What do love and relationships
mean to high
school students?
I interviewed a Bucks
County Technical High
School and three Harry S
Truman students to find
out.
WAITIG
Briley has
never had a
boyfriend, but
isn’t too interested
in the “dating
scene.”
“I want to wait
until the guys are
more mature, like
in college,” said
Briley.
She said she’s
all about being
friends first
before a relationship.
That is a great
point. I’ve mentioned
before that
you should
always be friends
before anything
happens.
Briley thinks
relationships are
cute, but she will
wait. And you
never know what
will happen either. She’s
still young.
DATIG
Shane Serfass, 18, on
the other hand is a different
story. He’s been dating his
girlfriend for two years and
three months.
“We met in first period
gym class,” said Shane.
“We started talking. She
gave me her number, I
called her. I thought she
was cute.”
He says they have the
longest-running relationship
in his grade. He’s a
senior.
“She’s my first real girlfriend,”
said Shane. “It
took me a little while
before I thought she was
the one.”
His definition of a relationship
is, “Not just a
lover, or a best friend, a
combination of both. You
enjoy things together, don’t
fight all the time. You only
have eyes for that person,
you don’t make the little
things the problem and you
make each other
happy.”
His advice is,
“If you want to
have a good relationship,
deal
with problems
head on.”
BREAKIG
UP
Kevin, who has the
opposite take from Shane,
recently broke up with his
girlfriend.
“Turns out I didn’t know
her as well as I thought I
did. I only knew her for a
week before we started dating,”
said Kevin.
Everyone knows why
the relationship didn’t work
right? You can read my
mind by now, I bet. If you
can’t, it didn’t work
because they didn’t know
one another well enough.
Kevin’s definition of a
relationship is, “Being
committed to someone and
being part of their life.”
He dated this girl for a
year and a half during his
sophomore year. So what
happened?
“We could only hang out
twice a month. I went to
her house twice and she
came to mine once,” said
Kevin.
Since she was so young,
her parents would only let
her and Kevin go to the
movies. No park. No where
else.
What kind of a relationship
is that?
“It just got boring. I didn’t
want to waste my high
school life with that,” said
Kevin.
That’s understandable.
Who would want to date
someone who you can’t do
activities with? He broke
up with her after about one
year and seven months.
“I talked to her about it.
And I tried to say it as
nicely as possible,” said
Kevin.
His is advice is, “Make
sure you learn who the person
is before you date
them.”
FRIEDS FIRST
Alex Adams is in his
senior year and he’s been
on and off with his girlfriend,
Amanda, who is a
senior also.
“We were best friends
before [our relationship].
Even though we get mad at
each other, we can still
trust [one another],” said
Alex.
They currently have a
relationship without the
title. She doesn’t want a
relationship because she
doesn’t want it to fall apart.
“I settle with things. I
know I shouldn’t be that
way, but I am,” said Alex.
Alex is overprotective of
her.
“She always had guys
around. It was harder for
me because I always had to
be on my toes,” said Alex.
He said he’s leaving
things open for chance.
DISTACE
In the fall, they will live
hours away from each
other.
“She’s going to be eight
to nine hours away at college.
But we’re still going
to talk [on the phone] and
have a webcam. We’re
going to put in the effort
together,” said Alex.
You could see the sadness
in his dark eyes, as he
talked about her. Even
though he was smiling, you
could get a sense of how
much he loves this girl.
Alex’s definition of a
relationship is, “You spend
a lot of time with them,
you talk forever, you know
without saying something
what they feel.”
“Love’ can be more permanent
than ‘in love,” said
Alex. “Love is when you
really know somebody,
trust them no matter what
and always try to be there
for each other.”

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