Before I start talking about teen relationships, I feel like I need to make a clarification. Many people when they think of the word relationship automatically equate it with love or sexual relationship. According to the general definition of relationship, this is any connection between two or more elements and these elements can be from chemical substances to human beings. So from this definition it is easy to deduce the meaning of this word applied to human beings. A teen relationship can be any kind of relationship.
- between adolescents of the same sex
- between adolescents of the opposite sex, such as boyfriend-girlfriend relationships
- between adolescents and other people of the same or different gender and different age.
The quality of these relationships can also vary, but there are two types of teen relationships that I am going to talk about here;
- teenage friends and
- teen dating relationships
teenage friendships
This type of teen relationship will fit into all three categories above. It can exist between an adolescent and other people of the same or different sex and age. A good friend, regardless of age or gender, is one of the best things you can have on this earth. A very good friend who is special to you and means a lot to you. A person who is always there for you.
Many successful love relationships have started with friendship and this is probably the reason for their success. The better you know the other person, the better you will accompany them and in a lasting love relationship, as a man and a woman, your appreciation for your partner as a friend will mean much more than anything else. If we look at it from the other end, it seems much more difficult to build a friendship from a love or sexual relationship. I haven’t actually heard of that, maybe you have, but the point is that a good friendship is always good as a basis for a future love relationship and as a friendship itself.
A teenage friendship can exist between anyone regardless of their gender, age, race, origin, or whatever. A 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old man can have a great friendship, and even for life, as well as two adolescents of the same sex.
teen dating relationships
While you can speak quite candidly and candidly in a friendship, most of us are more mindful of not hurting the partner in a love relationship. This can evolve to a degree of lying and even no communication just to protect your partner.
There are also more mutual expectations in a love relationship and more intimate emotions are involved than in a good friendship. A love relationship between teenagers can be great and long-lasting, but if there is no basis of friendship in it, the probability of sustaining it is significantly lower. There are some legally defined limitations on who can participate in an adolescent dating or sexual relationship. It is illegal for people over the age of 18 to have a sexual relationship with a minor, but it is definitely not illegal to have older friends.
A good friendship is one of the best gifts that God has given to our lives and even if you marry the sweetest boy or girl in the world, neither of you will be happy if you are not good friends.