After he saw her walking in the hallways, he made the decision to message her. As time progressed, the couple started dating during the beginning of their junior year.
Senior Paige Mayer finds their relationship to be strong, and she sees her boyfriend, senior Gerson Torres-Contreras, as a humorous and kind-hearted person.
“Having trust in someone is really important because if you don’t trust them then you’re going to overthink everything, and you need a lot of reassurance all the time,” Mayer said. “But if you can trust (that) each other feels strongly about your relationship then you’re going to be okay.”
But a question arises: Do high school relationships really last?
Science teacher Emily Gearhart and business teacher Ashley Quinlin both married their high school sweetheart.
Gearhart and her husband started out as friends in middle school but have known each since they were both 5 years old. Though nothing happened then, in college they officially started dating.
“We always talk about things. I tell him everything,” Gearhart said. “There are no secrets, and there’s nothing that I will hide from him.”
Quinlin and her husband started out as any typical high school relationship. They would flirt and get mad at each other but eventually make up.
“We had a couple moments where we broke up for like a day or two, but really it was just a lot of growth after high school,” Quinlin said. “But really it’s just getting older and maturing … Don’t sweat the small stuff.”
Both Gearhart and Quinlin agree on the importance of students having their own life outside of the relationship.
Quinlin believes that both people in a relationship need to have their own interests.
“You have to have your own passions. You have to have your own support system,” Quinlin said.
Even though Mayer is in a relationship, she feels that most high school relationships don’t last because of people changing as they get older.
“I think it’s good to, not experiment, but to date someone so you can see what kind of people you like … ,” Mayer said. “Like a freshman or sophomore that are dating, I don’t think they should take it as seriously as other people do.”
