14 years after the break up....
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| Fri, 05-07-2004 - 12:45am |
I have recently had a close look at my life (I'm turning 31 in a few months).
At the age of 16, I lost the high school sweetheart.... and it was probably the messiest thing I've ever heard of. I've never heard of such a nasty break up in my entire life.
I _never_ ended up really dating again. I've had a few girlfriends in the time since then. However, there have only been 2 of them in that time. 2 girlfriends, that is. There have been 6 different, shall we say "one night stands".
Anyway, have you ever heard of someone having such a nasty breakup that it ruins their life? For 14 years?
Also, for what it's worth, I've been emotionally healthy for the last 10 years. Recently, I've had a depression come down on me that doesn't seem to be going away. It's been here for about 6 weeks and has had 2 highs during that time. I'm worrying about bipolar coming on (again). But I haven't had a clinical depression for 10 years!!! I've had normal downs when life treats me badly, but nothing like this 6 week pit I've fallen into.
Ah, another thing - when dating, I'm one of the weird guys out there who refuses to have sex. I've been burned too many times with women just packing it up and leaving after the sex starts. In our modern culture, this is weird, but it's a helluva lot easier on the heart when breakup time or, "Lets just be friends," comes.
Edited 5/7/2004 12:48 am ET ET by rattyboy420

Ok, break from the 20 questions routine. If you are suffering from depression, I understand that as I am too. There is a site, www.maledepression.com that might offer some support and guidance for you but the depression board here could help too. I'm just getting out of a relationship of 7yrs, so I can see how it's hard to open up to people when you have emotional scars/baggage. Anyway, if you reply back maybe we can discuss this more.
I guess I'm having a hard time imagining how "nasty" a break up could be for a 16 year old??
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