About this time last year, I had a really great relationship going with this girl from school. No real sexual things involved, but it was still a very nice feeling to have someone there. Anyway, I was a freshman and she was a senior, and an athletic, sporty, and perky one at that. I honestly thought that never in a thousand years she would like me. Well, one day, my friend finds out for me that she does. We start talking and I guess we're just a normal couple. We couldn't technically hold the title, but we did everything we could within the law (which might sound dumb, but I didn't want her in jail). So, this lasted for a while, and Christmas break was amazing. We hung out all the time, went to the movies, etc, and we got each other gifts for Christmas. Well, school starts and she tells me that she doesn't want to be too attached to anything before she leaves. Valid reason, right? That's what I thought. A week or so later she ends up dating this douchebag guy who has pretty much dated a lot of other girls and has had sex with them as well. I don't know, was it because I couldn't drive or something? I feel that my young age (compared to hers) held me back in the relationship. I never took rides from her because I would feel bad, but there were a few times where I had to or I would have frozen to death. But, anyway, it's really left me bitter about dating ever since, and I can never tell a girl I like them even if they like me.
There is this one girl, though, who I really do like, and it's been the first in a year. Before asking if she liked me / telling her I liked her, I asked my best friend if I could. Not sure if it's bro code or something, but I did. He said he was fine with it and I asked three more times just to make sure. Well, about a month later I found out that she liked me, and I excitedly told him, "she likes me, man!" He responded with a, "dude, that's awesome!" I thought everything would be fine. That night she seemed a bit off, so I asked her what was wrong. She forwarded me a text from my best friend saying something along the lines of "I've liked you since the day I looked at you." She told me that she doesn't want to ruin my friend and my's friendship, so she said she wasn't going to choose until she was 16 (which is the "church-legal" dating age in our church). I have pretty much confirmed that she likes me and not him (99%), but she still won't say anything in fear of me and my friend's friendship being broken forever. Well, the truth is that nothing can really fix it, because I ultimately felt betrayed, lied to, shot, etc.
So, yeah, that is my old situation and my current one.