i see where you are getting at. not to date someone for just their looks, but for their personality and the person they are. Although having a nasty personality will make you ugly. not face ugly but the person you are. But in middle school most of relationships are just involved in school, like you said they only spend time with their so- called- couple. Like me for instance. i had a boyfriend very cute and shy. he was also the new kid. and you kow all the girls have their eyes on the nex boy, exspecially if they are good looking. but we were just friends for a long time and people pressured and pressured us to go out. so he gave in. but i turned him down because you should only go with someone that wants to go with you. they shouldnt be pressured into it. but high school (where i am) starts to get a little more serious. but i have to many plans in life to think about a relationship.

Sometimes this is true, like you said, but sometimes it's not. I mean, I have a boyfriend and before we were in an official relationship, we got to know each other for about four months and THEN we started going out. I am sure that he isn't dating me just for my looks because I don't got any. My hair usually looks as if I had been picked up by a tornado and was spun around a few times, even though I try so hard to make it look good. My face has zits, my nose is big and flat, and my eyes are sometimes grey, blue, or blue-green, you can never tell the true color of my eyes, and when they are any color, it is always a dull color. And I'm not dating him for his looks, either. He isn't hot, but he's cute, especially with his bright blue eyes that are hidden behind his glasses. But I do get where you are coming from, everybody who has gone to middle school does, because we all know the most beautiful, most popular girls in school get the cutest/hottest, most popular boys, and usually they don't care about each other, they are just using them as arm candy to show each other off to their friends and the entire school, and they know their quick but hard-not-to-notice hug before third period is essential in their big show of popularity. This is also the only time they make time to see each other the whole time they are dating!!! Most of these couples don't see each other out of school, go out on a single date, or even talk to each other on the phone. No, it's all about texting. You have put out a great opinion article, but just know that not ALL middle school relationships are like that!!! :):):);)