{"id":11123,"date":"2018-01-08T08:34:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T12:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=11123"},"modified":"2018-01-08T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:01:37","slug":"social-media-ruined-my-teenage-love-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/social-media-ruined-my-teenage-love-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"DEAR KATE: Social media ruined my teenage love affair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Kate,<\/p>

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I’ve fallen in love with a girl who is 14, I’m 16. I fell in love with her in September on Facebook and we decide to meet on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

Sadly, her little brother came with us and he is annoying so to get rid of him I carried him to play an hour GTA game while I and his sister went boardwalk and get ice cream and we went to take pictures.<\/p>

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I put the picture we took on Christmas eve on my Facebook page and her big sister saw it and tell her\u00a0dad.<\/p>

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Then her parents demand that we\u00a0broke up. Ever since she came online two times and never reply. What should I do?<\/p>\n

Confused<\/p>

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Dear Confused,<\/p>\n

The \u201cgirl’s\u201d parents are just trying to protect her. She\u2019s 14 years old. But I understand how teenage love can be.<\/p>

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I\u2019m pretty sure you will fall in love many times. Let me say this, if this girl is destined to be yours then she will eventually be.<\/p>

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But at 14 years don\u2019t you think her focus should be elsewhere?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not being insensitive but instead realistic. Leave her be for now. Maybe the friendship will bloom at a different age.<\/p>\n

She needs to obey her parents since she\u2019s a minor. At least \u201clike\u201d her enough to understand that.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Kate<\/p>\n

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