Middle School Dating

In my eighth grade, there were tons of people who were in a relationship with each other, and that was actually quite astonishing being that there were only 50 students in my grade. I soon came to realize how many of these people genuinely seem to have little to no idea on how a relationship works. I can not rightfully speak about how to be an ideal boyfriend or anything but I can have knowledge on the things that people should not do. From my experience, there was a new girl in our grade and after a month she dated this one guy. The teenage life is complicated yet questionable. The guy simply asked the new girl to date her, as a joke, and the girl actually accepted it. Of course, this was absurd and I was completely dubious of their relationship as the guy just didn’t seem to have true feelings for the girl and vice versa. The guy simply did it out of the pleasure of having a girlfriend and seeming part of the teen culture of dating. Two weeks after dating, the couple decided to break up and it seemed normal and both really had any regret about the breakup since both had

Middle school tends to be those three years of your adolescence that you do not reminisce on, strictly because your hair was an odd shape and your body goes through some irregular changes. Hormones are raging at that point in your life; puberty is marking its time to strike. Boys and girls are starting to pair up, although nobody knows what they are doing or why. Regardless, I was thrilled to think that a semi-cute pimple faced squeaky voiced boy would want to perhaps have his mom drive us to the movies. Boy was I wrong. The middle school boys work in only one way; relentlessly teasing any vulnerable naïve little girl that they can sink their claws into. Unfortunately for pudgy twelve year old me, I was the ultimate target. Gym class was just a way to force a bunch of sweaty awkward little kids to do obscure sports in uncomfortably baggy clothing. My clothing size was the largest of the girl and still incredibly tight around my body. My stomach bulged out and my thighs rubbed together every time I took a

In my perspective people around me have been dating since we entered middle, I don't know why but they have.I always wondered what they did because we just entered middle school and they can't do anything but hold hands, I don't think they went on dates because they were too young and I believe nobody’s parents would have allowed it during that time.

Middle school was a journey that allowed us to figure out who we are and allow us to mature a little. Growing up doesn’t mean that we cannot act like kids.Someone once said, “Age doesn't define maturity. Some people will never grow up.”

The quote from Katie an Eighth Grader explains this very well, “Middle school is a tough time for many, and I feel as if teachers need to recognize that the adolescents stage is rather difficult because we are too old to do some things, while being too young to do others. So please don’t lose your temper when we do something

Cultural dating techniques and sexual practices among youth has changed drastically over the decades. From a postmodernist perspective, this is largely due to society, the morals, values and lessons that are taught in our social institutions. Dating practices have become less formal which is now considered the new norm, “we have moved into a “late-modern society” that is increasing anomic (or less normed) in certain respects” (Cote & Allahar, 2006, p. 28). There is no more ‘traditional roles’ of dating or even clear guidelines. How girls are supposed to behave is constantly changing and reinforced by various authority figures, society and our educational institutions. Dating and sexual practices have gone from the relationship first then, sexual activity, to sexual activity and then commitment. Media and society are now telling females to explore their sexuality before settling down except continue to look down upon the females who do so. Males continue to be taught to have multiple sexual partners and look for a female partner whom has only had very few sexual partners if any. Not only has institutions and other influences taken away the standards from dating, they are sending mixed messages. Encouraging females to have the best of the

Trust and Communication are the two most important components in a relationship, without these two components monogamy is hard to achieve. At the beginning of a relationship people need to lay out all his or her deal breakers. Society is not as conservative as before, but at the same time not everyone has joined the modern way of thinking. Some people are okay with having more than one partner, for example: swingers, polygamist, open relationships, threesomes, etc.… and some people are not okay with that. When entering a relationship we have to be able to communicate to the other person and trust that they are honest, and are not saying what the other person wants to hear. At the same time we need to respect the other

More kids start dating at to young of an age then they should be. Dating in high school has good things and bad. There are people that can date and focus and there are people who can not. There are good people and bad. There are people that can go to party's and not drink and have fun, but there are people that get drunk and do dumb stuff like sex and drugs. So I don't ever want my daughter to ever do that. When my daughter starts to date, she must follow my rules.

In today’s society, in relationships one person in the relationship will cheat on the other because they’re either bored with their original partner, or they want to have 2 partners. When one decides to cheat, the other being cheated on will always fines out no matter what.

Middle School boys are the worst, trust me, I’ve experienced both sides of it. I’ve been slammed into lockers and well, one time I threw a kid into a locker and I promise, it was totally justified. Anyway, things don’t get much better with freshman boys in high school, they’re just as insecure as they were in middle school (trust me, very insecure!!) except now there are guys three or four years older than them instead of one or two. By their sophomore and junior year, they’ve actually built up some real, genuine self-esteem and are actually capable of achieving some things; unfortunately, that all goes by the wayside when senioritis hits and “A’s are bae” turns into “C’s get degrees” and “C’s get degrees” turns into “D’s don’t get rescinded.”

In an article “Teen Dating Guidelines”, written by Jessica Childs, on November 6, 2014, she claims that parents should enforce rules on dating for their children. In which I agree with her statement, parents should put rules on their children to ensure their happiness and safety. Even though I agree with parents enforcing rules on their children’s dating, they shouldn’t be so strict though. Not only would setting rules for your children benefit them to prevent from bad situations, but it also teaches them how to listen and understand your thoughts.

If there are any gray areas when it comes to dating, the arena of how much physical touch is appropriate for dating would certainly be a frontrunner. Certainly, there is a whole range of views from those who believe that there should be no form of intimate touching whatsoever before marriage to those who believe that there are no such thing as physical boundaries in a dating relationship. Unfortunately it is all too clear that not having any boundaries can be a very dangerous thing. One study on teen dating violence reported that one out of five adolescents experience physical violence and one out of ten experience sexual violence (Wincentak, Connolly, and Card, “Teen Dating Violence.”). Clearly there is wisdom in setting boundaries, but what boundaries should be set? And why?

First i would like to tell you about my boundries.My biggest boundary is not getting into cars with other people of an older age.Second i can't spend the night at a girls house without my parents meeting their parents.I also want people to know that high school dating doesn’t last forever,therefore don't spend your life savings on someone you don't know if you will like in your future.

Most men fantasize about being with many different beautiful women throughout their lifetime. Monogamy actually goes against a man's very nature. Some simply can't resist the temptation when an opportunity to be with someone new and exciting presents itself.

To the upcoming generation, there are many challenges that we all go through, especially in middle school. Going from elementary, to middle school, to high school, we all go through the process of growing up and molding our character. One of the main things that we do while growing up is date. We have all at least been through the stage of crushing on someone and catching a glimpse of them through the halls. It has all happened to us; it is a season in your life that just simply will not go away. There is nothing wrong with it; there is nothing wrong with liking someone, but dating in middle school or high school is a huge risk that should be avoided until you are ready to be married. Nevertheless, here are my reasons.