The next four years were pretty much dry land, although there was this one kid from my class, we were about 14 years old and our relationship lasted for the incredibly long time of one month. This, for us, of course, seemed like forever!

When I was 15 I decided to go to the United States of an exchange year. Everybody told me that I will either fall in love before I leave Austria or before I leave to go back home after the year. The first case did luckily not occur, but the second one did. It was Joe, the 17 year old brother of my best friend, now at that time I turned 16 about a month ago, and he told me he would take me to Prom. I was so unbelievable happy, and I also fell in love. Now that was in April and to understand the situation you have to know that I was supposed to leave the States in June. So there was I, so much in love that I couldn’t eat or sleep and I had to leave him? Yes!

After two month of wild romance I had to leave. I had to go back and I felt terrible.

We e-mailed every day and I visited at Christmas. But then, in March, just a few days before my birthday, I got THE e-mail. Now, I hope ya’ll now what that means! Yes he broke up with me! I felt like someone knocked me right of my feet. After that happened, there were some drunken and gross happenings (the legal drinking age in Austria is 16 by the way), which I rather do not tell.

What I learned from all that? That you should go the save way and take the neighbours boy. I don’t know about you guys but in Austria we have that one saying that goes somewhat like that: The first choice is the best choice. I think I can say that I still have a crush on him. I’m not a very quiet girl and usually I say what ever comes to my mind. But when I see him and we talk I find myself not being able to do that.