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Why shouldn't I say what I think? You always have the ignore list.
Because I don't think it's honestly what you think. I think you are just trying to get attention. I'm too curious a person to put people on ignore. You'll realize one day that negative attention isn't the same as positive attention.
Because I don't think it's honestly what you think. I think you are just trying to get attention. I'm too curious a person to put people on ignore. You'll realize one day that negative attention isn't the same as positive attention.
If I think dating in HS is pathetic, that's what I will say. If that's trying to get attention, so it be.
I think high school relationships may appear vapid but they are fairly important because they are the first baby steps we make on the road to dating successfully in our adult lives, barring very conservative cultures where you just marry as early as possible. It's better to fail miserably at relationships in high school than not have them at all, because at least you will learn something from those failures.
I think high school relationships may appear vapid but they are fairly important because they are the first baby steps we make on the road to dating successfully in our adult lives, barring very conservative cultures where you just marry as early as possible. It's better to fail miserably at relationships in high school than not have them at all, because at least you will learn something from those failures.
I agree. I think everything feels more dramatic and has less depth in high school than later in life - but those relationships are definitely stepping stones to later relationships. I learned so much from my high school boyfriend in terms of relationships. And we're still really close friends to this day!
I think high school relationships may appear vapid but they are fairly important because they are the first baby steps we make on the road to dating successfully in our adult lives, barring very conservative cultures where you just marry as early as possible. It's better to fail miserably at relationships in high school than not have them at all, because at least you will learn something from those failures.
And they are really great in getting people away from their studies and failing to get a degree as well.
I had one "relationship" my freshman year of high school, but the whole thing was a joke and I don't really count it. Other than that, no way. I was overweight, ugly, and socially awkward when I was high school. It never would have worked out in retrospect.
Wow, I had no idea there were so many people who went through their whole teenagerhood without dating.
Do y'all think the poll results are representative of the broader population? Or do people who hang out on relationship forums have less RL experience? Or are people whose answer is 'no' more likely to click on the poll?
Wow, I had no idea there were so many people who went through their whole teenagerhood without dating.
Do y'all think the poll results are representative of the broader population? Or do people who hang out on relationship forums have less RL experience? Or are people whose answer is 'no' more likely to click on the poll?
I think people mature at different rates and some may have still been in that 'ugly duckling phase in high school. I'm a very odd case since I didn't even begin puberty until close to the end of high school (medication issues delayed it) so I basically looked like a teenage boy until I hit my very late teens and early twenties. It was weird going out to buy my first bra with my Mom at 19 years old
I don't think as many people dated in high school as movies/shows etc. seem to think. I only had one real friend in high school, but I had quite a few outside of high school and none of us really dated during that period. We were all good friends (guys and gals) but no dating except for maybe the cutesy holding hands for 2 weeks relationships.
My brother had a girlfriend all through HS, but he was also a really popular athlete so that was kind of a given. I showed goats in 4H and played D&D. Not super popular
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