High School Dating Narrative

The thought “NOT here, NOT now!!!” rang through my mind. The thought that I was supposed to be studying with my boyfriend, we were playing cards instead, haunted me. I knew he wanted to kiss me, and I’m only a freshman and he is a junior, and I didn’t want my first kiss to be in my parent’s basement, so I asked him if he wanted to do for a walk. The wind was sharp and crisp, and for being November the temperature wasn’t too bad, but the wind was biting and stung when it hit my face. I thought the cold and the walk would take his and mine mind off of kissing. We walked to my neighborhood park and up to the tennis courts; it was there that it happened. My first kiss, the kiss that changed our relationship, the kiss that was the beginning of the

It is in movies, books, news, social media, and in the hallways of any high school. As I dated this junior boy, the other couples in the hallways of my high school didn’t bother me as much as they do know. When I walk down the hallways, I want to yell “GET A ROOM!!!!” but I don’t. I know high school dating is everywhere, but the statistic startled me. According to Stageoflife.com 61% of teens have been in a relationship. SIXTY ONE percent, that is over half. In my high school there is about 3,000 students, 61% of 3000 is 1800; that is a lot of students in relationships. If everyone is paired up evenly, this would be 900 couples dating at one time; no wonder why the hallways are filled with

Most parents are a safe place, and so if the relationship became dangerous, being able to talk with parent could be really helpful to figure out what to do and how to act. Another reason is because it makes it more fun. 70% of teens text the other person in the relationship more than talking on the phone, and 12% of teen couples communicate more using Facebook than in person. These statistics are scary. Most of these couples that don’t want parents to know, are communicating with social media and a phone. Using a phone and social media to communicate is dangerous because a person can get too comfortable and say something that he or she would normally not say. Creating relationships around technology takes away the fun. By informing parents about the relationship, the opportunities to go on dates without sneaking out become