6 Things I Wish I Knew About Boys & Relationships When I Was 14

6 Things I Wish I Knew About Boys & Relationships When I Was 14

These are a few things I wish I knew or was told back when I was 14; the age I started dating. I was naive to a lot of things; I didn't know people abused their partners and I'd always believe everything a guy told me, then be shocked when it wasn't the truth. I'm hoping this might help younger girls to realise that this stuff does happen and it can happen to you.

Disclaimer: I am aware that not all guys are like what are stated below. Potential triggers.

1. They will lie to you.

Everybody lies and unfortunately, that includes the guy you love with all your heart. You can't believe everything they say, but that doesn't mean you can call them a liar all the time - just be cautious and keep your wits about you.

2. Some will abuse you.

It's hard to believe that someone you love and someone who supposedly loves you could abuse you but it happens a lot. It's easy to say it won't happen to you but it can happen subtly, so it's always good to be aware of the red flags of abuse before you start a relationship. Being aware and knowledgeable is your best protection.

A lot of young girls fall into this trap I find. It may feel nice that he "cares" about you, but it's not right if he's "protecting" you from everyone, isolating you and/or telling where you can and can't go.

3. Trust your instincts.

If something a guy says or does doesn't feel right to you, even if you don't know why, then there's a good chance there's something not right there and you should trust your gut feelings. This could apply to anyone.

4. There's a 90% chance he fancies his female best friend.

In my experience, this has been the case and is often why women don't like their boyfriends having female best friends. However, you have no right to control who he talks to or befriends. It's something you just have to accept.

6 Things I Wish I Knew About Boys & Relationships When I Was 14

5. Guys can be disloyal.

No matter how much they tell you that they feel strongly about loyalty and that they could never cheat, don't believe it 100%. Not everything someone tells you is true and unfortunately, being cheated on is almost inevitable nowadays but it's not worth your time worrying about it.

6. Sexual Assault

Rape and sexual assault can and does happen in relationships. It is no different to a stranger doing it to you and it does not mean they love you and really are attracted to you, no matter what they say, it's wrong. Coercing someone into sex through blackmail, continuous pestering (despite saying no), trickery or playing of emotions, is also considered sexual assault, yet it does not get spoken about enough. Consent isn't black and white.
A guy pestering you to have sex continuously until you decide to say yes, JUST to shut him up, is still not consent. This issue may arise as young boys will be interested in sex and want to do it a lot, so they may give you the cold shoulder if you refuse (emotional manipulation) or keep begging for sex for over an hour and will not talk about anything else. In short, you should only have to say "no" once and that be the end of it.

Relationships take a lot of work and aren't easy, especially for young teenagers who have little knowledge about it all or the true tendencies of human beings. It's always helpful to be knowledgeable before entering into a relationship and I hope this gives some insight to young girls.

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  • "Trust your instincts"

    You mean the same female instinct that tells you girls to chase players/badboys who will lie and use you for sex.

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    While pushing you away and friendzoning decent guys who actual want a relationship with you.

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    • Lol stop with this crap.

    • nailed it. these women ignore the good guys and bash the entire gender for the bad guys THEY chose.

    • @lonerider Don't pull out the "good guy" crap. It's already been slammed here. What YOU consider a bad guy is someone who's outspoken and doesn't lick a girls ass. Girls don't want to be followed around by a guy who can't even stick up for himself. "Nice guys" feel entitled to girls because they bought her a dinner, but weren't capable of being romantic/showing their attraction so when the girl assumes friendship, they're quick to call her a bitch - not so "nice" then! These "nice guys" are unattractive most of the time and are too afraid to even kiss a girl so how the hell do they expect to get anywhere with a woman? Stop being jealous of the cool, laid back attractive guys who are able to actually get somewhere with a woman.

      www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a2099-nice-guys-vs-bad-boys

      www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a3063-the-history-of-the-nice-guy

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  • They'll only last like 2 minutes in bed, so fucking them is not a good idea and will not make him stay with you, since his wanting sex has nothing to do with him liking you. At all. And his high sex drive does not mean he's not messing with other girls. Wish I'd known stuff before too.

