The 5-½ years we spent together was a lasting loving relationship.

When AJ and I started dating we, never thought for a second that it would last past high school. I always thought we would just be high school sweethearts. I entered the relationship thinking, “Will this last”, but then that changed. Suddenly, I had feelings for him; I wanted to be by him as much as I could. The relationship went from “will this last”, to

Ever since I have known AJ, he has always wanted to do things differently. He tried to incorporate what his parents thought into everything he did. Where eventually he felt he was not living up to their standards. We talked very often and I would always reassure him that he was doing great. I don’t think his parents ever realized how hard they pushed him until he was gone. It's dangerous to try to stop change, especially if the person wants to change so much. Maybe the change isn't the best change, but if you dig deeper, the person that you love and know isn't really changing, they are just trying to find themselves and the one thing they need the most is the support of the people who they care about the most. When the people they care about the most dismiss their change and try to guard down everything by rules and regulations. They are not only holding down the “change” but also the person who is changing.

His family has always been the type, which thought if you didn’t do it their way, then it’s wrong. They were not good at accepting change. People who we are close to reject change the most; they feel that this change is going to affect them. They fight the change until they force the person to change. It's sad how this works, but in reality, it's probably the only reason why people change. The people we love love us so much that they want us to remain the way we are forever. Forever is a long time and not one person can always stay the same. Sometimes if the people we love would just accept the change and go with it, they would understand where the change was coming from.

“Now what?” I was in love, scared, and unsure of my

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