Anyone here dating a high schooler?

<p>Highschool senior currently dating a sophomore and going off to college next year (college is about 3 hrs away, and no car). How hard is it, and any advice?</p>

<p>You guys will part in about a 3 months =), prepare.</p>

<p>How realistic would it be for you guys to keep in touch using electronic means (I’m thinking of Skype here)? That might be a good way to maintain communications so that you don’t drift apart (although it still could happen).</p>

<p>IF neither of you have cars, visiting in person will be unlikely, but I’ve seen these relationships last for a little while (although tbh most of them were college freshmen/high school seniors rather than sophomores – but that shouldn’t be SO bad). </p>

<p>It is challenging to date someone in a completely different stage of their life than you, but it’s not necessarily doomed (at least, more doomed than any other relationship).</p>

<p>I don’t date much but I don’t see why it would be hard. If you like each other, then there’s this little thing called patience and she can exercise it while you do your thing and get that degree.</p>

<p>I’m a senior and my boyfriend’s a junior… so we’ll be doing that.</p>

<p>I’m probably not taking my car to college with me, but I’ll only be an hour and a half away… so I’m hoping to be able to come home on the weekends. XD Greyhound might end up being your best friend if you don’t have a car.</p>

<p>But, I mean, I know a couple that’s been together since senior year of high school and they’re now going to be seniors in college and they’re still together. They go to colleges about three hours apart. So it is totally workable.</p>

<p>It can work, but it’s hard. The couples I know who are still together after their first year fought a lot</p>

<p>I’m in high school, but I know of a lot of couples who have stayed together despite the high school/college difference. See if the high schooler can come visit you, if they can drive that makes it easy, if not, try trains, that’s how most college kids I know without cars get around. Not to worry, your relationship isn’t over! :)</p>

<p>My girlfriend is in 9th grade like me and she’s really hot.</p>

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<p>I bet she knows the answer</p>

<p>My girlfriend was a high school senior during my freshman year. It wasn’t that hard to deal with. This past year has been rough with her being a freshman in college, but we’ll be situated nearby soon. Your relationship isn’t over as long as the both of you want to be in the relationship.</p>

<p>Dont worry about it, you will either find someone new or your wont. I hate to sound this callous but honestly there is a high likelyhood of you becoming a completely and totally different person, not in the first year of college, but in the first few weeks.</p>

<p>I honestly can not describe the transformation, but you become an adult and whether or not you are still compatible with your old life… far away… is a totally different discussion all together.</p>

<p>The summer I came back from college I realized that I had absolutely nothing in common with my former life, or friends. I was a completely new person, and they for the most part were exactly the same… I never went back for summer again.</p>

<p>It’s doable, but hard. My (now ex-fiance) and I had been together since freshmen year of hs when he went to college my senior year. We were actually ok for the first year, ok for my freshmen year of college, but then we split my sophomore year because we just became two completely different people. </p>

<p>COMMUNICATE. This is the best advice I can give. Communicate about everything and communicate a lot. Other than that, just know that it’s going to be hard and prepare for that. Don’t try to hang on to the relationship if it’s too hard for either of you because that’s just going to cause suffering.</p>

<p>if youre willing to pass up the once in a life time experience of being single and meeting people in your first semester while its new and exciting, you must want to marry this girl. If you don’t want to marry her, don’t let her ruin your experience. It’s your life and you deserve the experience.</p>