FACING THE ODDS

14% of couples met in school.

Couples who met in school

Couples who met outside of school

Around 2% of marriages today are from a high school relationship, however 25% of women say they married their first love.

So, next time when your relationships are discounted and dismissed as ‘just a phase’, remember that adults and teens can be in very different worlds. What may mean the world to you might seem like a phase to an adult. But it’s important to know that every relationship you’re in where effort is put forth by both parties, is valuable and meaningful. It’s not just a phase for you. To you, it may be what keeps you going or what motivates you to wake up in the morning. And while we’re not getting married and buying houses and setting up retirement plans together, we’re having fun being teenagers and experiencing the trials and tribulations of high school relationships.

High school sweethearts who get married have a 54% chance of their marriage lasting ten years and over (compared to 32% of the average American couple). If a couple waits until at least 25 to get married, the chance of their marriage lasting increases to 78%

Around 14% of teens are currently in a relationship they consider to be serious with a boyfriend, girlfriend or significant other.

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Sexually Active

Not Sexually Active

Around 30% of teenage daters say they have had sex while 66% of teen daters indicate that they have not had sex.