Have you ever wondered what goes on in a typical high school boys mind? If so you may have come to the wrong place because I am not your typical, cliché kind of guy. In other words I am not considered the most quintessential person, especially not for high school. Although, I do play football and run track for the school, I am not like the others. Except for in one way, psychological. Most, if not all high school boys constantly have one thing in common, emotions with the opposite sex. Well that is the stereotype, and to be honest, it’s true to some extent. But most people who do not understand the true high school boy or his typical life. Like many others, there are many stressors in my life. Such as school pressures, drug and alcohol pressure, sexual pressure, and extracurricular activities. Not to mention getting a job that I’m not all that interested in and the countless amounts of girls in the school that distract from studies and other stuff. However, these distractions cause people to misunderstand me and this may be because of these stressors. The stereotype that all high school boys, including myself, only want physical relationships is false and misunderstood.

The common stereotype that all boys are just about girls, in a physical way, does not truly apply to me. Well at least not now. So, a few months ago I was very interested in someone, and they seemed interested also.  She had long, wavy blonde hair and sparkling brown eyes. The name of this girl is Amber, and at the time we were just very good friends and we had been for years. In middle school she was very sweet and innocent and I’ll admit, I kind of liked her. However, once she stepped foot into a building, this all changed. This building was a place where people find much joy and sorrow at the same time. It is also very run down but much is being done to make it look nicer. It was my high school. That moment was over a year ago, and that place is where we begin our story.
     

Fall of 2017, my sophomore year. Amber and I were still friends but things were different about her. She had bigger “personalities”, as some would say. And I was feeling a sudden grasp of anxiousness near her, and I could tell she did the same. We started to become closer, but she was looking for something else in me that was more physical. I sensed this and a long talk ensued. Up to this point we both joked around about stuff like this but I thought it was just all joking. Then we took the relationship to the next level. But once I did that, she was more interested in the physical parts of the relationship. A few weeks later, I met another girl, Mary. Mary has piercing blue eyes and a very subtle face. This new girl was very smart and pretty, but was very ignorant to it. We soon became friends and to be honest, felt like I was becoming happy again. This is when I realized that my relationship with Amber wasn’t true anymore, and I wasn’t happy. Just before winter break and shortly after my epiphany, I got out of the relationship with Amber.
     

As the new semester started, I was regaining myself and felt good, but not great. The new year hopes and aspirations that I have are beginning to fall into place as I am trying to forget about the past, disastrous relationship. I didn’t really understand much about relationships of any kind, but I had this strange feeling about Mary. One that I had never had before, not even with Amber. Not only was she very funny, I felt like she understood me on a level that no one else had before. And excuse my movie nerdiness but, there was just something about Mary. As we became closer I realized that I didn’t want to have a repeat of my last relationship. With Mary, I just liked her company and hanging out with her. Our relationship never needed any physicality because we were happy without it. Today, I am very thankful that I met Mary when I did because I may have been still in that false relationship with Amber. Because of the relationship that I found with Mary, I am now truly happy. The stereotype that high school boys only want physical relationships are just that, a stereotype.