I keep getting used, and it hurts.

i feel like most people here don't get this, but coming online as your sole means for finding friends isn't very healthy, it should be a small addition to your real social life, not your main social interaction. it's just not the same, you can't actually hang out with these people, it just doesn't have the same benefits and although it's cool to be able to talk to people who are far away you need people in your actual life as well in order to stay sane. if you're a teen girl talking to teen guys online then it shouldn't really come as that much of a surprise that a lot of the time the conversation is going to turn into that stuff. which is why it's just a lot better to try and make real life friends. if i were you i'd try really hard to find some people, there's no way you are the only person in your entire town or whatever, honestly it's much more rewarding to have just one or two real life friends than tons of online friends. because at the end of the day if you can't be with these people you are going to be alone, just typing on your phone or computer or whatever, or talking to a computer screen. it's kind of a depressing way to put it but it's sort of a necessary wake up call. just coming online to meet people is sort of an easy way out, it's somewhat anonymous and you can portray yourself in a certain way that might not be the real you, take the risk and get out in the world, be yourself without the filter that phones and computers have, it can be tough but it is just way more real and better

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