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Some dating standards are just beyond me. I don't care about name calling when one does not date but browsing GAG i find some unacceptable dating standards, that just make me smile to be single. Or turn me towards MGTOW.

Although deep down I know not all members of the opposite sex share the same (ludicrous) standards, however at least a visible majority of these standards are just not something, that I can deal with.

I remember someone saying, that relationships are about what you can give and not about what you can take. What if you can't give anything, does that mean you ought to stay single and just not even bother dating at all even if you are working on bettering yourself and you're in the middle of your 20s? Then people genuinely get shocked or shame you on why you're a virgin, who never had a relationship at that point in life.

I mean I don't really care about this but the logic behind it makes me scratch my head figuratively.

Perhaps self respect plays a significant role today as opposed to entitlements. Perhaps now more than ever before.

I've know this girl since I was 6, and she was 8. These days I'm 18, and she's 20. We've been living in the same neighborhood ever since.

When I first moved here, and was still getting used to the school and neighborhood, when I was just outside chilling, out came this beautiful slightly older blonde, and she smiled, ran up to me, and we began talking. She told me she'd help me get used to the school and neighborhood, and that she'd protect me from anyone who tried to hurt me. It ended with us hugging each other, besides not knowing each other for even a day.

And she kept her word... it felt great to go to school with (technically) an older sister who always had my back.

It was great to have someone I could trust and talk to besides my parents, and she would actually play with me and help me on my homework, which my parents didn't have time for. We'd play soccer, go swimming, play hide and seek, tag, we'd draw, etc.

As I got older... our relationship became more like that of regular friends, than that of an older sister and little brother.

And I began to notice myself blushing a lot around her, and to have romantic feelings towards her.

She seems to kind of like me too... I'm not sure. I make her giggle a lot, and she does seem to blush a little around me.

She also likes to hug me, and laugh about how small I used to be, but now I'm way bigger than her. She says I've become "very handsome."

I don't know if she actually likes me, though, or just sees me as a younger brother...

Plus, I REALLY don't want to make things awkward or ruin our relationship. Even if things don't work out romantically, I still really love her. She's really special to me. She's basically my best friend in the whole world.