What was your first relationship like?

[Doubtcent]

@Basil Righteeo. Thanks for the clarification. On both of our parts I guess.

I suppose the concept of courting is an "outdated" concept, however I personally don't like the dating scene. I would rather be very good friends with someone for several years, and not have to date them, and then realize that we had that sort of connection. We could then both of us agree on courtship, and eventually be married. But then again, the whole idea of courtship is more of a fantasy derived from reading old-time classics and looking back at those times, seeing how love could also have been, that will probably never happen again anytime soon. To me, in courtship there's less uncertainty in the relationship than dating. However, it's more likely that I'll find a nice girl, date her, THEN court her, then marry her.
(I sound like either an old man or a romance novel from the eighties.. eeck)

And as the hopeless romantic that I am, I can always hope for that ancient fantasy of true love at first sight. Oh well. Back to making comics.

[Sirell]

I've been together with my boyfriend for 1 and a half years. We technically never argue or fight, we are both very peace-loving ^^ some people can't even imagine how we do it lol
I can actually picture him being my future husband... :3

[rainbowolfe]

My first relationship was in Elementary school. It lasted about 30 minutes and destroyed 3 friendships ._."

[ArtistHan]

That's one friendship every 10 minutes. Impressive.

[gateofselidor]

A disaster. Never date anyone you live with, it's not worth the difficulties when things go wrong. The other person was really into me, while I was a lot more uncertain, and I made the mistake of giving a relationship a try because we got along so well, when I wasn't really confident about how I felt. The obvious gap made things awkward, and in the end I felt uncomfortable to the point where I broke up with the other person. The disaster is what happened afterwards. We agreed to stay friends, but the other person's idea of friendship involved constantly spending time with me, and basically continuing the relationship without any physical component.

In the end, I had to tell the other person that I didn't want to be friends either, that I wanted a break from them altogether. This didn't go down well. The other person couldn't really accept the relationship ending, and wouldn't stop hounding me for more "closure" and a better reason as to why I had ended the relationship and didn't want to be friends either. Since we also lived in the same house as part of a student house share, this was a nightmare. Things escalated to the point where I was actually a little frightened of the other person, and when the end of the academic year came and the contract was up, I got out of there as soon as I could. I wouldn't speak to the other person for two years after that. We eventually did actually become friends again, although we rarely see each other in person because we don't live in the same area now, and we never mention what happened.

[Kura]

I enjoyed it, was 'mostly' fun, had it's ups and downs but that is normal enough, also I was only in the 6th grade so it didn't exactly have all the problems a relationship you get when you're older comes with. Sadly I moved and lost touch with her. Such is life I guess. So pretty normal/boring/not exciting to be honest. I got no real stories to tell in regards to that one, don't get me wrong though I have more messed up relationship stories than I really want.

[apurviance]

I'm still in my first relationship. It seems to be going well after 22 years.

Seriously, what no one tells you is that a long-term relationship is a skill you develop in tandem with your partner. This isn't something anyone is born with. Like drawing or writing, it takes practice, and mistakes will be made. Talking openly is vital.

We were in the same drawing class together in college. She thought I was a snob, but I'm just shy. Luckily she kept talking to me and we ended up wasting our time chatting every day instead of getting classwork done. By the end of the year I proposed and we've been married ever since. Mistakes have been made over the years, but nothing permanent. Relationships take work.

[kazukitakamura126]

My first relationship I think was my sophomore year of high school. (it was over 10 years ago) My brother's friend told the girl I like I like her. I heard from my brother she was slightly embarrassed to hear the news. Then she gave me her cell phone number. Then she told me on the phone that her dad was over protective so she had to be careful with this relationship. Then she gave me her email address. When her first email came I was so excited to read what she had to say. I always looked forward to writing to her. When we saw each other in school we didn't talk or anything, I was too shy and apparently was she. I think that was a big mistake on my part. Then one day she stopped coming to school then I found out she began starting home school. At that moment I felt like my heart dropped to my stomach. We did talk via email for awhile but, one of the blue she stopped emailing me.