    • I last longer than 2 minutes...

    • @CompleteStranger1234 I was talking about teens.

    • Oh...

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  • I am glad I didn't date when I was younger because I wasn't ready for all that dating drama had to have... you have to kiss a few frogs before finding a guy you want to help become better, as he does the same for you.

  • Relationships suck... period.

  • I'd like to add that you should have waited until you were 16-18. I'd also like to add to your list that you can't trust your freinds for advice on how to deal with the relationship. They will answer according to what they think of the guy.

    • Yes but it depends who that person. A inexperience giving advice is bad but if someone who is successful with relationship, then i think should listen because every advice have back bone

  • You are right in this article especially about younger boys. A lot of them will use you, and betray you, and lie. Its best to just wait until you are 18 to start dating. Guys around 14 don't really know what they want, and some of them aren't really ready to commit in a relationship and want a bit more freedom. I started dating at a young age but I have learned a lot about younger guys. Always trust your instincts if something doesn't feel right.

  • Great myTake in that whay you really just said was... be informed... take responsibility for yourself... should be read in class to all girls as part of the new "Girl training boot camps"... with a little balance to counter all the negatives.

    Add - if you see a boy on drugs... run. The drug is his #1 priority, not you.

    A few things that came to mind: Children see things as the truth... they don't have discerning ability until that develops. you may have been a late bloomer with that, or just didn't have a good reference model for men in your father. Most girls at that age are clueless about guys and guys are clueless about girls... unless they've had experience or read...

    Much of this applies to woman as well. People are people, just a little different in how they skew things because we are different mentally. Choose wisely. The chooser is involved and part of the problem.

  • more like 600 things we wish we knew why girls go for those player jerks in the first place, who we all know will treat them like crap, and why girls dont go for the nice decent guys, who respect and love girls, oh i know, cause girls naturally gotta fit into the in-crowd and harshly judge all the so called "losers" because they dont drink, dont do drugs, dont party, dont have casual sex, not into sports, not from rich families, and are labeled different.

    • People are bored of the "nice guy" thing now and you don't know my exs. If you met this ex, you would see him as a nice guy too. People can look nice though and be horrible behind closed doors. You can never tell and it's not the woman's fault. Bad guys are good at lying, charming and manipulating and you can't say shit until it's happened to you. Even supposedly "nice" (usually ugly) guys cheat. My first ex wasn't even that attractive and he cheated.

    • usually girls blindly think everything's the guys job and a guy is "nice" just for approaching and being confident, when that usually has "player" written all over it. and girls dont seem to understand getting to know a person first before hitting the sack. they seem to bang and ask questions later which is why girls end up getting burned, so to speak.

  • OMG we all make bad choices its sexist to generalise and paint all guys in as monsters. Im sure there's a bitter take from a guy who had a similar experience dating girls. Can someone preferably female write a take praising guys and all their great qualities. Remember every guy is someone's husband, father, son, brother, nephew, cousin, friend.

    • You should read the disclaimer "spermdumpster".

  • Number 6. That Bustle article was foolish. By that definition, I have been raped.

    Do *I* believe I have been raped? Certainly not. She begged for sex a million times? I should have said "no" a million times. Even better, I should have left. I take responsibility for my bad decisions. And I expect others to do the same. If you give in because she pestered you for sex, that's YOUR fault. That's YOUR responsibility. If you can't say "no," no matter how much the person begs, or says they'll break up with you (and being incompatible sexually is a PERFECTLY good reason to break up), or says they'll spread rumors, you're too immature to be dating in the first place. If you say yes to sex after she's pestered you ten trillion times, in my opinion that is consent and I would never vote to convict this person if I sat on a jury.

    He pester you? Say "no" a jillion times, break up with him, leave him, BUT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR BAD DECISIONS.

