The Boyfriend Article
Date Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 01:49 AM PST
Topic Rant


Okay I am thirteen years old. I have not once stepped foot inside a high school. Yet already I am dealing with suicidal friends. Why are they suicidal you may ask? One word: Boyfriends. Yes, as pathetic as it may sound, I have friends willing to end their shallow little lives over their boyfriends. I am fed up with it. Our lives haven’t even begun yet and already my friends are tired of it. God, save me from the stupidity.
All right, one day I am happily surfing the net when an IM box pops up. It is my friend Angie. She is once again crying her eyes out because her boyfriend Chip (yes, that is his actual name) had his tongue in some other girl’s mouth. She is talking about killing herself because she “can’t take it anymore”. Take what? She can’t take the fact that maybe a few of the guys she goes out with will every once and awhile betray her. I’m thinking if she can’t handle that then she’s going to have a very disappointing life.

As I sit there listening to her ranting, I offer supportive advice and eventually talk her out of killing herself for the second time. A couple of weeks earlier she tried slitting her wrists, all because some guy she's been crushing on doesn’t like her. In fact he can’t stand her. It turns out before I had even met her she tried hanging herself in her closet over the same guy. It’s pitiful is it not?

But back to my subject. I have sworn off guys at the moment, well at least dating them, I do not object to flirting. Anyway, this is the reason. First off, I am only thirteen, I can’t even drive yet! Why do I need to get into any serious relationships? I shouldn’t even be thinking about serious relationships! What, I meet a guy in 8th grade and marry him in 9th? I think not.

My mother won’t let me even hang out in the mall without some form of adult supervision (and no my friends 18 year old brother doesn’t count). How am I supposed to go on a date with him if I can’t even go to the mall? Plus I would only date guys two years older then me at the most. So that means right now they have no car so that means they have to get their parents to chauffeur us around. Romantic? No.

Anyway, I have more important things to focus on right now and I don’t mean fashion. I mean school. I know I probably sound like a nerd or something but it’s true. Although my education system may be lacking in certain areas, school is still important. Without good grades I may not get into a good college. I may not even graduate high school. If I’m to busy focusing on my current boyfriend, who I’ll break up with two weeks from now because I’m bored with him, then chances are I’ll neglect homework or something. So needless to say I do not need a boyfriend at this point in my life. And I'm not sure why my friends think they do.

One last thought. Just because some sleazy guy breaks up with me it’s not the end of the world. There will be other sleazy guys. However, if it is the end of the world that’s pretty sad, and most likely means I don’t have a life of my own. If that’s the case… I need to get one… desperately.

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