Mhm, your point being?
point being you still have plenty of time for finding someone you love. seems like lots of people feel fondly about their first 'love' but trust me you'll meet someone else eventually.
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Besides....most teenagers are too immature to understand love...its just the hormones working in you. I can honestly tell you, 5 years later when you're 19, your gonna look back and see what a bimbo that girl is. But if you really want to go through with it, just try your best but don't force it. Start with basic conversation, if she enjoys your company and takes you as a friend, you just finished step 1. When you're ready for step 2, post again here and I'll answer that...one step at a time.
I think it's all a part of the learning process. 'Isn't it better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all?' perhaps. but you'll never find out if you don't go for her..you might really regret it later if you don't.
In reply to your reply to my comment, cubin', I'm not much for that whole romance business anymore. I've cared for quite a few women in my lifetime, and I can tell you (and anyone else) right now, that even at 14 I could personally differentiate between the real thing and a crush. I've loved, crushed, and lusted; three very different feelings. But I can safely say at 14 I did know what love is. In fact, I'd be willing to go as far as to say I knew better when I was 14 than I do now. Back then you're going through bodily changes, but you're still hormonally sane enough to tell the difference between mere sexual attraction, loneliness, and the real deal. It's nowadays where I have trouble, because my sex drive tends to overtake my mental facilities.
Back when I was 14 though... it was all so simple. When you're older you have to consider so many things, does she live close enough? Do your values align? Do you want kids/does she? Are you socially compatible? Etc, etc. It wasn't about sex (for the most part), or economics, or romantic politics and BS; it was about about emotion, pure and simple. The emotion was what mattered. We lose site of that as we get older, prioritize a career or a hobby over true love, that's just a waste. If you really truly love someone, you find a way to fit your life into that love, not the other way around. And again, we tend to lose sight of that as we get older.
Personally I'd love to go back to a time when biding for a girls affections was as simple as telling her how you feel. When you're an adult you have to look good, say the right things (even if they're lies, which I hate), have the right amount of money, the right hobbies, the right background, and if you even dare telling a woman how you feel outright? Chances are she'll either laugh at you, pity you, or take out a restraining order. Of course, to the person who started this topic, you don't need to worry about a lot of these more advanced problems yet, you're young, make the most of it. The restrictions I mentioned aren't as present at that age.