OP here.

I guess I'll just prepare myself for college mentally, then. I didn't want to give the impression that I'm desperate or anything like that; I'd like to have a relationship, and I'm a little bummed because I haven't had one, sure. But I don't want to use a girlfriend as a crutch, or as a cure-all to my problems, and I don't want to rush into something and regret it later. Because, a healthy relationship is really a two-way emotional support thing, right?

It's just weird and a little confusing. Seeing a bunch of kids much younger than me, already getting into serious relationships and doing what I had previously thought what adults would be doing. I don't know how to gauge myself, and I'm unsure of what is 'right' and 'wrong' for relationships anymore. Since I've seen more of what people do, I've had to re-think everything, and it's taking a bit of getting used to. I used to think that just bumping and dumping left and right was bad, but it seems like that's what most people do. What should I be thinking?

Also, is there any possibility of meeting people on the internet? Or does that just not work? I've been brainstorming for ways I can turn my interests into social things; I am really uninterested in conventions and stuff like that, too many people. Can love bloom at a cybercafe?

Tell me what you think.