Love triangle: A situation in which two people both love a third person.

When I was in high school I fell in love with two different boys, creating a love triangle that ruined my junior year. If I had known that I'd end up with one of them four years later, I would change how I approached it. These two boys have names, but I won't use them in this article to protect their privacy. I'll just call them R and J.

I met R during the summer between my sophomore and junior year. While only a few inches taller than me, I was smitten. We didn't know if we could be more than friends, and there was a lot of drama that summer that pushed us apart. When we saw each other at our open house, my mom was beyond thrilled and forced us to take a photo together. Everyone was obsessed with us, and we soon became a couple. Unfortunately, we broke up, deciding that we were better as friends. That's where J comes in.

J and I met at that year's Christmas parade. He kept me from freezing and I couldn't think straight. I fell asleep in his arms that night on the bus and we shared our first kiss, becoming a couple within hours of meeting. It was a whirlwind romance that was shaken to the core when R decided he wanted me back.

I was an idiot. I went back and forth between the two for months before leaving both of them. In the end, we all found people we loved. Those relationships didn't last past high school but we were happy.

Today is May 8, 2018, and I can say that J and I are talking again. J and I actually got back together two years ago and even got engaged. It was short lived and now we're trying again. Love triangles don't always have happy endings. I am lucky that J still has faith in us and R is still a good friend. We don't discuss what happened in high school because we are both happy with how things turned out.

Love triangles are nothing like television shows try to say they are. Love triangles suck. Love triangles are draining and emotionally screwed. I would NEVER recommend it. Be an adult and choose one or none. Save yourself the heartbreak.