Bok Choy wrote:I have never ever posted on this thread or anything like this so, uh, hi... I need a bit of advice concerning a friend.
She (let's call her Bella) likes a guy (let's call him Daniel). Bella has like Daniel since she was 12 but she has huge trouble communicating her feelings to him. She sends him love notes and roses (our school does this thing where we can send our crush/significant other roses on Valentine's Day) and then kind of freaks out a little about it. I've talked to some other friends about it (of both genders) and the boys tend to think it's a little creepy how she keeps doing these things. It's almost stalkerish, quote, unquote. (They also said that Bella and Daniel have literally no chemistry). Bella stalks Daniel on Instagram and recently discovered (through Instagram and school) that the possibility of Daniel being with another girl (let's call her Poppy) is really high. Daniel and Poppy started hitting it off around October(?) last year during a swim program that they both volunteered for. They seem to get along really well from an outsider's (my) perspective. Bella is kinda sad about that but she says she wants Daniel to be happy. She asked me whether she should keep pursuing Daniel even though he seems to be in a committed relationship with Poppy (according to her; I hardly ever see Daniel or Poppy). What should I tell her?
Definitely
not. That's so rude and disrespectful towards Daniel and Poppy, and it's incredibly unhealthy for her. It's also not a sign that she just wants Daniel to be happy, as she claims, if she's willing to put a strain on his relationship and keep pushing for herself after years of her own relationship with Daniel moving nowhere. Tell her no, she needs to back off and give herself some time and perspective. You've got a delicate line to walk here, balancing being a supportive friend but also gently and firmly letting her know when she's crossing lines/boundaries.
Bok Choy wrote:Also, Daniel is being really awkward around her and I think she might think that his awkwardness comes from him reciprocating her crush but I don't think that's the case. I think her sending love notes and gifts and roses to him might be what made things awkward between them.
Should she stop being so hung up on him?
Any responses would be great :')
Probably, but it doesn't sound like she wants to be, so unfortunately, she'll probably continue wallowing until she's ready to let go.
Crowley_KingOfHell wrote:I am just wondering if anyone else has this with their S/O.
So I've been with my boyfriend for nearly a year now (best year ever!!) and dare I say we are not mature for our age (I've recently turned -- and he's --) We can laugh at anything and we are just stupid together and it's ok. Does anyone else have that sort of relationship where everyone looks at you and goes "How childish?" and how do you respond to comments like that? We just carry on being the way we are (he likes to stir the pot a lot xD) and if they have a problem then they can just go away and leave us be kinda thing.
Okay, I tried really hard to just let this one go, but I can't. Look, it's up to you to define your relationship, but that's a considerable age gap considering how young you still are. Did you know we still do tons of growing, maturing, and changing until we're around 24/25? There's a massive difference in maturity, experience, desire, logical reasoning, expectations, voice/sense of self, psychological development, romantic/sexual wants, etc. between a 14 and 16 year old, between a 16 and 18 year old, between a 21 and 25 year old, etc. That's how much growing we do when we're younger. Tbh, the ages you described set off warning bells for me. So maybe the reason you're getting those types of comments is less due to behavior and more due to the fact that other people are uncomfortable by the relationship as well and worried about you. This dynamic you have could easily turn dependent on him or exploitative/manipulative towards you even if he doesn't actually mean for that or if neither of you realize it. >_<