-noun
1. The idea that high school relationships are quixotic due to the fact that having a boyfriend/girlfriend in 9-12 grade rarely ever ends in lasting commitment and often results in the end of a good friendship.
2. The belief that there is really “no point” to making a close friend of the opposite sex any more than a friend and that the only “benefits” you should get from a friend are encouragement and someone to talk to.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods