How to Enjoy a Relationship in High School
Spend time together., Make sure you spend enough time apart., Stay safe, both emotionally and physically.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Spend time together.
This is a given in any relationship.
Remember, since you're in high school
- you have weekends off (Saturdays and Sundays), breaks off, (Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, Mid-winter recess, and Spring Break, etc.) as well as other days off.
Use them all to your advantage. (Plus Summers).
Even if you have stuff to do like schoolwork, chores, after-school activities/clubs, friends and family, you should be able to make time for each other.
Even if you have to mark it down on your calendars, you should do it.
Togetherness is a good thing for your relationship.
Basically you have to spend face-to-face, quality, frequent time together to make it work.
Carving out times for dates (etc).
IF you go to the same school don't overdo the time together thing! -
Step 2: Make sure you spend enough time apart.
You need to have a separate life outside of your relationship.
You need to be able to make sure that your boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't interfere with your chores, schoolwork or family or social life.
Keep things in balance.
Your romantic relationship can't get all of your attention, focus, energy and time, but you also need to make sure that you are capable of being an independent person.
It is also worth considering that the time apart will make you want to see the other person much more.
If you are together all of the time, you may begin to become annoyed and irritated with each other and even start to bicker, which could be detrimental to your relationship. , Your boyfriend or girlfriend should not hit, scream at, shout at, yell at, smack, punch, kick, bite, scratch, push, grab, shake, or throw you.
You shouldn't do any of that to him or her either.
Your boyfriend or girlfriend should not force you to have sex with him or her (i.e. rape), make you touch him or her, pressure you, or do anything else.
You shouldn't do that to him or her either.
Neither of you should tell the other's secrets and private info (between you two as a couple) to anyone else, blackmail you in any way, threaten you, call you names, or anything else like that.
If a person is hurting you (emotionally, physically, sexually, or otherwise) you shouldn't put up with it.
That's not healthy at all! The abuser has to get help or change.
The victim must get out fast! Tell your parents.
Many people and things can help (restraining orders, telephones to call police or 911, etc).
Also, you should feel that your boyfriend or girlfriend will do anything in his or her power to protect
- not hurt
- you and your feelings and body. -
Step 3: Stay safe
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Step 4: both emotionally and physically.
Detailed Guide
This is a given in any relationship.
Remember, since you're in high school
- you have weekends off (Saturdays and Sundays), breaks off, (Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, Mid-winter recess, and Spring Break, etc.) as well as other days off.
Use them all to your advantage. (Plus Summers).
Even if you have stuff to do like schoolwork, chores, after-school activities/clubs, friends and family, you should be able to make time for each other.
Even if you have to mark it down on your calendars, you should do it.
Togetherness is a good thing for your relationship.
Basically you have to spend face-to-face, quality, frequent time together to make it work.
Carving out times for dates (etc).
IF you go to the same school don't overdo the time together thing!
You need to have a separate life outside of your relationship.
You need to be able to make sure that your boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't interfere with your chores, schoolwork or family or social life.
Keep things in balance.
Your romantic relationship can't get all of your attention, focus, energy and time, but you also need to make sure that you are capable of being an independent person.
It is also worth considering that the time apart will make you want to see the other person much more.
If you are together all of the time, you may begin to become annoyed and irritated with each other and even start to bicker, which could be detrimental to your relationship. , Your boyfriend or girlfriend should not hit, scream at, shout at, yell at, smack, punch, kick, bite, scratch, push, grab, shake, or throw you.
You shouldn't do any of that to him or her either.
Your boyfriend or girlfriend should not force you to have sex with him or her (i.e. rape), make you touch him or her, pressure you, or do anything else.
You shouldn't do that to him or her either.
Neither of you should tell the other's secrets and private info (between you two as a couple) to anyone else, blackmail you in any way, threaten you, call you names, or anything else like that.
If a person is hurting you (emotionally, physically, sexually, or otherwise) you shouldn't put up with it.
That's not healthy at all! The abuser has to get help or change.
The victim must get out fast! Tell your parents.
Many people and things can help (restraining orders, telephones to call police or 911, etc).
Also, you should feel that your boyfriend or girlfriend will do anything in his or her power to protect
- not hurt
- you and your feelings and body.
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