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I see it happen all the time. A girl or boy, usually girls, get into a relationship and they forget about everything they had before their relationship. They rarely talk to their friends, if at all. They stop hanging out with them, and forget about their responsibilites. Their grades slip. They neglect spending time with their family. They constantly have their phone, because they can't go 2 minutes without talking to their significant other. I've been in love before, but there's a fine line between being in love and being addicted to a person. That's exactly what it is, addiction. Unfortunately, 2 of my "best friends" are doing this right now. One, a girl, who just started dating her boyfriend. Well it will be 2 months soon, but we used to be inseperable and tell each other everything, and now I only see her at school. And that's only because her boyfriend graduated already. I knew when she got in a relationship, I'd see her less than usual. But there's no balance in her life. It's him allll the time. He's so controlling over her too. They spend almost everyday together and if not, he gets mad and says she's not spending enough time with him. She's constantly checking her phone every 10 seconds to see if he texted her. The sad thing? She's already this attached at 2 months, and he leaves in December for the Navy. After he leaves, she'll pretty much go into shock. Spending all that time with one person, and then one day they're just gone. That will be a big wake up call for her. My guy friend has been in a relationship with his girlfriend for a while now. But even at the very beginning I could see that he was going to forget about the outside world because he had a girlfriend. We used to talk almost everyday and now we hardly ever talk. The reason? She doesn't like me. I'm not sure why, because I've offered to hang out with her several times to get to know her. But that's not the point. The point is that even though she doesn't like me that doesn't mean that he should just forget about me. I was there for him before she was ever in the picture. You can't just stop being friends with someone because your significant other doesn't like them. You really want them to have that much power over you? I know I wouldn't want that.  Balance is key. So if you get in a relationship, don't become one of those people who forget about all of things they had in their life prior. What's going to happen if you break up? Who would you have if you lose all of your friends? Don't make one person your whole life. Because sooner or later you'll lose yourself. When you get out of the relationship, or if you're without that person for a period of time, you won't know who you are. You tend to lose yourself when you center your life on one person. So do yourself and the ones that care about you a favor, have balance and spend time with everyone.