Keep Your Love Interest Options Opened

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but thats only if you take your direction from Saturday morning cartoons. In the real world, moving away and taking flight is a giant step forward towards bigger and better things. You will find your old high school relationships strangely fading away as you branch out into your new social circle with like-minded people in your field. Life is a growing experience that continues until the day you die. As you grow, your taste in relationships, your own personality development, and your career goals will grow with you. Although there is no set rule that college bound students should cut ties with their high school sweetheart, you will find the process may happen quickly and naturally during your first year away. Although you may need to leave your high school sweetheart in the dust, remember to hold that relationship in high esteem. People will come and go from your life over the next six or seven decades, so best start early to appreciate a persons contribution to your lifes story. People enter and leave our lives for a reason. Your first love will always be special, in that he or she helped to mold you into the person you are today.Most importantly, when you walk through the door of opportunity and kiss your first love good bye, remember that the proverbial door swings both ways. He or she who is left behind is free to start over and find someone better suited for a lifelong relationship than being with you. No hard feelings and no harsh words; your high school sweetheart has fulfilled his or her purpose and its time to move on. Try to maintain a respect, friendship, and loyalty to that person and realize that you have just learned one of lifes greatest lessons about how to part your ways without malice, spite or hurt feelings. This new found interpersonal skill will benefit you in business, social circles and perhaps even unto marriage. Now, with all that emotional minutia out of the way, you are free to study hard, reinvent yourself and slay the dragon. Pros: Walking away from a relationship is a liberating experience Cons: Self-doubt on your decision may creep in to taunt you