May 10
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School Dating Advice
School seems like a place where more relationships seem to start and end quickly. It’s hard to find any steady dating going on in schools. In fact, through our whole school years we may have gone through an average of 5 relationships. It almost seems like there is a rush for dating. It almost seems like a must.
In elementary school, we’ve concluded that the opposite sex has cooties. As we transition to middle school, the opposite sex doesn’t seem too bad, but by the time we arrive to in the high school dating atmosphere, it hits us that the opposite sex is really God’s gift to mankind. But as soon as we step into the college world, we see start to view the opposite sex as a long term mate for the real world is right around the corner.
Looking back, I learnt the most about relationships in high school. I noticed that dating, more than anything, was considered leisure. It was part of being cool. I observed and realized that as long as you were patient and focused that pursuing someone wouldn’t have to be part of your plans. When you really think about it, the odds of someone you like staying with their mate was so slim that you knew that eventually your time would come. I remember being known as “the quiet boy.” Not that I was really quiet, but I was so busy observing that I didn’t do too much chasing. Instead, I got noticed a lot more. Odd don’t you think? But think about it, if you were on a busy street where everyone was walking, the only one that would catch your attention the most would be the one standing still, correct? You would be curious to find out what it is exactly that keeps this one person standing despite of the movement of everyone else around that person.
The best school dating advice I can give is stay focus! We forget that no matter what we do, we are constantly being noticed by the opposite sex. It doesn’t always take a guy approaching a woman, for her to notice him. See, we all have some sort of light that shines inside of us that seems to be visible by many people around us. Just by living our life normally, we gain attention. Plus, if you’re giving too much attention, then it opens the door for more attention to come your way. Think about it!
