Being Single in High School
34 Feelings Only Someone Who Was Forever Alone in High School Would Understand
This one time in high school, a guy — trying to be cute — asked me to choose between a new box of markers or a date with him. His plan was foiled when I chose the markers.
I wasn't completely socially inept in high school — I had friends, took part in after-school activities, etc. — but when it came to the opposite sex (when it wasn't 100 percent platonic on both sides), I can only describe myself as a cross between Hermione, Josie Grossie, and Chris Brander in Just Friends. If I wasn't friend-zoned, I was running away (literally) from any sort of interested parties and having awkward interactions with guys I crushed on from afar. Spoiler alert: I didn't have my first kiss until college. With the hopes that others will relate to my excruciatingly embarrassing high school experience, allow me to share my journey. To my fellow late bloomers, let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?
1 When you saw your crush with his new girlfriend.
2 How you spent prom night.
3 Trying to get the friend you have a crush on to notice you.
4 When all your friends were talking about their first time having sex.
5 When your best friend got a boyfriend.
6 How you totally played it cool.
7 When you thought that cute guy was waving at you.
8 When all the girls at football games were wearing their boyfriends' jerseys.
9 When you went to a dance alone.
10 Whenever a cute guy tried to talk to you.
11 When someone asked you to dance.
12 That moment when you thought you were going to get your first kiss.
13 When your friends were like, "Why don't you just go talk to him?!"
14 How you felt every weekend.
15 How you felt every time Feb. 14 came back around.
16 Whenever you watched a romantic comedy.
17 What you told people when they asked why you don't have a boyfriend.
18 When you found yourself near that really hot older guy.
19 When no one asked you to prom . . . again.
