Technological Memoir
Our relationship began around the summer before Junior High School. My older sister introduced us to each other and helped me get acquainted with how everything worked. She made me an email address, an AIM screenname, and a Neopets account. It was my first relationship so I was a bit shy and hesitant at first. I’ve heard of summer flings before from movies and hoped he did not consider our relationship to be one of them. In every story, the girl always becomes attached and the boy only uses her for his own entertainment. I promised myself that I would not fall too hard for him and become one of those heart broken girls. Despite my promise to myself, I quickly felt myself becoming more in need of him. He was funny, entertaining and always knew how to make me happy. Most importantly, I felt very comfortable around him. He did not care how I looked like or what I was wearing. I felt that he truly liked me for who I was. From what I thought would end up to be only a summer fling, ended up being an extremely long and complicated relationship. He showed me new things everyday, ranging from Neopets to Xanga at first. Later, Myspace, Runscape and Maple Story were introduced. There was so much to be discovered and it made me feel overwhelmed. With only twenty-four hours in a day, there was not enough time for him to show me everything. I could talk to friends online, play games, watch movies and he was always there besides me doing anything I wanted. We had fun doing almost anything. I could talk to other boys online and he never got jealous. He also wasn’t bossy when choosing what to do on our dates. I liked being in charge with planning things out and he gladly allowed me to do so. Our relationship, as serious as it was, never went public. We both agreed that we did not like labels and that we would see where things took us. We often got asked if it was official but we would just look at each other with a smiley. There was no need for us to explain ourselves to them. Sometimes people misunderstood our actions for something else. Because