Dating

Hey kk17, Welcome! Your question is actually just as Scarleteen-appropriate as one more specifically about sex, because it’s related to your sexuality, your interpersonal relationships, and emotional well-being. We’re glad you asked! I attended a same-gender educational institution, albeit it at the…

I am glad to hear that you and your boyfriend are happy together. Finding a great partner can be a rare and wonderful occurrence, regardless of age! I have been mulling over your question for a couple of days and have a few thoughts to share. I will start by saying that I support your relationship…

I will start by saying that, as confusing as this situation may seem right now, you have a really good head on your shoulders: You know who you are and what you’re interested in, and seem OK with it. That right there is fantastic, because it’s something that many people of all ages continue to…

You two always talk about joke around in class, brightening each others’ school day. You laugh at each others’ jokes, which is always special and not to be underrated! Although there may be some differences in your physical appearances, you have very many deeper things in common- and that’s what’s…

What I am hearing is…well, the reality that when it comes to love, we simply cannot often get everything we want, or have love happen in exactly the context we’d most prefer, or are most comfortable with. In a word, we often just can’t have everything (and as comedian Steven Wright once asked, if…

Relationships can be confusing enough as it is, but if you and your partner don’t live in the same area, it can get doubly complicated. If you’re thinking about entering an LDR, or if your relationship suddenly turned into an LDR due to changing circumstances, check out this article for some tips and pointers on how to make it work.

It’s not at all unusual to find that our relationships change the longer we are in them. This is going to be true in our family relationships, friendships, and romantic relationships. As individuals, we are constantly growing and changing. Things get even more complicated when you consider the fact…

What’s a “boyfriend” or what’s a “girlfriend?” It all depends on what you and yours decide it’s going to mean and what works best for you.

If he’s only asking for sex, I’m sorry to tell you that it’s pretty safe to assume he isn’t interested in asking you out. He’s expressed his interest: it’s sex. And if you’ve interest in having a boyfriend, and his only interest is in having someone to have sex with, that’s a recipe for disaster…

It’s fairly unusual for two people to be on the exact same page in the exact same way at the exact same time. It happens, for sure, but especially as relationships are just forming, it’s realistic to expect that at any given time, any one person may feel a bit more intense or a bit less about it…