Although dating in adolescence is still common, students in the eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades in 2017 were less likely to report dating than their counterparts were in 1992.

Are high school relationships common?

Rarely do people look the same way they did when they were in high school. Today, only 2 percent of marriages are from a high school relationship, with only 25 percent of women saying that they married their first love.

Will your high school relationship last?

Less than 2 percent of marriages belong to high school sweethearts, according to Brandon Gaille. Showing the highly unlikely event of high school couples actually lasting. Although the likelihood for high school sweethearts to marry is slim, if they do marry their chances of surviving the marriage becomes even slimmer.