Dating high school sweetheart in college

High School Relationships in College

Most people look back fondly on their high school sweethearts ; I look across the table at mine at dinner every night. My husband and I met when I was a junior in high school, and we've been together for the last 17 years. When I tell people that now, as an adult, the response is pretty positive. But earlier on in our relationship, we endured a lot of judginess. We hadn't played the field enough; we were limiting our options; we were holding each other back. I know the people around us had visions of us having a baby too soon, getting stuck in our hometown, missing out on life experiences, and eventually splitting up. And that's fair; that's the way it goes for a lot of people. But our relationship wasn't typical.

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Marlene Kern Fischer. When your new first-year student leaves for college, they will bring along many things from home — including, possibly, a relationship with a girlfriend or boyfriend from high school. This can be a complicated and tricky subject to deal with and one which is sure to create angst and issues at some point along the way. For anyone who has a child in this situation, even under the best of circumstances , there will be some rough times ahead. My middle son starting dating his high school girlfriend when they were seniors and I watched their relationship blossom over the course of the year. Before he left for college, I cautiously brought up the subject of whether they would continue to date, knowing well that I was about to enter shark-infested waters.

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Paige Kleykamp , Multimedia Staff. Here in Winchester, a few different couples have been together since their teen years, some even since their early childhood. Donna was dating a friend of mine and he and her were with me during the pep rally. I remember thinking how cute she was.

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Should You Stay with Your High School Sweetheart in College?

Stasia Hanonick , Copy Editor September 13, One of the hardest things I went through as a teenager was when my high school sweetheart and I parted ways for college. On the day of our breakup, I cried silently as I shuffled through our old pictures together, feeling betrayed and hopeless. The last three years of our lives consisted of us going through every high and low together, so when the relationship reached its inevitable end, I could not comprehend why the breakup even happened.

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