    • I agree but sexual incompatibility as a teen is stupid. What will he last like a minute? Lol

  • i agree with all of these points

  • It is true since there are many questions by younger users that reflect younger flaky brain sexed porno guys abusing and misusing others with crafty seduction. Then they also seem very unsure ofthemselves too.

  • I am sorry but more times than not it is true , morals, ethics , and common decency have been tossed for, lust, greed , and shallow endeavors instant gratification , and the all about me attitudes of these men. A lot of good guys get overlooked and downright disrespected because of careless and cruel men leaving a bad impression. I hope you all find the one that loves you unconditionally and brings out the very best in you! Hugz n smiles 🍀🐶🍀

  • Most of the guys in high school aren't like that, just the ones that most of the girls find attractive. I guess the guys that these high school girls find unattractive somehow "don't count".

    • lols if we're getting into generalisation, how about "most of the popular/pretty/bitchy/trashy girls find attractive"

  • Coercion:
    the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
    1. the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
    2. force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.

    Some Feminists want all hetero sex to be considered rape. They work to achieve this goal in part by expanding the definition of words to include things that have nothing to do with what the word actually means. If they can include asking for sex as coercion then any man who asks for sex more than once is now a rapist.

    The result of this rape hysteria is the removal of human rights and due process rights for men on college campuses, this has already happened. Now they are working to expand this into society at large.

    • "Some Feminists want all hetero sex to be considered rape" You mean feminazis.

    • Yeah you could call them that, they would call them selves Feminists though. They are the "Feminists" with the power, they teach courses like women's studies, or get government jobs where they change policy and laws to eliminate or undermine equality under the law and due process rights, manipulate studies and statistics to erase male rape and DV victims, create legal precedence on how to legally murder your intimate partner if your a woman and write a book about it to encourage women to do it, write articles at places like Jezzibel, Salon, Buzzfeed etc.., alter wikipedia to present a "Feminist" interpretation of the facts, bomb government buildings to get rights men only got for going to war, lie about false rape accusations being a problem, censor free speech by de-platforming and disrupting events with opposing view points, the list could go on and on and on but I'm running out of space. It's a good thing to advocate for women's issues but not in the way Feminism has done it.

    • I can see how some women could think that. You do need to have sex to have and keep an adult relationship most of the time. But that's true for men too. Like if he doesn't last long enough or make her cum he has to worry if she'll cheat. It's a shame but those dynamics are there.

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  • Damn

  • Thank you for this.

  • 4th one so true

  • That's sad. But most 14 year olds are pretty naive and so they shouldn't be dating as they're not so mature. I think people should start dating at 17-18. At least then will they be somewhat mature, and responsible for their own actions.

    • I agree.

  • Not true on all guys but at 14 yeah I can see how that can be helpful. I don't fancy my best girl friend so I'm in the 10% 😛

  • Good. Another generalization about boys in high school. I had my portion of generalization on girls so let's take it (like a man).

    Yup. Had you observed how boys were back then before jumping into relationships, you'd avoided the disappointments like I had but since this is the past, nothing can be done about it. Just learn from it and move on.
    Yes, boys can be jerks and many of them really are. So all what you could do is either maintain a toxic relationship or just move on with life. Not much of a choice but either way as a matter of fact time moves forward and so do you.

    Oh, you forgot something.
    Number 7. Sex.
    All they would be after is sex and then go cold. Happens very often, more so in clubs.
    They'd do anything or pay any price to get laid. And that involves any of these 6 numbers above.

    Watch and learn people.

  • I clicked on this all ready to tell you your wrong and give you a piece of my mind. But, after reading them, though I don't agree with all them, I think you did a good job on this.

    • he's not talking about relationships with fictional characters like spiderman bro, calm down its ok @fearless_banana

    • @Polocrew um, it's a she dude.

    • Oh wow, you finally talked to a girl.. even if just on internet. Bro i feel happy for you dude, really

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