In a new relationship, everything is exciting and well, new. You talk endlessly, late into the nights, learning every possibly detail you can about this new person. You learn their likes, dislikes, goals, aspirations, and dreams. Everything is so new and exciting, you begin to dream about the future, and the “what ifs”. But what if, those dreams and what ifs just fit in the moment of excitement? Maybe this person really never wanted kids, and then they began to dream about the future you could have together, but later on in the relationship, the truth comes out? Were they dreaming or did they change? Who knows? Life is pretty crazy, and humans are wild. Everything is changing, and everyone is dreaming.

Falling in love is crazy. It isn’t expected, it just happens, and once you are there, you believe it is endless. The two of you are learning each other, and that newness is powerful. Powerful in a way that this new person in your life makes you think in ways you have never thought before. You open your mind to their likes, and eventually their likes become your likes. Just like their likes, their dreams could become your dreams. The two of you together, become one, best friends. You two do everything together, and spend every minute you possibly can together. You two are together so much, that other people think it is weird when you are not with your significant other. Love is powerful like that.

Have you ever been in a relationship during middle school or high school? You begin dating when you're a teenager, and you are still finding things out about yourself, and now you are finding things out about this new person. It is crazy to date someone as a teenager, because this is the time when you are finding yourself out and maturing. What you learned and had in common with this person in the beginning of your teenage dream, once you “grow up” and mature, that stuff could possibly be off-putting to you. Its really sad actually. You convince yourself that you’ll be together forever, and you grow up, grow apart actually.

People argue that people either change or people never change, but people are ALWAYS changing. You are growing up and maturing, especially during the teenage years. There are the lucky ones, who mature together, and stay together through this. It takes two to keep a relationship going, and when you have the strength and adaptability to do so, you are capable of anything. With your best friend by your side, you’ll know what dreams are made of.