Posted by antigua on March 4, 2005, at 13:03:50
I don't say that negatively, really. Maybe "extremely independent" is a better description, but sometimes it worries me. He is 16 years old, a junior in HS. Academically, he has always been a top student. His sister thinks he's nerdy, but by the looks from the girls he's doing just fine.
The problem? if there even is one? He has friends at school, during the day, but never hangs out w/them otherwise. Participates in no afterschool or sporting activities. He has a group of neighborhood/music friends that he hangs out w/occasionally--but he never mixes his friends. He prefers to be alone, really. He had a steady girlfriend for two years, and she did keep him occupied 99.9% of the time, but since they broke up he is back w/his music friends--kind of.
He has passionate interests--sometimes almost obsessivley (he knows this), but it's almost like he doesn't need anybody else.
Am I wrong to worry? Or is he just a teenager?
antigua
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