I'm 13 and I dated a 17 year old on an Online Game. We first started going out after being best friends for about a year. We fell madly inlove with eachother, I had never felt that way before. A few months later about a day before he was forced to leave the game forever he told me he didn't love me anymore. Ofcourse I was heartbroken. Before that he had been talking to me about how I should find someone better than him and someone my age who I could actually have a future with in real life. (We were planning on meeting eachother in real life YEARS later) I thought I was never going to see him again so I started going out with another Online friend of mine who is actually only a few months younger than me. They both knew eachother but they were completely opposite and hated eachother. My ex was mature and serious, my current boyfriend is immature, but that's not much of a surprise for a boy his age with ADHD. Three months later about a week into me and my current boyfriends relationship my ex returned. We were totally cool with the break up and we acted as if nothing happened, we were still best friends. Although we did flirt just a little bit. (I can't help it that I'm still inlove with him...) I hadn't told him about my current boyfriend yet but when he did he seemed cool about it, which made me glad. But the next morning when I got on he told me he didn't want to ever talk to me again, he said he saw me as the "enemy" now. I don't get it...just because I'm dating his opposite who he hates and thinks is a troll doesn't mean we can't be friends...or does it? I'm highly confused at this point... Please help me, I really want my friend back. I've been depressed ever since and I've tried to talk to him about it but he just won't listen, as always. Please help me...

Don't be depressed over this. It's an online friend and you're just 13. You're young. Why don't you meet someone your age in the real world? That 17 year old might say he's 17 but really be 40. You never know, there are a lot of pedophiles out there. Don't meet up with people over the internet, especially at that age with no adults there with you. Again, you're young. Online relationships are nothing. You cannot interact with your "loved" one other than with your character. Whats the fun in that? Look for someone in the real world and you will notice how much of a fool you were for having online dates in a game. Don't let this get to you. As you grow you will look back and laugh. Good luck!

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Even though it's a bit embarrassing to me now, I'll share a little story of mine with you.

When I was 16, I met this girl online. She said she was fifteen. For months we talked and even called each other. I thought was head-over-heels in love with this girl. After almost a year of being together, I found out that she was actually a 39 year old woman. She had been using pictures, videos, links, etc... of her niece who had the same name as her and lived around where she did. I was devastated and I felt really stupid. I had a lot of mental and emotional damage over this "relationship."

My advice is to find somebody in the real world to be with. You'll never forgive yourself in a few years for being ignorant and "dating" online.

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It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, do you know how I got these scars?

It's just because you're young that you feel as though you're "in love" with this person. We've all had our share of weird and embarrassing stories when we were young. Just wait until you get a bit older and a relationship will come in the real world.

I'd suggest NEVER meeting someone over the internet no matter how comfortable you are with that person or how old you think they are, very dangerous place to be in.