Could this be love?

Only time will tell. The stress of adulthood is a good measuring stick for love. High school is much too easy in comparison. It’s when problems arise that the true test is given.

Some high school loves last, some don’t. I was very in love with my high school boyfriend…we were engaged. The he slept with my best friend.

Take your time, it could be love…we’re not the one in your shoes; however, remember, you are in high school…it’s still not the “full” real world, yet.

Good luck and enjoy it for whatever it is.

I just watched the Disney Pixar Movie UP with my grandsons last nght. It renewed my faith in the staying power of young love. :-)
An enchanting flick!

Give it a try…. Having been dating for 6 months I can say you’re at least VERY into one another…. The L word may be appropriate… assuming you feel that way. You’re young so there’s no way to be sure (one day you’ll know FOR SURE what it feels like). But if it feels like it to you…. sounds like he could be a great first love.

@Judi Loved it! It struck me on many levels.

@ru2bz46 , my manly man husband even admited to a tear in his eye!

@Judi So, are you implying that I’m NOT a manly man? ;-)

Sorry @bakaranma, I didn’t mean to hijack your question. I never dated in high school, so I cannot draw on any experience from that age. Wait, I just remembered that I did have a girlfriend for a few months just after high school when I was 17. I thought I loved her because I was always thinking about her at the time. We were always on the phone or visiting; it was pretty intense. Suddenly, she stopped calling, and I found out she had started seeing someone else. I wished I had been important enough to tell. Apparently it was not love after all since I had forgotten about her until just now.

I married my high school sweetheart—but it was the exception. We had a great marriage. I would say, don’t worry about the future, and just experience the time you have now. The future, as they say, will take care of itself.

I agree with skfinkel – your life will change in leaps and bounds in just the next several years. You’ll meet a lot of new people, and be faced with more pressures. In other words, you’ll change. See where things go—but don’t worry about the relationship’s future.

Why is your head asking questions? Only your heart knows for sure.

If you need to ask, then it is not. If or when you find love, you will know.

You can really be in love.

What you feel now is not the same as love at 25 or 35 or 65, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t real. Even if this is not your last new romance—and chances are good that it isn’t—you can still feel something true.

If you were truly in love, would you question it?
But I mean, who needs rhetorical questions?

@gymnastchick729 To answer your questions, No, and Nobody. ;-)

Puppy love

I have to disagree with @loser. It absolutely should be your head asking these questions. Don’t make decisions based on feelings. We do it all the time with love. That’s why there are so many failed marriages, broken homes, and bastard children. Yet if we made all our decisions based on feelings, there would be chaos. You couldn’t cut someone off in traffic without being murdered.

Having said that, I’d guess that this is probably teenage love. Firey, passionate, intense—and fleeting. Enjoy it while it lasts. Don’t start looking too far into the future, wondering where it’s “going.” Don’t expect that this is the person that you’ll spend the rest of your life with. Learn from the relationship. Have fun with it. But allow it to run its course, so to speak.

And for god’s sake, use a condom.