Relationships and Homeschooling

[INACTIVEchaosphere]

So I was homeschooled (graduated early), and I'm having real problems finding relationships. I've never had a romantic relationship beyond crushes and such, and I'm feeling pretty frustrated with it. I'm not shy or introverted, in fact I'd characterize myself as kind of outgoing, I just don't have any outlets to meet people. I try to communicate this to my parents, but they just say things like, "good things are coming," or, "just wait till college." They're probably right about this, to be fair, but it seems like they just don't connect or try to understand my dilemma. All this is to say, has anyone else, homeschooled or not, had this kind of isolation crop up like this? How did you deal with it or find like-minded people to form platonic and romantic ties with?

[PlasmaHam]

Yes and no. Homeschooling by itself did not allow me outlets to form platonic and romantic relationships. But I also did teen church groups, sports, and teen clubs to give me that outlet. If you want to find relationships while homeschooling, it is best that you try things separate from homeschooling.

[INACTIVEchaosphere]

Yes and no. Homeschooling by itself did not allow me outlets to form platonic and romantic relationships. But I also did teen church groups, sports, and teen clubs to give me that outlet. If you want to find relationships while homeschooling, it is best that you try things separate from homeschooling.
Yeah, you're right. I'm a member of a church group already but I'm about to age out of it since I graduated early. I'm just kind of having issues finding people who I can speak freely with. I haven't find a good teen club as of yet. My opinions are a little more... progressive (I hesitate to call it that, since I'm conservative on a lot of things too) than other people's, and it's hard to start a conversation on puberty or nudism in the middle of a church group, hahaha. A relationship of any kind is hard to form and maintain when the people in it's beliefs are so different. Thanks for the insight. :yes:

[KatieCO2003]

Hi Alex. I understand exactly how you feel. I live on a cattle ranch up in the rocky mountains, 22 miles from the nearest town, which only has about 400 people. I'm in an online school, whixh is about the same as homeschooling. VT is about the only opportunity I have to communicate with anyone even remotely close to my age. Still... no friends, no boyfriend, no prospects for getting a boyfriend, etc.