#3
What is the biggest mistake that you see teenagers make in relationships?
Charles Serafine
“Not speaking. You guys are so stressed about texts. Texts are convieniet, but they also lack feeling, tone, and connotation. It causes a lot of anxiety, rather than just engaging in conversation. I think the biggest mistake is relying too much on trying interpret what a person is trying to tell you on a device, rather than just going to a person. That can be a consequence of our culture becoming more impersonal. People aren’t as apt to engage in conversation just because we’re so used to doing it on the phones.”
Graciela Paulino
“The rushing, especially when it comes to like, sending pictures and certain messages. I feel like the use of the technology kind of makes people rush into things a little too quickly.”
Jazmyne McCrae
“I would say staying with people for far too long, like knowing having the same argument with someone for the same time millionth time having the same tears be shed over the same issue. And, and just being caught in a pattern of I wouldn’t say abuse all the time. But I would say just a hard hardship in a relationship. I see a lot of teenagers who feel like being in love means that it means it needs to be hard, and that a relationship is hard work. And the best relationships are easy.”
John Moody
“They think that somebody is their end all be all. They very rarely are. If you are in a really long term relationship from high school on, not to generalize the generalities of being absolute, but for the most part, you’re no building those skills and now you’re going into a relationship with neither of you having these skills, and that can be problematic.”