Highschool Couples

[ShinigamiMommy]

I met my boyfriend of almost two years when I was 13 and in the 8th grade in Drama Club. He was 17 and a Junior in high school. (Our school is a Jr. High and High School together) We were good friends. During that time, I developed a crush on him and admitted I liked him. We started going out when I finished my freshman year at 15 and when he graduated at 18. Now I'm about to turn 17 and he's going on 21. Some family members say we'll end up married (Which is what we both want to do) yet others brush him off a mere high school boyfriend and say I'll date many more men. As for us, we love each other dearly, we hope to be married one day after college, and we're pretty realistic about our relationship. Do high school relationships work out? What is your personal experience with them? Are you a successful high school couple? Do you know any one who is? I'm just wondering what your stand on this is.

 

[miss_klara]

It can work out for sure, although more often than not high school relationships don't last.
However, my sister's boyfriend's parents have been together since they were 16, and they're very happily married. You just never know

 

[saki]

I'm pretty sure it would work too! It depends on individual!

One of my friend that I went to high school with, she start going out with her bf when she was hmm, 16 I think and her bf was 18 that time, they didn't go to the same high school, but they stayed together until she was 18 and they got married. They are still together and happily married! I think it's like hmm, 4years that they've been married for.

Also, my bf's grandparents have been together since they were like 16 and they are very happily married!

 

[peanutbutter12]

It *can* work, but the odds are very much against you. We change over time, even as we get out of our teen years. I'm not the same person I was when I was 18. The question is, will your relationship and partner change with you and accept the changes that take place, or will they break the relationship? It's mainly a maturity issue in the long run of things and how we handle change. That's what it comes down to.

 

[bliz]

My daughter will get married this summer to her high school sweetheart. They started dating when he was a sophmore and she was a junior and she was 1500 miles away in college for the last 5 years!.

While his mother and I thought they would some day get married about 6 years ago, the passage of time has proven their commitment and allowed it to grow and mature as both of them have.

I don't think anything is wrong with planning to marry after college... bearing in mind that circumstances and people do change and it may not happen. If it's really love it will improve with time.