My son is 13 turning 18!!!
My son has been dating his girlfriend on and off again for the last 2 years, he's now in grade 8 and she's in grade 7. When they first started dating I made it a rule to just keep this relationship as a school thing only. Over the summer (the end of school year) I was nice and yet beyond my rule and let him attend a school end pool party at her house, and invited her to come to the town fair with us. So now he's expecting me to just let them hang out whenever he wants. At the beginning of the week he asked if he could go to her house this weekend, for the day to hang out. I told him I'd think about it. Today he walks in from school and I can just sense something is wrong with him. So I asked, and he told me that's he "in love" with this girl. And she's the only one that understands him. But he's worried because next year he starts high school and she'll only be going into grade 8 and when she does go to high school it will be a different one he goes to.
My son has been having alot of issues with self esteem, depression, suicidal thoughts. And has been in councilling for about 6 months now.
He tells me all the time that his best friend is making other friends, and doesn't include him in group conversations anymore. And he's always to busy to hang out with him. But my youngest son says that's because my oldest is always hanging out with his girlfriend at recess and ignores his best friend.
I feel like sometimes my son puts to much thoughts into things, and over reacts, and he doesn't understand what he has waiting for him around the corner. I've seen his phone texts and he is always talking to alot of other girls some hes never even met. Only started talking threw social Media.
Ive told my son that he's still young and doesn't get what love really is. But I feel like I'm approaching this the wrong way.