Editor #2
Being a devoted boyfriend in high school is understandably difficult since your priorities are schoolwork and extracurricular activities. School issues or complaints from your girlfriend may bring you stress that you try to suppress by texting other girls for help. There is only so much your girlfriend can have control over. It depends on the manner in which you were texting the other girl. Be honest with yourself: If a stranger were to read your texts, would they appear as if you were flirting with this girl? Your idea of “normal” conversation with this girl may be your girlfriend’s idea of flirting. Regardless of how insignificant the texts may have been, the main problem is that your girlfriend misinterpreted them. Now, I do not know how easily your girlfriend forgives, but I assume you have talked it out with her since. Perhaps you two have even made up and forgotten about the incident. You know your girlfriend best; you should be able to gauge whether she is restricting your freedom or not. In the future, if you feel that she is clingy, you need to communicate that to her; be direct but not harsh to her. Texting another girl in your free time may seem like an innocent act, but it is only innocent until a second person reads the messages and determines what they are really all about.
If this kind of incident happens again, it will become increasingly harder to prove to your girlfriend that you are loyal to her. In reality, girls want guys that are sensitive to their feelings.