Do most people start dating in high school or in middle school?

a lot of my friends started dating in middle school. most of them have dated by the end of high school.

I remember in middle school, it was called "going together" and you would "ask someone out", and if they said yes, it meant you were a couple. These relationships would usually last a few weeks. In high school, relationships were more serious and real.

I started when I was in HS.
I'm glad I didn't date in middle school.

First you have to define dating. Dating, as I define it, is going out together to enjoy a movie, dinner, or other mutually rewarding activity. "Hanging out" as it is done in middle school does not (in my opinion) constitute dating, but it is more of a 'getting to know you' process that young people go through. I know that my answer is an opinionated one, but hopefully you will find it helpful in some way.

I started dating when I was 16 (in the 10th grade) but I didn't have a really serious boyfriend until I was 18.

I started dating in high school, at age 15.

Based on my experience, most people start dating in the early years of high school, but perhaps that is because I live in a rural area (we don't have middle schools, but I assume we're speaking of grade 7 and 8 students) and the class sizes are rather small, so there aren't really that many people your own age at your school until you graduate and go to high school (which is considerably bigger).

Most people start dating in middle school

No............I never actually took them in the school. Where would we go? The cafeteria? The BK across the street was just fine.

Probably middle school out of your choices but most people start in elementary school. I had my first boyfriend in second grade.

middle school high school dates usually work out better though

Middle School.

Although my class turned out it's first couple in 4th grade.

Way back,in the middle ages,when I was in school most everyone started to date in middle school,around grade 8.

I think "dating" is a pretentious diatribe meant for romance novels. It's silly and vacuous. Dating is like a retail operation, or perhaps it's like wholesaling meat.

I don't even like the word. It's right up there with disgusting body functions, murderous dictators, and alpha predators. The "D" word should be banned from the language, and it should be burned down as a social practice. It's been passed down to us from our fore-parents. It's a social convention perpetuated by the likes of restaurants and movie theaters.

Dating is a foul-smell on the stench that is pretentious society. We are not free, but prisoners of evil conventions designed to enslave us and steal our money, self-respect and honesty. Dating, I stab all my hateful daggers at you. Die, die die...

I started dating in college.

What is all this stuff about dating in second grade and things like that? That's pretty messed up. How psychologically damaged is our society? Where is there even logic in that concept?

Even eighth grade, it's kind of stupid. What good comes of this? These kids don't know what they're doing, they're dating because society puts such a strong influence on it, but it's no different than little kids playing in a pretend kitchen or something. I really think this is really unheathy for the developing brain. And who cares if they're pubertizing and starting to be attracted to eachother? Does that mean they should go around dating all of their classmates?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to keep children away from adult things. I'm actually all for explaning sex to your kids at a young age (not that that has much to do with this). But I think the social pressure of this is bad for them. They shouldn't feel like they have to date, which I think alot of them do. Actually, it seems like alot of people arn't aware of the fact that it's ok not to date. Probably because they started feeling the need to in eighth grade. I just think they're too young to *really* date, and being in a meaningless relationship like that at that age is both a waste of time and a distraction from life and growing in other ways.

Anyway, sorry. Thanks for reading my rant. :)

It depends on the kids and what years they were born. I was born in 1997, but I'm mostly in a class of 1998-borns. For us, dating started in elementary. I think I remember as far back as kindergarten that "dating" was happening, but it wasn't really like that until fourth or fifth grade, I guess. I've always been the one who hasn't dated and I remember a few years ago I thought there was something wrong with me because of it. Really, it's a miracle that something changed that thought in my mind and now I actually think of myself as lucky not to get into the dating game this early... Djaydewitt is right about what dating is like. It's meaningless and pathetic until maybe eighth grade... I'm thinking later then that.

By the way, why is it that for quite a few years kids have been doing this elementary thing and yet most articles you'll see written in 2009 or 2010 say kids don't start dating until middle school? They really need to update their info... unless it didn't really start until two years ago... I don't know. It really depends on what you consider dating. If you go by what I think, they haven't even started *real* dating with all the meaningful feelings yet.

shit i start in elementary it was this boy name omar he is so ugly now and now wen i look at him i say i didnt go-out with him

shit i start in elementary it was this boy name omar he is so ugly now and now wen i look at him i say i didnt go-out with him

Middle school probably. but when i was in elementary thats when we all started like "going out" more like having little "playdates" and calling each other but yea

i started dating in grade 5 but i got more serious in grade 8/9

In junior high. I didn't start until high school, but that was fine with me.

recently kids are starting to date in elementary school, ecspecially in newyork, its crazy.

Middle School these days, easily.

i myself starting dating in high school...
if you really like someone doesn't matter what age you are...only you will know when you are ready for dating...don't get pushed into it...

Im 13, and in middle school, and relationships are worthless until maybe 8th. 9th must be better, but 7th grade is pathetic. Noone knows what the hell they want, and it seems like im the only one who's grown up enough to tell what a relationship and a 4 week drama session iz. Or maybe im just growing up too fast?