Can you help me get him back?

Dear Advice Girl,

I broke up with my first and only boyfriend, Ron, because I was scared of loving him. He said he loved me and I freaked.

I can’t go through life like this. We're only 14 so I’m not talking about eloping, but I want to be comfortable with love and taking the risk of being hurt. Can you help me with this, and help me get him back?

Signed,
   Afraid of Love

Dear Afraid of Love,

You stumbled over the right advice: you’re only 14. You have plenty of time to fall in love, fall out of love, get your heart broken, break some poor dude’s heart and do everything in between. Don't rush anything by forcing yourself to fall in love with your ex.

And don’t worry too much about him, either. When you’re dumped, it hurts – no getting around that. But it was better to dump him than to keep dating him, pretending that nothing was wrong. Let’s be real: he liked you way more than you liked him and it weirded you out. You were right to let him go.

So, what should you do now that you’re single? Quit taking yourself so seriously. Call up some friends and hit the mall. Scope out the sale racks. Swoon over all the hot guys. And don’t let me catch you using the word “elope” unless you’re talking about Romeo and Juliet.