• David_Eight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 month

    How often do you text your boyfriend and how often does he not text you back?

  • SparroHawc@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1 month

    He might be in trouble with his parents and had his phone taken away. He might be embarrassed for some reason and is trying to avoid you because he doesn’t know how to deal with it. Any number of things, good or bad, and you won’t know until you actually hear from him next.

    You’re at the age where emotions are still stronger than you know how to deal with, and at the same time your social bonds are getting stronger and less dependent on your family. It’s a rough time, and you’ll have to learn how to cope with situations that you can’t fix right away in your own way. If he’s not talking, then you’ll have to accept that for now and leave it be.

    Personally I like finding a distraction. A good book or game can take your mind off of things. So can hanging out with other friends or chatting with family (if you have a good relationship with family, at least) or getting something done that you’ve been putting off (productive procrastination!). Anything you can dive into and immerse yourself.

    And when the jerk stops ignoring you, don’t let him have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve been stewing over it.

  • 1dalm@lemmings.worldEnglish
    1 month

    A few pieces of advice:

    1. Get off of online social networks. Online social networks are bad for your still developing brain. This is not a criticism of you, only that you are a teenager and have a teenagers brain, and that there is a lot of really good psychological evidence coming out showing that being active in online social networks is really bad for you. I recommend that you delete all of your accounts and just enjoy being a teenager. (I swear, after a few weeks you really won’t miss it as much as you think you might.)

    2. You aren’t over reacting. You are a teenager dating a teenager. If he’s not reacting to your texts we quickly as you like, that cool. So it’s not working out. Break up with him. It’s not going to get better. You really can still be friends at this point, and odds are your relationship probably wasn’t going to survive the post-high school-to-college distance anyway. Shrug it off, go buy a cute shirt for yourself and just enjoy being a teenager.