How do you tell your parents your engaged at 12 years old?

Answer 1

If you are 12 and feel like you are that serious in your relationship, you should sit down and have a conversation with your parents about the relationship. At 12, you are far too young to get married. Engaged means you are planning to get married in the near future. Since you cannot get married for at least 6 years, you cannot actually be engaged. Outside of that, at your age, you are not yet old enough or wise enough to understand and make the kind of commitment that is getting engaged.

However, you should have a conversation about your relationship with your parents. They need to know what is going on, and can probably help figure out why you are looking to a boy/girlfriend for the kind of affection that a child your age should be getting from a parent.

If your parents are abusive or neglectful you should talk to another trusted adult, such as a relative or a teacher, about what is going on in your life. You may be subconsciously attaching yourself to this person to fill a void that you feel from some other lacking relationship.

Finally, you should take a step back and think about what is going on with this person. If this person is older than you, he/she is probably manipulating you and may even be abusing you, without you realizing it. If this person is an adult, sex with you is a crime. Even if they aren't an adult, you should not have sex with them. You will regret it.