<p>I've noticed on Facebook that a lot of my senior friends are in relationships. Isn't that bad time to start one? I doubt they are serious because say they will be together forever and are already over affectionate with PDA. I see no purpose in having one because they can take up a lot of your time. Any opinions on high school dating senior year?</p>
<p>Date whoever you like. Theres no wrong time to love someone.</p>
<p>Agreed, it’s pointless.</p>
<p>Unless, they’re going to the same college as you or some other rare circumstance.</p>
<p>^I don’t think it’s pointless. If you really like someone, it’s worth it to get to know them.</p>
<p>Yeah, get to know them is fine. But getting serious senior year with someone you are going to likely be at least a few hours away next year just seems silly. Then again, high school relationships don’t seem to last more than a few months… so.</p>
<p>In that case, you shouldn’t date in high school period. </p>
<p>It’s not a waste of time to start or continue a relationship in your senior year. That’s a whole 9 months of fun and affection. </p>
<p>Yeah, the relationship won’t last if you go to separate college and going to the same college still doesn’t guarantee y’all will stay together. But you will be able to enjoy your last year in HS and can look back and reflect on what happened instead of what could have happened.</p>
<p>I guess it’s different for every person. I see where you are coming from.</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t want to start a relationship with someone that I know from the beginning won’t last very long. I don’t think of what could have happened, because nothing could have happened for very long. </p>
<p>Not only will it probably not last long, it could become a distraction from more important things. Personally I also want to date guys that are a bit more mature, which is hard to find in high school, not that it’s much better in college. However, I think it will be easier since college is definitely bigger and since the age group is older, there is a slightly greater ratio of mature guys.</p>
<p>High-school dating year is fine, considering the nature of most high school relationships. They are so shallow and nothing serious is likely to occur, so it really doesn’t matter. The boy is likely to be fickle and the girl will want something else. So it’s fine if it’s just for fun, but don’t expect much to happen.</p>
<p>I’m not saying it’s not possible, just extremely unlikely.</p>
<p>High school dating in general is dumb. Start in college.</p>
<p>I heard this quote a while ago:</p>
<p>Everything you do as a teen is merely a preview of your future! You could even say that relationships in high school are a preview of love for when you seriously fall in love!</p>
<p>Yet high schoolers these days skip the preview and go straight to the real thing!</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a bad idea to date as a senior as long as you have an open mind and realize that your relationship will be tested. </p>
<p>Most people I know with bfs/gfs aren’t thinking of that right now, however. They’re just trying to enjoy their senior year and their relationships before the time comes to inevitably say goodbye.</p>
<p>High School dating in general is less about finding a longterm partner and more about finding someone who’s company you enjoy. As the poster above me said they’re just trying to enjoy themselves…</p>
<p>PS as for the PDA it may annoy you as an outsider but if you are participating in it it’s actually quite enjoyable ;)</p>
<p>Most of my senior friends who started dating this year already know they’re gonna break up at the end of the year, whether they openly talk about it or not.</p>
<p>I’m a senior and just started dating someone about two months ago. It’s kind of bittersweet because we both know we’re probably going to be quite far apart next year. But I wouldn’t not date him just because of that. It’s “worth it” if you’re happy, and I wouldn’t sacrifice being happy right now just because we’ll have to deal with separating next fall. It just makes you wish you’d found the person earlier on.</p>
<p>These relationships only become bittersweet if they get serious. Otherwise, it’s an opportunity for a good time and a prom date (this was the case with my friend’s sister senior year). Or you could be like me, a junior with a serious senior bf. We started dating almost a year ago, and I never ever thought we’d still be dating, which is going to be awful come the end of this summer…we shall see, I suppose. But I don’t regret dating him because it might be heartbreaking later. We’ll make it or we won’t, but just cutting a relationship off before its natural expiration date because you’re afraid of getting hurt is silly and leaves so much room for “what if?” </p>
<p>(“Of all the words of mice and men/the saddest are ‘It might have been.’”)</p>