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You could say the same thing about having friends in HS.</p>
<p>Good point. You could say it about a lot of things–possessions, jobs, children…</p>
<p>They’re stupid, pointless, and annoying. Also hard to watch when you’re a repressed Asian.</p>
<p>-raises hand- I’m a repressed Asian, too. 
My long-distance relationship was entirely unknown to my parents.</p>
<p>Relationships really aren’t pointless. They can seem so to people who aren’t in it, but if you’ve matured enough so that you can look beyond your hormones and what your body screams at you as well as the stupid social customs of high school, finding someone who shares your ideas/is willing to listen to them and can contribute to/challenge them [in a way that actually makes you think, not bristle or feel attacked], etc, is a really, really nice feeling. Finding someone who cares about you and can be sort of your mental and physical anchor is hard, but it’s worth it when it happens.</p>
<p>Of course, I’m a disgustingly optimistic person in general, so don’t mind me.</p>
<p>I’ve never been in one, but I desire one. I feel it’s entirely worth it. Sure it might not last, but nothing in this world lasts.</p>
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Is that really important? I know that if the age difference is too big, then that might be one of the reasons the relationship does not last, but is that so important?
I feel pretty neutral about this, however, I don’t particularly like when people go out just for the sake of it and then act dramatic about it. It seems to be less draining when it’s not so serious and the two are friends too.</p>
<p>@sophistry - If you wonder why you don’t have many friends, then you should probably try to get a car, a cell phone, a Facebook, or any of those things you listed. They are kind of, you know, important. Nowadays anyway.</p>
<p>I’ve had a couple, I think it’s fine. Honestly it’s fun. As long as you’re not doing anything stupid like following them to a college which is worse than what you can get into (I know some people who have).</p>
<p>It depends on the person, really. A majority of the high school relationships I see in my school are really god damn stupid and don’t really serve any purpose, let alone experience, but in the more mature, intelligent crowd, I find dating respectable. It’s a healthy social habit for the responsible person, and by far the longest-lasting and most intimate high school couples I know are couples who understand that they’re likely to break up, but that they can accept that and enjoy the present with their current lover. In fact, those are probably the couples that are ironically the most-likely to last.</p>