Why do teenage girls that i know feel the NEED to be in a relationship with a guy?

Question

When the guys dont want relationships and just like doing guy things? Is it a girl thing to be into relationships that much?

Somehow not me tho...

Answer 1

I didn't get a boyfriend until I was 30. Was I lost? No, I was enjoying myself as a single gal. I wasn't the least bit tied down, and was free as a bird. :) Maybe they "need" to be in a relationship so they are not thought of as a loner or nerd.  

Answer 2

Not all teenage girls do. But most, ugh.

I have no idea.

Answer 3

Well this is a hard one...lets see....BECAUSE THEIR STRAIGHT NORMAL YOUNG WOMEN..perhaps.

Answer 4

It is a status thing amongst females.

For example there were 2 15y.o. females on a TV program called Insight where the presenter has a number of relevant people in the audience and asks them questions.

These girls were saying that they performed oral s*x on underage boys (but would not let the boys do the same thing) because they could rush off and brag to their female friends on what they had done. They had no regard for the feelings of the boys at all. No doubt you would be horrified if males were doing this to underage females but the gender discrimination held by most females allows them to ignore this. The reason the girls gave for their behaviour - it increased their status in their group of females.

This then leads into adulthood. There was an example of 2 female solicitors who complained when they were sacked. It turns out these women spent an inordinate amount of time bullying each other by email rather than working as they were paid to do. In one exchange of emails one said she bet the other could not get a man. The other responded she had FIVE on the go as opposed to the other who only had one.

You will find most women hold this view and this is why women are obsessed with the way they look and being "s**y". If they attract more men than another female then they have greater status whereas men view status in terms of their personal achievements. This is why men earn more, achieve more etc etc.

Answer 5

because some people just aren't used to being independent

Answer 6

They're afraid to be alone. Teenage girls- my friends included- don't feel popular or confident unless they have a guy to hold on to and parade around with. Others enjoy the drama, the breaking up and getting back together. Teenage girls enjoy attention, and be happy that you feel secure enough with yourself and your life at the point not to NEED someone else to make you feel "complete."

Answer 7

Some do cos all their friends have b/f and dont want to be the odd one out (its the same when all their girlfriends start having s*x and who is still a virgin)

Some want to do it cos they want to appear more grown up then other girls in the class

They read the Cosmo, Dolly or Cleo that arent really marketed at them and think this is what girls my age must be doing

Some probably dont like being alone without someone special to share their life with

  

Answer 8

It validates their developing femininity and believe it gives them status in the eyes of their peers.  Too many girls and women define themselves by the men, or lack thereof, in their lives.  

Answer 9

Probably because they are told by media sources to seek romance at all costs. You're more immune to it.

Answer 10

Sometimes it can be quite helpful being in a relationship in your teens,because it can give you a sense of security,acceptance,validation and self gratification.Then when the break-up happens it teaches some valuable life lessons and sets you up for living in the real world and the experiences and problems in mature relationships.

Answer 11

it makes them feel like they're worthy for something. single is like = owh, i'm unattractive so i should die coz life is all about looks

it's just a modern version of women in old days who can't wait to get married when they were around 16. just that now, it's bf gf system

it's not a girl thing. girl thing is when you can truly accept the fact that you're a female and be happy with your femininity without needing to be a loser. nothing to do with bfs for sake.

i was there once too, almost get tempted by all this girly nonsense.thank God i didn't.

Answer 12

Well we are told it is what we must do. Have you watched  Life With Derek  recently. There is an episode where the girl freaks out because she didn't currently have a boyfriend and she has never been single since she was like five years old. On iCarly the girl is dating some guy. All the media even the media for kids makes a big deal over relationships. Girls are not geniuses they don't realize that going to school and getting a good job and education and not dating will not leave them pregnant and living in poverty or with some crazy life threatening std or bad reputation or emotional damage.  

Answer 13

gud for u for not folowing the crowd...  u dont need a boyfrend... ur yung an shud be thinking of school...  guys will only caus u problems now... u got plenty of time to worry bout that later...

Answer 14

now adays socity is not good so may be its write, obile, Net, as a whole electronic mdia is a menace, so as the modrenization is going on the society can be in a big trouble.

Answer 15

girls are known to be emotional and that might be a reason. i boast around with the number of guys i got, but yet i'm not desperate for boys. i think its fun being naughty and feeling like in the movies, being in the scene and confronting all sorts of adventures concerning the natural feeling deep inside.

i'm 17 by the way

Answer 16

Generally guys need to be mature or g*y to want to be in a relationship. I'm both and feel the need to be in a relationship just because I feel needed. It makes people feel happyful.

There is usually one person who puts more (emotionally) into a relationship.  

Answer 17

guys are just not mature enough

Answer 18

I think you are probably singling out a small number of girls you either do not know well or are simply codependent.  Often times people easily influenced do what they see on TV...TV says you need a boyfriend so they try to have a boyfriend.  Usually this doesn't work, guys see how desperate they are and tern toward girls who are simply put "real".

Answer 19

There is a universal tendency to desire affiliation with others.  When it's between genders in the adolescent period it's normative behaviour by either gender.  I'm not sure that the premise of this question is a universal truth.

Answer 20

it's bcuz girls r very emotional and blive in deeper relationships. As far as teenager girls r concerned, they r growing up and it's almost like an urge for them to b in relation with a guy...they think they r fast in that way and feel complete. It can also b an impact from lots of teenage movies that girls watch...  

Answer 21

Guys are just not mature enough?

That's not even answering her question.. you're a feminazi.

That doesn't even make sense... she asked why girls feel the need to be with a guy, which is clearly a sign of weakness, not maturity.

Both sides feel the loneliness that comes when you're not in a relationship, but girls are taught to show it while guys are taught to suppress it.

Many people, myself included, don't need a relationship to feel "complete", but many others do. I think it's probably due to seeing other people happy in relationships and then feeling empty when you're not in one.