Yeah, my older sister married her high school sweetheart and are apparently still going strong. (I seem to be persona non grata with that sector of the family, so I may not be on the updates list.)
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 5:47:20 pm PST #1608 of 10000
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askye - Dec 12, 2002 5:50:44 pm PST #1609 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
Two of my cousins are married to their high schools girlfriends. Both relationships have been different but both couples seem to be very happy.
Susan W. - Dec 12, 2002 5:51:33 pm PST #1610 of 10000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t sap
My parents started dating in high school, and today is their 50th anniversary!
t /sap
But they were, like, 16 or 17. 13 is an entirely different story.
Fay - Dec 12, 2002 6:05:34 pm PST #1611 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
13 is an entirely different story.
Which is absolutely true. But when you're 13 you aren't thinking about 20 years down the road, and if it feels like a grand passion, then fair enough. I mean, wrod, I think 13 is ickle and way too young to be having the sex, but I also think that to some extent this is culturally determined & environmental. But that might just be because of Romeo and Juliet.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 6:07:14 pm PST #1612 of 10000
brillig
I don't deny that the feelings are strong and real, it's just that I, as the reader, look on the romances as sweet, innocent, and generally doomed by the growing-up yet to be done.
askye - Dec 12, 2002 6:07:47 pm PST #1613 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
When I was fourteen I very very briefly dated a boy who was nearly 16 and he was defintly wanting to have sex. I wasn't. But more than that I remember being freaked out because he was talking about being together forever and stuff like that and I can remember thinking "I'm 14!!! I want to date other guys!!!"
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 6:08:57 pm PST #1614 of 10000
brillig
Lord, when I was 14 I was a clueless lump and the very idea of dating was somewhere on the comprehension level of algebra.
askye - Dec 12, 2002 6:13:28 pm PST #1615 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I was pretty much a clueless lump as well. Dating this guy was liking be run over by the clue bus repeatedly and painfully. And in my grand tradtion of passive aggressive avoidance, I got myself grounded so I didn't have to deal with him. A couple rounds of "I can't go to the movies for the next few weeks because I'm grounded" led to him breaking up with me, which was a massive relief on my part.
Holli - Dec 12, 2002 6:15:27 pm PST #1616 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
I met my first boyfriend two days before my 14th birthday. We dated for a year, but never got anywhere remotely near The Sex.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2002 6:16:47 pm PST #1617 of 10000
brillig
I wonder if it was a growing-up-in-the-country thing. Far few opportunities for just hanging out there on the farm.