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Dear Mookychick,
I have a dilemna, as most that write to you do. I find I can't talk
about
this with anyone due to recently moving, so I have no friends, and I
want
someone to come at this without bias, or, well, making it a big deal and
'effing everything up.
In august I went to a local concert with friends, who had brought this
guy
out as well. Our connection was odd, but that night, we didn't talk
much,
just smoked and sat around with each other. Later we all went to a
coffee
shop, a place I hung out regularly, but as late as it was and leaving
my
bike downtown near the venue, I was stranded. I ended up going to his
house
to watch movies, and I was later going to try to walk home 10 miles, at
like
4am.
I ended up not leaving, we had sex, it was my first time so I
automatically
became fixated on him. I had never met someone like him, I grew up with
both
my parents being 'gawth' so my ideals where made then. I had never met
such
a pretty goth boy in my life. He was perfect, he knew all the music I
grew
up with and loved. I just loved everything about him. Then I found out
he
was 25, me being only 15, this posed a problem. So two weeks went by, I
went
through my first bought of teenage angst for him, I feel as though the
laws
should be changed just for me.... I'm going on about the set up to much
I'll
get to the actual point.
He moved in with me and my dad when we moved to a different city, away
from
my friends, away from the place that in only one year had become my
home. I
have moved every year all my life, so I've never had people really
close to
me. Moving away was horrible. For that year I was there was the first
year I
actually got to be a teenager, I knew everyone, everyone loved me, I
was
almost a celebrity there.
So here I am, alone. I have my boyfriend but every day is hard. He
barely
touches me or talks to me, and I can't ever make him happy. I go out of my way
to
do so much for him, because all I want is for him to be happy, but I
find I
only disapoint him. It makes sense I'd date someone that reminds me so
so
much of my mother. It feels like he's always mad at me. Here I am,
isolated
and alone, feeling completely unloved.
I know I won't be with him forever; I know his depression is not healthy
for
me, I thrive on making people happy. At the moment, though, I don't know
what
to do. I've already lost my teen years and I'm only 15. I don't go to
school
because I'm too sick to actually go, so I have no place to go
meet
people. The city I'm in now is so much bigger and corporate than where I
was.
It doesn't help that my boyfriend doesn't want to go out, and has lost his
will to actually go out. Basically because of his age he feels he can't be
like
that anymore, but I want to get memories of my teen years, not
just be
stuck at home all day everyday smoking cloves and drinking Diet Dr.
Pepper
whilst going online.
Whenever we go out, he's not happy, so I lose the will to even try, I
just
want to leave and go home. I want all the things you go through, I want
someone to actually try to romantance me, I want the butterflies. With
him it
was never like that, he's really never done anything for me. When I
first
met him I even took off a day of school to help him move and clean the
place
he was staying at, because I just love to help. He's just so jaded by
his
past that I don't get special treatment.
He is my first boyfriend, and the first guy I've done anything with,
I've
been hard to get all my life. I used to have people write poems and
songs
about me, had people adore me, I'm the girl that every girl first feels
bi-curious about even, now it feels like I have nothing.
So I'm depressed, and I don't know what to do to save myself from my
own
choices. Sorry for being so scatter brained in writting this, I can't
even
seem to get all the details I want in it even though it's so long.
Love, Anonymous Me xxx
The Mookychick answer to your problem
Amanda says...
Dear Confused Girl,
You're being a bit mysterious here. There seems to be a few facts
missing. 1) How come your dad encourages a relationship between his
daughter of 15 and a saddo freeloader male of 25? Maybe your goth guy reminds
him of your mother, whom you both miss, as well? 2) You mention you're
too sick to go to school - whether it is through depression sick or
biological sick - this situation you are in, is not making you any better.
You don't say what happened to your mum, but the point is that she's
not with your father and yourself anymore, for one reason or another
and you miss her like hell. I would guess that your dad is in a bad way
about it too, and is not coping very well either. He's turning a blind
eye to your relationship with this older bloke and ignoring the fact
that older bloke is getting you to run around after him and making you
unhappy. I guess your dad's so deep in his own grief, he can't see the
woods for the trees.
Before all of this happened, it sounds like you were a popular,
outgoing and very cool, attractive girl. I suspect you still are but you
just don't see it as misery-guts is dragging you down. Also, the loss of a
parent, your illness and the move to another area has no doubt
contributed to this.
First of all, ditch the boyfriend - he sounds like bad news. What is
a 25-year old man doing dating a 15-year old schoolgirl? He sounds a
real pervy creep. Believe me, when you are 25, you will sooooo look down
on men that date 15-year olds. Shit! What sort of old creep takes
sexual advantage of a young virgin who's stranded far from home overnight?
Secondly, bond with your dad - you need each other and should try to
support each other. Maybe even go to counselling together to sort out your
feelings about your mum. Then work on your health so you can go out,
have fun, meet new people and take up where you left off with having a
normal teenage life again. At 15, you're only half-way through your teens
and there's plenty more fun to enjoy, friends to hang out with and
boyfriends to snog! Don't give up and don't rush things!
> PS - I assume you're mature enough to be using contraception. The
last thing you need is to get pregnant - you may as well say goodbye to a
social life and your carefree teenage years if you end up with a baby.
So be extra careful!
Ashley says...
This boy is ten years older than you and moving in with you and your
dad? He's a mooch. The only way goth boys survive into their late 20s
as goths is because they are mooches (unless they are the rare few who
have respectable jobs at vinyl shops - I'm not being facetious, good older goth boys do exist, and this lad's not one of them).
You're hung up on him
because he's your first, but if he doesn't have the sense to know he
took advantage of you in a hundred ways, then it's not surprising he's
only got the sense to be a leech from now on. With no capacity to make
himself happy, he's dragged down and dragging you down to his level.
Look, darling, this is just one of those classic cases of an
unfortunate girl who's never had a good boy. Don't get stuck with this
one, summon up the courage to dump his black-eyelinered butt on the
street and trust that you'll soon find plenty of lovelier boys (and
girls, if you want) with whom you can refresh your soul.
More Mooky Advice Links
www.relate.org.uk (Email counsellors about relationships)
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