again difficult with some people who are just so committed into relationships way too quickly. For someone like me who craves for love, I even sometimes feel relief that I'm single. With so many things happening like French lessons, after-school clubs, writing, school exams, family situations, socializing...etc, it's great to have some time to yourself one in awhile. 

        But I have to admit that being in a relationship can be something that's so powerful and great, it saves you almost. A lot of teenagers are dealing with insecurities, depressions, substance abuses, and maybe even other family situations that we never hear about. And I've heard many girls telling me how great and helpful being in a good, healthy relationship is. Even though high school relationships aren't always love, we often see and feel them as love. And love is so powerful that it helps us to be stronger.

        Well, but love can also be used to hurt the other person in the relationship, and love makes us do stupid things... So it still has two sides to it. I guess there's just never a right or wrong answer to 'love' eh ? But I think we teenagers should still go ahead and let our feelings run wild. We are young and some of us just need to be free, not just to have the freedom to be ourselves, but also the freedom to love and be loved.