Your opinions? Your experiences? What do you think & know about them? Just wanted to see everyones take on this.
Waste of time.
While in high school, you should be worried about yourself and your future and a relationship is an unnecessary distraction. I personally haven’t been in one and I’m a junior now but I have no desire because I’m 100% sure I won’t see any of these people post-graduation and a relationship wouldn’t be beneficial in any way.
Also, from seeing friends in relationships, I’ve only observed juvenile arguments and stress over petty subjects.
I’ve been in one per year (I’m a junior) and although each ended relatively badly, they did help me learn things about myself and others that I would not have been able to learn otherwise.
I don’t regret being in relationships, despite the stress it’s caused me. Honestly, my grades have remained of the same caliber whether I’m in a relationship or not (although this may have to do with the fact that the people I’m interested in usually take advanced classes as well, and are similarly driven).
The only thing - being in relationships has made me a little more cynical (although I’m still as naive as ever); finding a soul mate while you’re a teenager in high school is like finding a needle in a haystack, especially since - as the above poster stated - you won’t see the great majority of the people you know in high school again after you graduate, even many of those you consider your friends.
Can be enjoyable if you find someone you like and who likes you, but way too many people freak out about being single. It’ll happen.
I’ve been dating my HS best friend for over two years now. Started senior year of high school and have continued into sophomore year of college.
The “It’s a distraction” argument doesn’t make sense to me. You think you’re going to have fewer important things to do in college? In the workforce?
This website probably isn’t the best place to talk about dating. The reason this site is called “college confidential” is because the people who go on here went, or are either planning to go, to college. People who go to college, particularly those who graduate college, are academically ambitious, and people who are academically ambitious tend to be too nerdy to know much about social things like dating. In general, the more academically-oriented someone is, the more introverted they tend to be. I’m not saying this is the case with everybody, but it is a common trend. People who are serious enough to pursue education beyond high school are probably going to be too serious for things like dating. Also, people who are in college are probably going to be too busy for dating anyway. It isn’t like high school, where you can not work hard and graduate anyway.