Confused about an online-ish... relationship.
Hi. I'm only 16, so sorry, I'm ignorant when it comes to relationships. But I met this guy through a friend online. He's very sweet, we've been talking for a couple of weeks and we have a lot in common- our conversations just seem to flow. I've seen pictures of him, he's cute and he's very attracted to me (and also a hopeless romantic, haha). He started talking to me once a few months ago and I kind of cut it off because he was openly flirting with me, and because I haven't been in a relationship I freaked out and kind of cut it off there. But, as I said, I've been talking to him a lot recently.
After a day or so I was very physically attracted to him- but the attraction just comes and goes, and it's not there right now. I've told him that I'm very confused about how I feel about him- sometimes I'm crazy about him and sometimes I feel nothing, which frustrates me to no end- and he's very understanding and says that though he'd like very much to be in a relationship with me, he'd be "ecstatic" if I found a guy for me closer to home. (he, uh, lives a few states away.)
Obviously I haven't met him yet, but I know that even if I wasn't attracted to him, we both agree that we have the potential to be at the very least good friends. Another problem- I probably won't be able to meet him in person until next summer.
It won't be the end of the world to either of us if we don't turn out to be attracted to each other in person- but I think that I'm trying to see, basically, if we would still have a chance. Because- I was very attracted to him a few weeks ago, and nothing at all has changed, it just sort of... went away?
Help.
Bee tee dubs, to add, maybe I was in love with the idea of being in love? Does this mean we still have a chance? Aaah. :\
How do you keep yourself from getting bored in a long-distance relationship?
My boyfriend- or rather, he will be my boyfriend soon- goes to the Citadel. We can't talk during the week outside of texting and Facebook, though we Skype on weekends. Sometimes I just get bored of doing the same things- looking at words and the same pictures of him. I get afraid that since I get a bored it means I'm falling out of love. It's an odd situation because he goes to a military college and all so I can't actually talk to him much, but... does anyone have any tips or pointers? :/ He hasn't gotten bored of me, but I think that's mostly because he's kept so physically and mentally busy all day and night because of the strict and regimented situation at the Citadel he's in.
Oh, and we've been talking since June, I believe.