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Huggggggggggggggs Etienne!

First, encourage yourself with this truth...you are as ready for a boyfriend as any other 17 year old! Don't listen to negative voices. God is good and loves you more than you can even fathom! Look at your singleness as God's strategy to get you more noticed...like a diamond on a red ruby background that really sparkles! So do cheer up, as a bright smile is magnetizing! Plus spend quality time with God who is LOVE and watch Him send you to someone who really needs a soft heart like yours. Keep your eyes on Jesus and He will keep you joyous!

Good for you. Better to wait for the right person than to fall from grace.

Etienne said:

But the thing is, I want a boyfriend. I am tired of being the only person my age guys do not like. I guess I can understand. I would not want to date me.

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For one thing, just because you haven't had a boyfriend it doesn't mean that guys don't like you. Have you ever liked or felt an attraction to someone but not actually gone out with them? Most people have. So there are probably guys out there who have liked you but haven't actually gone out with you. Furthermore, in order to even be friends with someone you have to like them. Just because it isn't romantic love doesn't mean that it isn't a form of love. So if you even have one male friend - not boyfriend, but just friend - that's a guy that likes you as a person.

And you are not the only person your age who has never had a boyfriend/girlfriend or his/her first kiss. Lots of people finish high school without having dated, many finish university without having dated. And many of those eventually find someone a bit later on. I know of plenty of people my age and even older than me who haven't yet had their first kiss and some who haven't yet had a boyfriend/girlfriend. As you can see from my profile, I'm 23. So there's nothing bad or unusual about being 17 and not having had a boyfriend or a first kiss. You have plenty of time yet, don't feel that you need to rush into all that stuff or that you are unloveable because you haven't yet experienced it. God loves you, and I'm sure that you have friends and family who also love you. You don't need a boyfriend to be loved.

Keep focussing on God and striving for Him first and above all else. Let Him decide when it's time for you to have a boyfriend God's timing is a lot better than ours.

Etienne,

Pray that God shows you how He sees you...vewwy datable! Gotta love yourself to love your neighbour. What ye sow that shall ye reap!

Etienne said:

But the thing is, I want a boyfriend. I am tired of being the only person my age guys do not like. I guess I can understand. I would not want to date me.

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Two things I would suggest, (if you think an old geezer might know anything.) A girl in our church never dated a boy until she felt God telling her that this was the man for her life. Interestingly, the boy had been praying, with his mother, for the right girl in his life, and he knew when they met they were for each other.
Secondly, unintentionally throwing youself in front of guys will only lead to trouble. Pray and wait for the man God has for you. It will be worth the wait. Make Jesus your most important "boyfriend" first, and God will work all things together for good for those who love Him and are called to His service.
(Rom. 8:27)
Macca.

Do you really beleive that God wants the very best for you? Do you believe that God knows what is best for you? Do you believe that God lkoves you?

When and if God wishes for you to have a boyfriend, you will have one.

Many, many people have never had aboyfriend, or even a date at are 17. Perhaps not in your immediate circle of frineds, but you are not unusual or weird or strange. I know that from the outside, having a boyufriend looks fantastic, but it has it's drawbacks as well. Trust tht God knows you better than anyone, and will provide for you better than anyone else ever could.

And get yourself busy doing something so you won't focus on this all the time! Use your time and energy doing things for other people and you may be surprised how much you wioll change when your focus is off of yourself.