In hindshight, I think if I actually talked to her in person maybe she might have put in the extra effort to keep that relationship alive. Since then ,I haven't been in a relationship but, my artistic skills vastly improved. I think I threw my work in my work and I still think I still am.

[kambreapratt]

My first relationship was a long time ago. It was not good and I mostly try not to think about it. Luckily, I met my husband/best friend/ co-creator shortly after. We have been together ever since.

[NagashiKhan]

At first I was not at all keen about this thread- like, what? Welcome to Mopetown, right? But this has actually been kinda uplifting and pleasant to hear about all these, good or bad. This community is an alien thing, I tell you. Comic creators are just simply on another playing field, I swear.

That being said, my first and only relationship was something I could go ooooooon and on about- but I won't. Simply put, it was fan-frickin-tastic until the bubble burst. Why was there a bubble? Well, somebody thought that communication was a bad idea. ... That person was not me. =P

The whole thing ripped a hole in me for the 2nd time in my life, and I legit have not been emotionally happy ever since. Like, no joy. Nothin. There's the occasional cool thing here and there, and currently a certain cutie pie is putting a smile on my face. But seriously, I was a much happier, brighter, more bubbly dude than I am now. The good thing is, I'm also more mature in a huge way, so ultimately it was good.

But she still refuses to be friends, because we "Don't agree on enough". Hahaha, what? What kind of standard for friendship is that? It's weird man. To this day, a little bit of me is bothered somewhere in the back of my head because of how sour it all went. Ugghghhgghhhgghgh it's like when people consistently put the toilet paper in backwards. Just... just put it in right! It ain't hard, right? I don't know. I could be wrong.

[minzinger]

There should be a comic about "FIRST RELATIONSHIP STORIES" and feature all of these. Something like Medical Stories Retold. series that Awkward Yeti is doing with his readers.

[rickrudge]

My first relationship was when I was a freshman in high school. She was getting the run-around by one of the high school jocks, and I was consoling her in the back of the rooters bus. I don’t know what she saw in me, but I was in hog heaven making out with her for a few weeks, until she eventually started fooling around with someone else. At the time, it gave me a very negative attitude towards relationships, but looking back it was a wonderful experience that I wished I hadn’t held back on.

[Doubtcent]

Definitely. I might use all of this for a miniseries or something. Which would be really fun.

[shiftingverses]

Brief. It ended, like so many of them do, with more of a feeling of confusion and disappointment then anger or resentment.

My second serious relationship was much more informative of who I am. I'm just waiting on the third, they say that it's the charm.

[MylCreates]

That's absalootleeee ADORABLE <333 I didn't know you were married!

[MylCreates]

OoO whaahaaaattt? Wow, that was fast... It reminds me of Simon and Martina

[MylCreates]

I've only gotten into one relationship and we've been going on 3 years now. Met in h.s. and started dating right before I left h.s. so a majority of it is long distance but It's still going strong. I kind of want to make a comic out of it. Looking back in hindsight our relationship seems a lot like a romantic comedy.

[zelkats]

Something tells me this is gonna be a really bittersweet mini series D:

[Doubtcent]

I can try to make a lighthearted relationship series, of course that's limited to how my art could be presented (I'm very inexperienced with comic making and my artwork has much to be desired). I've done some crazy episodes before, but I've never done a specific, ongoing relationship story... Hmm...

Maybe it would be cool to start a collaboration series hosted by the Staff? It could start here at the forums, either at this post or a separate one, and we could all work to pull stories from all sorts of creators (or even readers) and fashion together a series? It could also help some series without many readers to get some recognition, either through their story or their art.

It would take a lot of effort, but maybe, just maybe, it could work?

@zelkats And there's nothing wrong with bittersweet. Sometimes it's what everyone needs to see now and again about love or relationship stories. Like the recent Cheer Up Emo Kid's episodes have been really good. Some stories don't have a happy ending, because not every first relationship works out, and that's very relatable to a lot of people, including myself. That would be a great series.

[zelkats]

I forgot to mention that I freakin' love bittersweet stories lol (I try to build my stories that have romance on it, as much as it hurts my own heart lol)

Other than that, I think this is a great idea