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I had a guy ask me to marry him when our relationship was on the rocks, well i didn't know it was but he was trying to fix it by asking me. All it did was make it worse. We were together for 5 years and 4 months after we were engaged we broke up. It didn't help in my case, but it may be different for you. Just remember that the only way to really fix a problem is to talk about it and come to some sort of common ground. Wishing you the best in your relationship.

That may be the case, but you are still young. There are some people who are a lot older and just starting. I know how you are feeling though. I was in a relationship for 5 years where i was talked down too, always tried to make him happy, but was never recognized for it and i stopped hanging out with my friends. Since we have broken up i am in a 4 year university working towards my bachelors degree. It took me 4 years to get my tranfer degree, but i did it. Sometimes i feel really far behind, but then i have to look at the good and say, i am doing it! I can make it on my own and do it. I may be behind but it is better than not even starting. So i hope that you can let your bad relationship go because dwelling on it will only make you feel more depressed. Look at where you are, and don't compare yourself with your friends. They have been through different experiences than you. Sometimes it is better to start school a little later, you are more mature and you have a sense of what you really want in life. Good luck to you.

Really there isn't a certain age you should wait for. You do have to remember though that each of you are going to change. I dated my ex for 5 years, we were engaged for 4 months and then we broke up. We started dating when we were 17 and we changed so much between 20 - 22 that we no longer knew each other and had drifted apart. But it is different for everyone. My parents were married when my mom was 19 and my dad was 23 and they are working on 27 years together, and my older brother and his wife got married at 19 and they have been together for almost 6 years. So just think about the experiences you have together, and the times ahead when you will both change and the best of luck to you.

you are not "screwed" she probably was not ready for you to tell her that you love her. Have you been in a serious relationship before? Sometimes what we preceive as love is just "like a lot" and it is best to go slow. Take time to really get to know her and after awhile when you have been dating for sometime try it again. You probably just scared her a little.

Your mom may be getting on your case more so than your brothers because she sees you have potential to do something better in your life than your brother. I have notcied that my parents push me harder then my little sister who is still living at home with an off and on job and drinks all the time and she is 20. I moved out when i was 18 and had a full time job and was going to school. I think parents sometimes want to live through their children and make sure they don't make mistakes like they might have made themselves.

hmm lets see... you could get her a bouquet of balloons and before they blow them up put a word in each one asking her to be your girl. Make the rainbow and tell her she needs to pop them starting with the red ending with the purple. or lets see you could leave her clues in each of her classes, before school go to each one of her teachers and ask them to give her the notes. I know that one may not be the best because not all teachers are cool. You could color her a picture (precious moments are the best) and give it to her, pick one of a cuddling girl and boy. hmmm i think that is about all the ideas i have. Let me know how it goes. GOOD LUCK!

Some ideas for you: 1) Just ask her to be your girlfriend, instead of asking her "out" 2) If you want it to be kinda cheesy and sweet you could always put hershey kisses in her locker or something and say now that i gave you 100 kisses will you be mine? 3)find out what her favorite color skittle or m&m is and pick them out of a couple big bags and give them to her 4) My little brother when he was in 8th grade wrote a song for a girl he liked, so you could try that or a poem. I hope that these ideas inspire you. Good luck with the whole thing. I hope she will say yes