So how'd you meet you BF/GF?

oh god, I can see myself as I ask this question. Just laying on my tummy on my bed reading teen gossip magazines with my friends over, having a laugh, talking about boys, and then I bring up this question. I don't know why but that's how I picture myself when I ask this question to people, even though we weren't totally like that as radically awesome hip and fly (who am I kidding, we were nerdy) teenagers

Elementary school. 5th grade. There she was sitting 2 seats beside me as the new kid. We hit it off well at recess and became friends. Alas I don't remember a lot that happened in 5th grade, but those things led to her becoming my best friend.
In middle school we struggled to see each other due to conflicting schedules. It wasn't often I got to see her in my lunch period either, but when I did we usually chated and made each other laugh so much we'd still be a bit hungry when lunch ended.

At 8th grade though she came over to my house more often and I was allowed over at her place. Our parents hit it off well and became buddies. We'd play video games as our rivalry, watch anime, go out and do sports now and again, and I remember giving her a great big hug every time I saw her. The hugs were returned. We also met the twins in 8th grade. They added to our fun a lot. It was nice that Cherry wasn't the only real friend I had anymore.

High school was more of the same. We had bonded to the point of becoming inseparable. At points we wondered what it would be like for us to have grown up as sisters, seeing as at the time we might as well have been. And if I can say, Puberty on her did a really fucking good job because she went from cute to hot, at least to me. Times were always good with her, and I'm glad that I had made a friend I was sure would last the rest of our lives. I also tried dating, each with "meh" results

And then there was her 18th birthday. After the party was all said and done (her family can be real party animals BTW, it was a blast!)she invited me out to her lawn. Just the two of us. Alone. We laid out in the grass, watched some stars, and she began talking about our past together. A long conversation, it was. But it was at that moment I realized something... I was in love with her. And apparently at the same time Cherry fell in love with me.

But I finally understood this sort of indescribable feeling I once thought was just the love from friendship. Thinking back, I've probably felt this way for at least 3 years and not realized it until that conversation. It took me long enough to get the courage to talk to her about it (and thanks for the advice you guys!) but now we've been going steady for at least the past 2 1/2 months now. 3 months tops. It is nice.

We actually met online and became really good friends over time, to the point where I eventually decided to visit her. We had a good time being together and we became even better friends after that until, before long, she asked me to visit her again and I agreed.

Again, we had a great time together, but she asked to come to my hotel room the last night and that's when she told me that she'd be interested in being in a relationship with me. We talked it over for hours, about how difficult it would be and all that, but we eventually agreed to be a couple. Nothing really happened that night besides a couple kisses and a lot of cuddling, but I ended up extending my stay by another day and took her out on a proper date the following day before having to leave that night.

Now, our relationship got better and better as time went on and we were visiting one another every 4-6 months, which isn't bad for a couple of high school students traveling about 1,009 miles! This continued for almost two years and we became increasingly more intimate with every visit, to the point where a couple visits consisted of nothing but sex and cuddling, but then she graduated (she was two years ahead of me in high school, because I failed a grade back in elementary school after switching back to public school and because of a late start from my birthday being in October).

She had a part-time job at the time, but all of the money she made pretty much went straight towards her tuition and the couple bills she had. I was struggling to find a job myself at this time and, because of that, our visits started getting more and more scarce. After almost a full year of not being able to see each other and having no idea when we'll be able to next visit, we both started to feel it and we eventually decided to go our separate ways.

We still talk occasionally and we try to remain good friends though!