Orchid Corner Magazine

The First Relationship

Hello! AdultOfTheFuture here! To start this magazine off I'm going to be telling you all about my worst life experience yet, also called my first romantic relationship.

It wasn't love, that's for sure, but it's pretty daunting that my first relationship was a complete, and utter failure.

We'd met at school, he was new, and I'd never noticed him before. We were being taught the most atrocious and ridiculous things in assembly, 'Cool Comebacks For Standing Up To A Bully'. Obviously, I'm not saying bullying is ridiculous, I've been a victim and trust me, it's not fun. But what the 'Cool Comebacks' actually were, now that was silly.

Let me list a few, and mind you, we were teenagers at the time.
"Excuse me?"
"Stop, I don't like it."
And the stupidest one of all,
"Wow."

'Wow'? That was what they expected us to say to a bully? My best friend and I couldn't help but giggle, and honestly, that was the moment that changed my life forever.

(Let's call this guy 'P')

P turns around and looks at us, "What are you laughing about?"

I'm surprised, I usually know all the new people in my year, but I don't recognise him.

I say, "These comebacks are so stupid! Someone bullies us and we're meant to say, 'Excuse me, wow?'"

He laughs along with us, and since we're sitting in the middle of the auditorium, the teachers can't even come to scold us.

Fast forward to after assembly, this other guy, hmmm, W, comes up to me and tells me that P likes me.

Honestly, I hadn't even asked P for his name, so when W told me this I was a bit confused.

I asked him who P was and he told me it was the person I'd been laughing with through assembly. I was delighted, he'd seemed like such an amazing guy!

I told W that I felt the same, and continued my day as usual.

To summarise what happened in the next few months, P and I knew we liked one another, but none of us made a move. I was hopelessly awkward, I couldn't even speak to him without blushing. P didn't have access to text messages yet, which was the only way I could talk to him, because it wasn't in person.

Then one day, I find out from my good friend that P actually does have messages! Wow, I can remember how delighted I was!

I text him immediately and he replies a while later, 5 minutes of texting and...BOOM. Boyfriend, girlfriend.

(Lol guys I wish I was this charming in person)

I go to school the next day feeling like I'm on top of the freaking world!

One of the first red flags was how we didn't talk much in person through our entire relationship, but I was too giddy to notice.

Few days later he reveals his true intentions,

P: Hey, want to play truth or dare?
Me: Sure!
P: What are the limits?
Me: What?
P: You know, nudity
Me: Um..no nudity
P: Oh, well, I would've done it
Me: Seriously?
P: Let's just play with no limit
Me: Um no? I'm not sending you nudes
P: Why?
Me: P stop. This isn't appropriate
P: Fine

To be honest, this started happening a lot, he'd always ask me this and when I refused I'd feel so bad.

That's when my friend @HeyoItsMasky tells me shocking information: that P had confessed to liking her while we were dating!

That was the last straw! He'd already begun to avoid me at school and I texted him, demanding answers.

He got super uncomfortable when I mentioned it, then said that he wanted to break up with me.

My reaction: UM? WHAT THE HELL? YOU'RE BREAKING UP WITH ME? I'M BREAKING UP WITH YOU!

...He blocks me.

Now he's a complete outcast in school, always in trouble, and can't even spell the word schedule. Like seriously, he failed the spelling bee because of this.

Well, that's my story, and unfortunately it's extremely true.

If you all want to share your first relationship stories then email us at adultofthefuture@outlook.com or zedlerscorner@gmail.com, with the subject The First Relationship.

Hugs and kisses!
AdultOfTheFuture