Did I fall in love at 13?

[Brooke]

About 2 years ago, when I was 12 years old the fair was coming up. Max messaged me on Facebook. I didn't know him at all, but he was cute. (I had heard about him before but didn't know know him) The same summer, I had moved into my new house on the West side of town while Max lived on the East. My new neighbors had known Max and said he snowboarded with him and that he was really cool, so I messaged back. Right from the start, there was something about him. When we first started talking, it was all "Hey(: We should hangout(:" stuff. The fair was coming up, so I was said "yeah we should!" I wanted to so bad but I knew how these things went. You usually don't end up hanging out with them. The first day of the fair, I saw him with a huge group of people. I saw him about 10 times, but he claims to have seen me once. He didn't text me the whole day of the fair and I was devastated but I saw it coming. Around 11 that night, I got a text from him and he said he just got home and his phone died, but he would hangout with me tomorrow. I knew he wouldn't (or thought he wouldn't) and just forgot about what had happened earlier. The next day came, and we did end up hanging out. I was friends with some of his friends so we didn't ever have no one to hangout with. We weren't dating then, but we both liked each other a lot. 3 days passed and we did hangout everyday, and every day we weren't with each other, we were texting. August 6th, 2012 at 11:11 he asked me to be his girlfriend. I don't know how I still remember that... but I can't forget it. That day changed my whole life. A couple weeks after the fair, I asked my sister to drive me over there and say I was at Grace's house. My sister did end up driving me over there and I met Max's dad and his step mom. From this day on I thank my sister for taking me over there (we live 20-25 minutes away from each other) After my sister took me about 10 times, she got sick of it.It was December of 2012 now and I got grounded for "sexting" Max. We were talking about making out and stuff. I had it taken away, but he said he would wait for me. I stole my moms phone in the middle of the night to talk to him. We could spend hours and hours on the phone talking about nothing. Every night for a month we called for 2 hours. I am the jealous type so I did get mad at max talking to other girls and stuff when I had my phone taken away. I would think he was flirting and he would get annoyed of me thinking that he likes other girls. He finally broke up with me, and I acted like I didn't care when I REALLY did. New Years at 12 he asked me to be his girlfriend and of course I said yes. His aunt always talked to me and she helped with the Max problems. But I told her right when he asked me and she said she was so happy for me! I can honestly say I was happy then. We did date for 6 months or something like that, and we were on and off. This summer we were off and we didn't talk for months. One day he started talking to me again and I fell in love all over again. I never stopped, but I was moving on and I was gonna make sure I didn't get myself into that trouble again with him. (worrying about cheating, flirting with other girls, etc) It was the end of summer again and the fair was near, and we ended up going on a ride together, then he got grounded. I wanted this summer to be like last, but it wasn't. Now he's in high school and im in 8th grade. About a month ago I snuck over in the middle of the night and snuck into his house a couple times. We were alone and things did happen. I dont regret anything because I really do think I love him. He has his own friends now... and of course he doesn't want me. I love him so much and I can't move on. Im grounded now but I have my ipod, and my mom took my phone. But he told me to text him last night on ask. I saw it this morning and he still hasnt responded cause he's snowboarding (all the time its annoying) He told me a couple nights ago everything I say means something to him. I can act myself around him. I even skipped 2 days of school cause I was "sick" so he could take his dads car and pick me up. And the days he did that, he was getting his licenses next week. Since my mom doesn't really like him, he said once he got his licenses he would drive over to my house and tell my mom "I love your daughter" and he would talk to her. He hasn't and I just wanna know if he wants things to work. I love him so much and I smile thinking about the memories we had, the good ones. I'm not afraid to act like myself. What do I do? Am I really in love? Thanks for the help

[carlos r]

Puppy love

[delailah]

Oh girl! Wait a couple years and see what happens...

[Kortney]

I've been through the same problem. His name was Elijah. We were also on and off and yes I did love him. I was 14. Sounds crazy huh? Anyways Elijah never really cared about me yet we were dating. I tried to just disregard it because I didn't want the relationship to end. Elijah was always skateboarding and always flirting with other girls. Once again I tried not to let it bother me until one day he started flirting with my worst enemy Suzanna. I hated her and to this day still cannot stand her. Elijah and I kept getting back together until one day I decided to put an end to the hurt he was causing me. He was very fake. He says he loved me but I knew he didn't. I think you should slow down a bit. Don't take things too far.

[mykia thomas]

Ok I know what you're going through. I'm 15 and I had to that relationship once. That feeling you're having is infatuation. A strong feeling that is mostly in the brain. You like the idea of being with him. It's no doubt that you don't care for him but you don't love him. In a few months you'll forget about him and move on. It's especially bad if he's your first boyfriend. Trust me you're not in love. You'll move on soon enough.